James Flavin
Born in Portland, Maine, USA — May 14 1906• Died Apr 23 1976
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Biography
American character actor whose career lasted nearly half a century. James Wilson Flavin Jr. was the son of a hotel waiter of Canadian-English extraction and a mother, Katherine, whose father was an Irish immigrant. (Thus Flavin, well-known in Hollywood as an "Irish" type, was only one-quarter Irish.) Flavin was born and raised in Portland, Maine (a fact that may have enrichened his later working relationship with director John Ford, also a Portland native). He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, but (contrary to some sources) did n…
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James Flavin's Credits
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The Twilight Zone
1962 Policeman
Climax!
Hogan
Dr. Kildare
John Dolan
I Love Lucy
Immigration Officer
The Rifleman
Matinee Theater
Burke's Law
Officer Danny Robin
Four Star Playhouse
Mr. Swanson
The Lucy Show
Sergeant Wilcox
The Addams Family
Lt. Poston
The Brady Bunch
Surfside 6
Alcoa Theatre
Gavin Marshall
Mister Ed
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Sam Cooper
December Bride
Sam Benedict
Mr. Novak
Fire Chief Hawkins
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Joe Felix
State Trooper
Police Capt. Daniel Box
The Millionaire
Dan Mulcahy
The Abbott and Costello Show
Joe Kelly
Cain's Hundred
Arnie Kellwin
Public Defender
The New Breed
Moose
Cavalcade of America
Navy Log
Col. Flynn
Lux Video Theatre
Steve
City Detective
The Roaring 20's
Robert Howard
Pete and Gladys
Dangerous Assignment
Coronado 9
Racket Squad
Johnny Midnight
Letter to Loretta
MacNamara
Man with a Camera
King Kong
Mate Briggs
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Captain Kimble
The Living Christ
Longinus
Death Valley Days
Perry
The Pruitts of Southampton
The Grapes of Wrath
Guard (uncredited)
Sleep, My Love
Lieutenant Mitchell
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Laura
Det. McEveety (uncredited)
General Electric Theater
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Patrolman (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce
Detective (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
Schultz
Union Pacific
Paddy (uncredited)
Jesse James
Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
Cheyenne Autumn
Ft. Robinson Sergeant of the Guard (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah
Police Capt. Michael J. Shanahan (uncredited)
Castle on the Hudson
Death Row Guard (uncredited)
Unconquered
Villager (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Die
Policeman (uncredited)
'G' Men
Agent with Jean (uncredited)
Nightmare Alley
Hoatley / First Carnival Owner (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
Jailer (uncredited)
Saboteur
Motorcycle Cop (voice) (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Policeman (uncredited)
Texas
Abilene Fight Announcer
The Roaring Twenties
Policeman (uncredited)
Remember the Night
Court Attendant (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim
George Corbett (uncredited)
Air Force
Maj. A.M. Bagley
Nora Prentiss
District Attorney
Special Agent
Agent Arresting Julie (uncredited)
Start Cheering
Gas Station Attendant
The Ghost Breakers
Hotel Porter (uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail
Captain O'Brien (Uncredited)
Operation Pacific
SP Commander
Song of the Thin Man
Policeman Reardon (uncredited)
Johnny Angel
Flavin, Mate of the Quincy (uncredited)
Heaven Can Wait
Policeman (uncredited)
Critic's Choice
Security Guard (uncredited)
Mister Roberts
Military Policeman
Belle Starr
Sergeant
Johnny Apollo
Prison Guard In Library (uncredited)
Queen of the Mob
Third FBI Director
In Cold Blood
Clarence Duntz
Corvette K-225
1st Lt. Bill Gardner
The Most Dangerous Game
First Mate on Yacht (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
Young Reporter (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police
Mountie
Manpower
Orderly About to Give Bath (uncredited)
God Is My Co-Pilot
Major at Kweilin Airbase (uncredited)
Night in New Orleans
Egan (uncredited)
Christmas Holiday
Policeman (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Railroad Detective #2 (uncredited)
Only Yesterday
Billy (Uncredited)
Shockproof
Policeman in Park (Uncredited)
My Man Godfrey
Detective (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh
Radio Cop
Million Dollar Mermaid
Conductor
Western Union
Deputy Sheriff
Swing Shift Maisie
Radio Policeman (Uncredited)
Rock Island Trail
Railroad Workman
The Fighting 69th
Supply Sergeant (uncredited)
Fingers at the Window
Police Lieutenant Schaeffer
I Wake Up Screaming
Detective (uncredited)
Rhubarb
O'Leary, Manhattan Police Chief (uncredited)
Fast and Furious
Policeman Guarding Entrance (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind
Girl's Father (uncredited)
Confidentially Connie
Harry (uncredited)
Night Passage
Tim Riley
Come Fill the Cup
Russ - Homicide Captain (uncredited)
Live, Love and Learn
Marine Who Likes Painting (uncredited)
The Naked Street
Attorney Michael X. Flanders
Blondie
Policeman in Accident Car (uncredited)
Carrie
Mike - Bartender (uncredited)
One Way Ticket
Ed
The Daring Young Man
Informant on Telephone
Angel on My Shoulder
Dan Bellamy
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Police Detective #1
Hello, Sister!
