Birthday
1906/05/14
Day of death
1976/04/23 (69 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Portland, Maine, USA
Also know as
James William Flavin Jr., James Flaven, Jim 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...Read more
(1933) King Kong
as Mate Briggs
(1941) Manpower
as Orderly About to Give Bath (uncredited)
(1953) Confidentially Connie
as Harry (uncredited)
(1940) Youth Will Be Served
as Buck Miller
(1932) The Most Dangerous Game
as First Mate on Yacht (uncredited)
(1948) My Girl Tisa
as Guard (uncredited)
(1949) Blondie Hits the Jackpot
as Brophy
(1935) One Way Ticket
as Ed
(1950) Armored Car Robbery
as Lt. Phillips
(1952) Here Come the Marines
as Lieutenant-Colonel at End
(1938) Three Loves Has Nancy
as Jack's Friend (uncredited)
(1957) Night Passage
as Tim Riley
(1938) Mannequin
as Burly Man (Uncredited)
(1949) The Devil's Henchman
as Police Sergeant Briggs
(1946) The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Police Detective #1
(1947) Desert Fury
as Pat Johnson
(1947) Nora Prentiss
as District Attorney
(1946) Nobody Lives Forever
as Shake Thomas
(1936) Charlie Chan at the Race Track
as Detective
(1953) Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
as First Policeman in Bank
(1957) Wild Is the Wind
as Wool Buyer
(1950) Destination Murder
as Police Lt. Brewster
(1950) The Savage Horde
as Guard
(1932) McKenna of the Mounted
as Corporal Randall McKenna
(1938) Alexander's Ragtime Band
as Army Captain (uncredited)
(1946) Cloak and Dagger
as Col. Walsh
(1964) Cheyenne Autumn
as Ft. Robinson Sergeant of the Guard (uncredited)
(1938) Born to Be Wild
as Striker (uncredited)
(1945) The Shanghai Cobra
as H.R. Jarvis
(1953) Hot News
as Al Bragg
(1957) Footsteps in the Night
as Mr. Bradbury
(1942) Fingers at the Window
as Police Lieutenant Schaeffer
(1949) Mighty Joe Young
as Schultz
(1941) Kathleen
as Moving Man
(1949) Homicide
as Det. Lt. Boylan
(1967) In Cold Blood
as Clarence Duntz
(1934) Wild Gold
as Detective (uncredited)
(1947) It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as First Policeman (uncredited)
(1941) Belle Starr
as Sergeant
(1935) Man on the Flying Trapeze
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
(1965) The Further Adventures of Gallegher
as Lt. Flynn
(1939) Mr. Wong in Chinatown
as Police Sgt. Jerry
(1954) Dragonfly Squadron
as Doctor
(1956) Francis in the Haunted House
as Police Chief Martin
(1935) The Murder Man
as Policeman at Merry-Go-Round (uncredited)
(1935) Rendezvous
as 2st Military Policeman (uncredited)
(1952) Sailor Beware
as Petty Officer (uncredited)
(1945) God Is My Co-Pilot
as Major at Kweilin Airbase (uncredited)
(1955) The Naked Street
as Attorney Michael X. Flanders
(1936) How to Behave
as Man in Manhole (uncredited)
(1943) So Proudly We Hail
as Captain O'Brien (Uncredited)
(1942) Reap the Wild Wind
as Girl's Father (uncredited)
(1943) I Dood It
as Federal Agent (uncredited)
(1946) The Missing Lady
as Police Insp. Cardona
(1933) Riot Squad
as Det. Mack McCue
(1949) Flamingo Road
as ---
(1976) Law and Order
as Capt. Toomey
(1956) Never Say Goodbye
as Timmy
(1949) Prison Warden
as Guard Capt. Peter Butler
(1944) Abroad with Two Yanks
as Sgt. Wiggins
(1957) Hold That Hypnotist
as Jake Morgan
(1943) Murder on the Waterfront
as Cmdr. Kalin
(1938) Wives Under Suspicion
as Jenks - Chauffeur (uncredited)
(1946) Boys' Ranch
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1939) The Cisco Kid and the Lady
as Sergeant
(1937) Girls Can Play
as Det. Bill O'Malley
(1952) O. Henry's Full House
as Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
(1939) They All Come Out
as Officer (uncredited)
(1955) Apache Ambush
as Col. Marshall
(1951) Follow the Sun
as Henry Gibbs
(1934) The Brand of Hate
as Holt Larkins
(1941) We Go Fast
as Police Lt. Bardette
(1938) Convicts at Large
as Detective Sgt. Berkovich
(1939) Irish Luck
as Fluger
(1933) Hello, Sister!
