James Flavin
Acting
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 not graduate. Instead he dropped out and…
Filmography
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The Lost Spider Pit Sequence
2005
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
1976
Law and Order
1976
The Brady Bunch
1969
It Takes a Thief
1968
In Cold Blood
1967
Good Times
1967
The Pruitts of Southampton
1966
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
1965
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
The Addams Family
1964
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Mr. Novak
1963
Burke's Law
1963
Critic's Choice
1963
The Lucy Show
1962
Sam Benedict
1962
The New Breed
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
Cain's Hundred
1961
Mister Ed
1961
The Roaring 20's
1960
Surfside 6
1960
Pete and Gladys
1960
Coronado 9
1960
Johnny Midnight
1960
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Last Hurrah
1958
Johnny Rocco
1958
Man with a Camera
1958
The Rifleman
1958
Wild Is the Wind
1957
Alcoa Theatre
1957
Night Passage
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
The Restless Breed
1957
Footsteps in the Night
1957
Hold That Hypnotist
1957
State Trooper
State Trooper
1956
Francis in the Haunted House
1956
Never Say Goodbye
1956
Matinee Theater
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Navy Log
1955
Apache Ambush
1955
The Naked Street
1955
Mister Roberts
1955
The Millionaire
1955
Climax!
1954
December Bride
1954
Return of the Dead
1954
Massacre Canyon
1954
Dragonfly Squadron
1954
Public Defender
1954
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953
Fighter Attack
1953
Hot News
1953
Letter to Loretta
1953
City Detective
1953
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1953
Trouble Along the Way
1953
I Beheld His Glory
1953
Confidentially Connie
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
Star of Texas
1953
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
Million Dollar Mermaid
1952
Cavalcade of America
1952
Death Valley Days
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Four Star Playhouse
1952
O. Henry's Full House
1952
Carrie
1952
Here Come the Marines
1952
Sailor Beware
1952
As We Forgive
As We Forgive
1952
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Come Fill the Cup
1951
I Love Lucy
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951