About
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 returned to Portland where he drove a taxi. Then as now, summer stock companies flocked to Maine each year, and in 1929 he was asked to fill in for an actor. He did well with the part and the company manager offered him $150 per week to go with the troupe back to New York. Flavin accepted and by...
Known for
The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1959
Matinee TheaterSeries • 1955
The RiflemanSeries • 1958
Dr. KildareSeries • 1961
I Love LucySeries • 1951
Climax!Series • 1954
Four Star PlayhouseSeries • 1952
The Lucy ShowSeries • 1962
Burke's LawSeries • 1963
The Addams FamilySeries • 1964
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955
Mister EdSeries • 1961
The Brady BunchSeries • 1969
Surfside 6Series • 1960
December BrideSeries • 1954
State TrooperSeries • 1956
Mr. NovakSeries • 1963
The Abbott and Costello ShowSeries • 1952
The MillionaireSeries • 1955
Richard Diamond, Private DetectiveSeries • 1957
It Takes a ThiefSeries • 1968
Navy LogSeries • 1955
Public DefenderSeries • 1954
Racket SquadSeries • 1951