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...
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...
Known For
King Kong
as Mate Briggs
In Cold Blood
as Clarence Duntz
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Police Detective #1
Cast Credits
The Lost Spider Pit Sequence
as Second Mate Briggs (archive footage)
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
as President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Law and Order
as Capt. Toomey
In Cold Blood
as Clarence Duntz
Good Times
as Lieutenant
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
as Lt. Flynn
Cheyenne Autumn
as Ft. Robinson Sergeant of the Guard (uncredited)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Patrolman (uncredited)
Critic's Choice
as Security Guard (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah
as Police Capt. Michael J. Shanahan (uncredited)
Johnny Rocco
as Mooney
Wild Is the Wind
as Wool Buyer
Night Passage
as Tim Riley
The Restless Breed
as Secret Service Chief
Footsteps in the Night
as Mr. Bradbury
Hold That Hypnotist
as Jake Morgan
Francis in the Haunted House
as Police Chief Martin
Never Say Goodbye
as Timmy
Apache Ambush
as Col. Marshall
The Naked Street
as Attorney Michael X. Flanders
Mister Roberts
as Military Policeman
Return of the Dead
as Judd Harrison
Massacre Canyon
as Col. Tarant
Dragonfly Squadron
as Doctor
The Eddie Cantor Story
as Kelly
Fighter Attack
as Col. Allison
Hot News
as Al Bragg
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
as First Policeman in Bank
Trouble Along the Way
as Coach Buck Holman
I Beheld His Glory
as Longinus