as Fireman
(1945) Anchors Aweigh
as Radio Cop
(1949) Mississippi Rhythm
as Stan Caldwell
(1938) Lightning Carson Rides Again
as Justice Department Agent
(1938) While New York Sleeps
as 2nd Cop
(1954) Massacre Canyon
as Col. Tarant
(1951) Operation Pacific
as SP Commander
(1953) The Eddie Cantor Story
as Kelly
(1951) Oh! Susanna
as Capt. Worth
(1942) A Yank on the Burma Road
as Police Dispatcher
(1934) The Affairs of Cellini
as Palace Guard (uncredited)
(1940) The Devil's Pipeline
as Dowling
(1948) Sleep, My Love
as Lieutenant Mitchell
(1941) Pot o' Gold
as Sheriff Bud Connolly (uncredited)
(1936) They Met in a Taxi
as Policeman
(1937) My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Dr. Spitzy Calahan (uncredited)
(1937) Midnight Taxi
as Detective McCormick
(1937) Live, Love and Learn
as Marine Who Likes Painting (uncredited)
(1938) Blondie
as Policeman in Accident Car (uncredited)
(1938) Night Spot
as Kidnapper
(1935) Woman Wanted
as Mac - Policeman (uncredited)
(1939) Tell No Tales
as Officer Simmons (uncredited)
(1938) Everybody's Doing It
as Detective Hayes
(1951) According to Mrs. Hoyle
as Prosecuting Attorney
(1942) Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
as Policeman
(1932) The Airmail Mystery
as Bob Lee
(1932) Back Street
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1938) Start Cheering
as Gas Station Attendant
(1952) Carrie
as Mike - Bartender (uncredited)
(1940) Broadway Melody of 1940
as Clancy (uncredited)
(1940) Manhattan Heartbeat
as Truck Driver
(1939) Jesse James
as Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
(1967) Good Times
as Lieutenant
(1939) The Ice Follies of 1939
as Doorman
(1939) Union Pacific
as Paddy (uncredited)
(1939) Rose of Washington Square
as Guard (uncredited)
(1939) The Gracie Allen Murder Case
as Turnkey
(1939) They Shall Have Music
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
(1939) Each Dawn I Die
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1944) Christmas Holiday
as Policeman
(1939) Sergeant Madden
as Police Interrogator
(1939) Fast and Furious
as Policeman Guarding Entrance (uncredited)
(1939) The Roaring Twenties
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1946) A Stolen Life
as Investigator (uncredited)
(1941) The Wild Man of Borneo
as Policeman
(1940) Lucky Cisco Kid
as Ranch Foreman
(1940) South of Pago Pago
as Cafe Customer
(1935) Secrets of Chinatown
as Brandhma
(1950) When Willie Comes Marching Home
as Gen. Brevort (uncredited)
(1940) The Grapes of Wrath
as Guard (uncredited)
(1941) Bedtime Story
as Hotel Guest in Room 625 (uncredited)
(1943) Air Force
as Maj. A.M. Bagley
(1937) Dangerously Yours
as Driver
(1938) You Can't Take It with You
as Jailer (uncredited)
(1938) I Am the Law
as George - Witness (uncredited)
(1938) Miracle Money
as Cop (uncredited)
(1947) Unconquered
as Villager (uncredited)
(1944) Uncertain Glory
as Captain of Mobile Guard
(1945) Mildred Pierce
as Detective (uncredited)
(1942) Treat 'Em Rough
as Joe Trosper
(1935) The Daring Young Man
as Informant on Telephone
(1940) Remember the Night
as Court Attendant (uncredited)
(1946) Sentimental Journey
as Detective Sgt. McFarland (uncredited)
(1940) The Fighting 69th
as Supply Sergeant (uncredited)
(1940) Brother Orchid
as Parking Attendant at Fat Dutchy's (uncredited)
(1950) Dakota Lil
as Secret Service Chief
(1941) Hold Back the Dawn
as Immigration Guard (uncredited)
(1948) Bungalow 13
as Lt. Sam Wilson
(1944) Laura
as Det. McEveety (uncredited)
(1940) Johnny Apollo
as Prison Guard In Library (uncredited)
(1939) Everybody's Baby
as Police Announcer (uncredited)
(1942) Saboteur
as Motorcycle Cop (voice) (uncredited)
(1933) Ship of Wanted Men
as Frank Busch
(1942) Thru Different Eyes
as Thomas
(1941) The Night of January 16th
as Policeman Kelly
(1940) When the Daltons Rode
as Annabella's Brother
(1941) Ride on Vaquero
as Officer Johnson
(1940) North West Mounted Police
as Mountie