Fireman
Irish Luck
Fluger
New York Town
Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
Back Street
Reporter (uncredited)
Night Spot
Kidnapper
Public Hero Number 1
Flavin - Federal Agent (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode
Annabella's Brother
Strange Affair
Bank Security Guard (uncredited)
A Stolen Life
Investigator (uncredited)
Follow the Sun
Henry Gibbs
Florian
Policeman
I Am the Law
George - Witness (uncredited)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Turnkey
Trouble Along the Way
Coach Buck Holman
Three Loves Has Nancy
Jack's Friend (uncredited)
Good Times
Lieutenant
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Army Captain (uncredited)
Hot Water
Policeman (uncredited)
Francis in the Haunted House
Police Chief Martin
Homicide
Det. Lt. Boylan
Sailor Beware
Petty Officer (uncredited)
The Long Voyage Home
Dock Policeman
It Ain't Hay
Cop (uncredited)
Brother Orchid
Parking Attendant at Fat Dutchy's (uncredited)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Policeman
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Insp. Wellman
Air Mail
Man with Radio Report (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
First Policeman in Bank
Rendezvous with Annie
Turnkey (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1940
Clancy (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
American Senator (uncredited)
Young Widow
Subway Conductor (Uncredited)
Armored Car Robbery
Lt. Phillips
The Velvet Touch
Sgt. Oliphant
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
Lt. Flynn
The Plunderers
Sergeant Major
Ziegfeld Girl
Buck (uncredited)
The Murder Man
Policeman at Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)
Oh! Susanna
Capt. Worth
Mannequin
Burly Man (Uncredited)
The Lost Spider Pit Sequence
Second Mate Briggs (archive footage)
Tin Pan Alley
Army Sergeant (uncredited)
Code of the Streets
Doorman
Sergeant Madden
Police Interrogator
The Way of All Flesh
Policeman
Everybody's Doing It
Detective Hayes
Massacre Canyon
Col. Tarant
Dishonored Lady
Police Sergeant Patella
You Only Live Once
State Trooper (uncredited)
Hollywood Canteen
Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Capt. Luddy
Big Town Girl
State Trooper
Step by Step
Woods
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
Policeman
Apache Ambush
Col. Marshall
Hot News
Al Bragg
Hold Back the Dawn
Immigration Guard (uncredited)
My Favorite Brunette
Det. Lt. 'Mac' Hennessey (uncredited)
According to Mrs. Hoyle
Prosecuting Attorney
Dangerously Yours
Driver
Born to Be Wild
Striker (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
Star of Texas
Texas Rangers Capt. Sturdivant
Pot o' Gold
Sheriff Bud Connolly (uncredited)
Convicts at Large
Detective Sgt. Berkovich
Rhythm on the River
Detective
Once Upon a Time
Man in Subway (uncredited)
Uncertain Glory
Captain of Mobile Guard
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Detective
Buck Privates
Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
Midnight Taxi
Detective McCormick
Here Come the Marines
Lieutenant-Colonel at End
Johnny Rocco
Mooney
The Great Profile
Detective
Dangerous Number
Cab Driver
Mickey the Kid
Sanders
Destination Murder
Police Lt. Brewster
I Dood It
Federal Agent (uncredited)
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Knute Rockne All American
Army Assistant Coach (uncredited)
Girls Can Play
Det. Bill O'Malley
Woman Wanted
Mac - Policeman (uncredited)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
First Policeman (uncredited)
Wives Under Suspicion
Jenks - Chauffeur (uncredited)
Test Pilot
Pilot (uncredited)
O. Henry's Full House
Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Rose of Washington Square
Guard (uncredited)
The Ice Follies of 1939
Doorman (uncredited)
Murder, He Says
Police Officer (uncredited)
Tough as They Come
Process Server
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Gen. Brevort (uncredited)
The Affairs of Cellini
Palace Guard (uncredited)
Rendezvous
2st Military Policeman (uncredited)
The Big Race
Bill Figg
Tell No Tales
Officer Simmons (uncredited)
Riding High
Train Conductor
The Savage Horde
Guard
Captain Hurricane
Freighter Officer
Treat 'Em Rough
Joe Trosper
Dakota Lil
Secret Service Chief
Beloved
Wilcox
Girl in 313
Det. Carvin
Fighting Coast Guard
Commander Rogers
Over 21
Captain (uncredited)
Okay, America!
