James Flavin
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
Born
May 14, 1906
Portland, Maine, USA
Died
Apr 23, 1976
Known For
Acting
Movies
280 acting
0 crew
Popularity
0.7
Known For
King Kong
1933
as Mate Briggs
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Patrolman (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Guard (uncredited)
Nightmare Alley
1947
as Hoatley / First Carnival Owner (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
1949
as Schultz
You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Jailer (uncredited)
Laura
1944
as Det. McEveety (uncredited)
In Cold Blood
1967
as Clarence Duntz
You Only Live Once
1937
as State Trooper (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce
1945
as Detective (uncredited)
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