(1939) Code of the Streets
as Doorman
(1934) Baby Take a Bow
as Flannigan
(1940) Tin Pan Alley
as Army Sergeant (uncredited)
(1938) Gateway
as Guard
(1940) The Long Voyage Home
as Dock Policeman
(1948) One Touch of Venus
as Kerrigan
(1976) Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
as President Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1942) Gentleman Jim
as George Corbett (uncredited)
(1940) Castle on the Hudson
as Death Row Guard (uncredited)
(1940) It All Came True
as Roaring 90's Club Doorman (uncredited)
(1940) Knute Rockne All American
as Army Assistant Coach (uncredited)
(1940) Florian
as Policeman
(1940) The Golden Fleecing
as Cop (uncredited)
(1940) And One Was Beautiful
as McRafferty
(1940) Girl in 313
as Det. Carvin
(1940) The Ghost Breakers
as Hotel Porter (uncredited)
(1940) Rhythm on the River
as Detective
(1940) The Way of All Flesh
as Policeman
(1940) The Great Profile
as Detective
(1940) Women Without Names
as Guard
(1943) Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Policeman (uncredited)
(2005) The Lost Spider Pit Sequence
as Second Mate Briggs (archive footage)
(1946) Angel on My Shoulder
as Bellamy
(1950) Rock Island Trail
as Railroad Workman
(1946) Easy to Wed
as Joe
(1947) Robin Hood Of Texas
as Captain Danforth
(1935) Chinatown Squad
as Detective
(1940) La Conga Nights
as Grogin
(1935) Captain Hurricane
as Freighter Officer
(1953) Trouble Along the Way
as Coach Buck Holman
(1953) I Beheld His Glory
as Longinus
(1942) Tough as They Come
as Process Server
(1941) Four Mothers
as Demolition Man (uncredited)
(1948) The Plunderers
as Sergeant Major
(1941) Western Union
as Deputy Sheriff
(1942) Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Railroad Detective #2 (uncredited)
(1953) Star of Texas
as Texas Rangers Capt. Sturdivant
(1942) Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Capt. Luddy
(1941) Texas
as Abilene Fight Announcer
(1958) Johnny Rocco
as Mooney
(1949) Shockproof
as Policeman in Park (Uncredited)
(1939) Big Town Czar
as George Mitchell
(1937) Big Town Girl
as State Trooper
(1940) Double Alibi
as Patrolman Johnson
(1941) New York Town
as Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
(1937) Angel's Holiday
as Detective
(1937) Dangerous Number
as Cab Driver
(1935) Shipmates Forever
as Lieutenant (uncredited)
(1941) I Wake Up Screaming
as Detective (uncredited)
(1952) Million Dollar Mermaid
as Conductor
(1951) Fighting Coast Guard
as Commander Rogers
(1946) Tars and Spars
as Chief Bosun Mate Gurney
(1949) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
as Insp. Wellman
(1944) Once Upon a Time
as Man in Subway (uncredited)
(1947) Song of the Thin Man
as Policeman Reardon (uncredited)
(1941) Affectionately Yours
as Tomassetti
(1943) Action in the North Atlantic
as Merchant Marine School Lieutenant-Commander (uncredited)
(1934) The Big Race
as Bill Figg
(1943) Corvette K-225
as 1st Lt. Bill Gardner
(1945) Circumstantial Evidence
as Guard
(1937) Hot Water
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1943) Something to Shout About
as Policeman
(1943) Heaven Can Wait
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1943) Mission to Moscow
as American Senator (uncredited)
(1946) Rendezvous with Annie
as Turnkey (uncredited)
(1937) I Promise to Pay
as Bill Seaver
(1945) Murder, He Says
as Police Officer (uncredited)
(1939) Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Policeman
(1944) Strange Affair
as Bank Security Guard (Uncredited)
(1933) Only Yesterday
as Billy (Uncredited)
(1938) The Duke of West Point
as Plebe Hockey Coach
(1947) My Favorite Brunette
as Det. Lt. 'Mac' Hennessey (uncredited)
(1935) 'G' Men
as Agent with Jean (uncredited)
(1935) Public Hero Number 1
as Flavin - Federal Agent (uncredited)
(1944) Hollywood Canteen
as Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
(1935) Special Agent
as Agent Arresting Julie (uncredited)
(1947) Dishonored Lady
