James Flavin
Acting
Born: 1906-05-14 · Portland, Maine, USA
Died: 1976-04-23
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
🎬 Movies (20)
The Lost Spider Pit Sequence
2005
Second Mate Briggs (archive footage)
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
1976
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Law and Order
1976
Capt. Toomey
In Cold Blood
1967
Clarence Duntz
Good Times
1967
Lieutenant
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
1965
Lt. Flynn
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
Ft. Robinson Sergeant of the Guard (uncredited)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Patrolman (uncredited)
Critic's Choice
1963
Security Guard (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah
1958
Police Capt. Michael J. Shanahan (uncredited)
Johnny Rocco
1958
Mooney
Wild Is the Wind
1957
Wool Buyer
Night Passage
1957
Tim Riley
The Restless Breed
1957
Secret Service Chief
Footsteps in the Night
1957
Mr. Bradbury
Hold That Hypnotist
1957
Jake Morgan
Francis in the Haunted House
1956
Police Chief Martin
Never Say Goodbye
1956
Timmy
Apache Ambush
1955
Col. Marshall
The Naked Street
1955
Attorney Michael X. Flanders
📺 TV Shows (20)
The Brady Bunch
1969
It Takes a Thief
1968
Gen. Levin
The Pruitts of Southampton
1966
The Addams Family
1964
Lt. Poston
Mr. Novak
1963
Fire Chief Hawkins
Burke's Law
1963
Officer Danny Robin
The Lucy Show
1962
Sergeant Wilcox
Sam Benedict
1962
The New Breed
1961
Moose
Dr. Kildare
1961
John Dolan
Cain's Hundred
1961
Arnie Kellwin
Mister Ed
1961
The Roaring 20's
1960
Robert Howard
Surfside 6
1960
Pete and Gladys
1960
Coronado 9
1960
Johnny Midnight
1960
The Twilight Zone
1959
1962 Policeman
The Twilight Zone
1959
Truck Driver
Man with a Camera
1958