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Easy to Wed
Joe
While New York Sleeps
2nd Cop
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Police Sgt. Jerry
They Shall Have Music
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Hold That Blonde!
Laundry Truck Driver (uncredited)
The Night of January 16th
Policeman Kelly
Double Alibi
Patrolman Johnson
They Met in a Taxi
Policeman
Broadway
Doorman (uncredited)
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Boys' Ranch
Policeman (uncredited)
Kathleen
Moving Man
We Go Fast
Police Lt. Bardette
The Restless Breed
Secret Service Chief
Nobody Lives Forever
Shake Thomas
Footsteps in the Night
Mr. Bradbury
The Golden Fleecing
Cop (uncredited)
Affectionately Yours
Tomassetti
Law and Order
Capt. Toomey
Abroad with Two Yanks
Sgt. Wiggins
The Eddie Cantor Story
Kelly
Kid Glove Killer
Keenan - Detective Grilling Eddie (uncredited)
Private Affairs
Doorman (uncredited)
One Touch of Venus
Kerrigan
Thru Different Eyes
Thomas
Baby Take a Bow
Flannigan
Gateway
Guard
La Conga Nights
Grogin
Women Without Names
Guard
Blondie Hits the Jackpot
Brophy
And One Was Beautiful
McRafferty
The Strawberry Blonde
Ticket Inspector on Boat (uncredited)
Riot Squad
Det. Mack McCue
Action in the North Atlantic
Merchant Marine School Lieutenant-Commander (uncredited)
Lightning Carson Rides Again
Justice Department Agent
The Missing Lady
Police Insp. Cardona
Miracle Money
Cop (uncredited)
Chinatown Squad
Detective
Something to Shout About
Policeman
Bungalow 13
Lt. Sam Wilson
I Promise to Pay
Bill Seaver
My Dear Miss Aldrich
Dr. Spitzy Calahan (uncredited)
Fighter Attack
Col. Allison
They All Come Out
Officer (uncredited)
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
Policeman
Robin Hood Of Texas
Captain Danforth
The Wild Man of Borneo
Policeman (uncredited)
The Duke of West Point
Plebe Hockey Coach
Sentimental Journey
Detective Sgt. McFarland (uncredited)
Manhattan Heartbeat
Truck Driver
Cloak and Dagger
Col. Walsh
My Girl Tisa
Guard (uncredited)
McKenna of the Mounted
Corporal Randall McKenna
Circumstantial Evidence
Guard
The Noose Hangs High
Traffic Cop (uncredited)
The Luckiest Girl in the World
Policeman
The Shanghai Cobra
H.R. Jarvis
Four Mothers
Demolition Man (uncredited)
Murder on the Waterfront
Cmdr. Kalin
The All-American
Don Lindsay
Desert Fury
Pat Johnson
Return of the Dead
Judd Harrison
Ship of Wanted Men
Frank Busch
When Tomorrow Comes
Coard Guard Man on Road (uncredited)
A Yank on the Burma Road
Police Dispatcher
South of Pago Pago
Cafe Customer
Tars and Spars
Chief Bosun Mate Gurney
Shipmates Forever
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Wild Is the Wind
Wool Buyer
Angel's Holiday
Detective
Hot Steel
Storm Swenson
Dragonfly Squadron
Doctor
South Sea Sinner
Andrews
As We Forgive
I Beheld His Glory
Longinus
Wild Gold
Detective (uncredited)
Bedtime Story
Hotel Guest in Room 625 (uncredited)
Hold That Hypnotist
Jake Morgan
Never Say Goodbye
Timmy
It All Came True
Roaring 90's Club Doorman (uncredited)
The Airmail Mystery
Bob Lee
The Brand of Hate
Holt Larkins
Youth Will Be Served
Buck Miller
Lucky Cisco Kid
Ranch Foreman
The Devil's Pipeline
Dowling
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
Sergeant
Big Town Czar
George Mitchell
Straight from the Heart
Policeman
The Spider
Officer Johnny Tracy
Secret Service Investigator
Police Inspector Thorndyke
Prison Warden
Guard Capt. Peter Butler
Everybody's Baby
Police Announcer (uncredited)
Ride on Vaquero
Officer Johnson
Mississippi Rhythm
Stan Caldwell
Secrets of Chinatown
Brandhma
The Devil's Henchmen
Police Sergeant Briggs
How to Behave
Man in Manhole (uncredited)