James Flavin

About James Flavin

Who is it?: Actor, Soundtrack
Birth Day: May 14, 1906
Birth Place:  Portland, Maine, United States
Cause of death: Ruptured aorta
Resting place: Holy Cross Cemeter in Culver City, California
Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1932–1976
Spouse(s): Lucile Browne (1932-1976, his death) (1 child)
Children: William James Flavin

James Flavin

James Flavin was born on May 14, 1906 in  Portland, Maine, United States, is Actor, Soundtrack. Although he graduated from West Point, James Flavin decided on an acting career instead of the military. After touring with several stock and repertory companies, he arrived in Hollywood and broke into films in the early 1930s. A fast-talking, granite-jawed Irishman, Flavin appeared in hundreds of films during his career and was often cast as a big-city homicide detective, street cop, prison guard or Marine sergeant. One of Flavin's closest friends, oddly enough, was legendary cheapo producer Sam Katzman. Flavin was married for more than 40 years to actress Lucile Browne; he died in 1976, and she died two weeks after he did.
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As per our current Database, James Flavin has been died on April 23, 1976(1976-04-23) (aged 69)\nLos Angeles, California, U.S..

🎂 James Flavin - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday

When James Flavin die, James Flavin was 69 years old.

Popular As James Flavin
Occupation Actor
Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born May 14, 1906 ( Portland, Maine, United States)
Birthday May 14
Town/City  Portland, Maine, United States
Nationality United States

🌙 Zodiac

James Flavin’s zodiac sign is Gemini. According to astrologers, Gemini is expressive and quick-witted, it represents two different personalities in one and you will never be sure which one you will face. They are sociable, communicative and ready for fun, with a tendency to suddenly get serious, thoughtful and restless. They are fascinated with the world itself, extremely curious, with a constant feeling that there is not enough time to experience everything they want to see.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

James Flavin was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.

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Biography/Timeline

1929

He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point but, contrary to some sources, did not graduate. Instead he dropped out and returned to Portland and drove a taxi. Then as now, summer stock companies flocked to Maine each year, and in 1929 Flavin was asked to fill in for an actor. He did well with the part and the company manager offered him $150 per week to accompany the troupe back to New York. Flavin accepted and by the spring of 1930 was living in a rooming house at 108 W. 87th Street in Manhattan. Flavin didn't manage to crack Broadway at this time; his Broadway debut would not occur for another 39 years, in the 1971 revival of The Front Page, in which he played Murphy and briefly took over the lead role of Walter Burns from Robert Ryan.

1932

Flavin appeared in nearly four hundred films between 1932 and 1971. He appeared in almost one hundred television episodes, including the NBC sitcom, The People's Choice, starring Jackie Cooper, several episodes as police Detective Sawyer who was being driven nuts by Gracie Allen on the Burns and Allen show,and three times as a sheriff on the western aviation adventure series, Sky King, before his final appearance, as U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (1976), a dramatization of the shooting down in 1960 by the former Soviet Union of the U-2 pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

1958

Flavin portrayed Sam Cooper in the 1958 episode, "The Ed Church Case", of the CBS crime drama series, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, starring David Janssen. In 1959, he guest starred as Big Dan Girod in the episode, "Invitation to a Murder", on the ABC/WB detective series, Bourbon Street Beat, starring Andrew Duggan. In 1960, Flavin appeared in The Twilight Zone episode "A Passage for Trumpet".

1960

From 1960 to 1962, Flavin appeared three times on the CBS sitcom, Pete and Gladys, with Harry Morgan and Cara Williams. Flavin portrayed Fire Chief Hawkins in the 1964 episode, "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt", on the NBC education drama series, Mr. Novak, starring James Franciscus.

1976

Flavin died of a heart ailment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California on April 23, 1976. His widow Lucile died seventeen days later. They were survived by their son, william James Flavin, subsequently a professor at the United States Army War College. James and Lucile Browne Flavin are interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

2014

Flavin was the son of a hotel waiter of Canadian-English descent and a mother, Katherine, whose father was an Anglo-Irish immigrant. Thus, Flavin, well known in Hollywood as an "Irish" type, was—ironically—only one-quarter Irish. He was born and reared in Portland, Maine, a fact that may have enriched his later working relationship with Director John Ford, also a Portland native.

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