as Police Sergeant Patella
(1941) Buck Privates
as Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
(1943) It Ain't Hay
as Cop (uncredited)
(1942) Night in New Orleans
as Egan (Uncredited)
(1945) Over 21
as Captain (uncredited)
(1955) Mister Roberts
as Military Policeman
(1940) Private Affairs
as Doorman (uncredited)
(1948) The Noose Hangs High
as Traffic Cop (uncredited)
(1941) Pot o' Gold
as Sheriff Bud Connolly
(1937) You Only Live Once
as State Trooper (uncredited)
(1943) Riding High
as Train Conductor
(1945) The Spider
as Officer Johnny Tracy
(1957) The Restless Breed
as Secret Service Chief
(1936) My Man Godfrey
as Detective (uncredited)
(1947) Joe Palooka in the Knockout
as Policeman
(1951) Rhubarb
as O'Leary, Manhattan Police Chief (uncredited)
(1946) Young Widow
as Subway Conductor (Uncredited)
(1941) Ziegfeld Girl
as Buck (uncredited)
(1932) Okay, America!
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
(1942) Kid Glove Killer
as Keenan - Detective Grilling Eddie (uncredited)
(1934) Beloved
as Wilcox
(1940) Queen of the Mob
as Third FBI Director
(1939) Mickey the Kid
as Sanders
(1932) The All-American
as Don Lindsay
(1943) Swing Shift Maisie
as Radio Policeman (Uncredited)
(1948) Secret Service Investigator
as Police Inspector Thorndyke
(1948) The Velvet Touch
as Sgt. Oliphant
(1946) Step by Step
as Woods
(1947) Nightmare Alley
as Hoatley - First Carnival Owner (uncredited)
(1940) Hot Steel
as Storm Swenson
(1938) Test Pilot
as Pilot (uncredited)
(1950) South Sea Sinner
as Andrews
(1958) The Last Hurrah
as Police Capt. Michael J. Shanahan (uncredited)
(1954) Return of the Dead
as Judd Harrison
(1936) The Luckiest Girl in the World
as Policeman
(1961) Mister Ed
as ---
(1963) Burke's Law
as Officer Danny Robin
(1961) Cain's Hundred
as Arnie Kellwin
(1954) December Bride
as ---
(1969) The Brady Bunch
as ---
(1962) The Lucy Show
as Sergeant Wilcox
(1960) Surfside 6
as ---
(1953) General Electric Theater
as ---
(1958) Man with a Camera
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Captain Kimble
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as 1962 Policeman
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Joe Felix
(1962) Sam Benedict
as ---
(1955) The Millionaire
as Dan Mulcahy
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Steve
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1957) Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Sam Cooper
(1954) Climax!
as Hogan
(1960) Pete and Gladys
as ---
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Heineman
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1966) The Pruitts of Southampton
as ---
(1955) Navy Log
as ---
(1958) The Rifleman
as ---
(1964) The Addams Family
as Lt. Poston
(1963) Mr. Novak
as Fire Chief Hawkins
(1951) Racket Squad
as ---
(1961) The New Breed
as Moose
(1954) Public Defender
as ---
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as ---
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as John Dolan
(1953) City Detective
as ---
(1956) State Trooper
as ---
(1952) Dangerous Assignment
as ---
(1960) Coronado 9
as ---
(1960) The Roaring 20's
as ---
(1960) Johnny Midnight
as ---
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as MacNamara
(1957) Alcoa Theatre
as Gavin Marshall
(1951) The Living Christ
as Longinus
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Truck Driver
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Callahan
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Sgt. Danny Doofle
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Deputy Mason
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Mr. Swanson
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Tony - The Doorman
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as General Charles Lee
(1951) I Love Lucy
as Immigration Officer
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Dan
(1952) Death Valley Days
as Perry