Francis L. Sullivan
Biografia
Francis Loftus Sullivan (6 January 1903, Wandsworth, London - 19 November 1956, New York City) was an English film and stage actor. He attended Stonyhurst, the Jesuit public school in Lancashire, England whose alumni include Charles Laughton and Arthur Conan Doyle. A heavily built man with a striking double-chin and a deep voice, Sullivan made his acting debut at the Old Vic aged 18 in Shakespeare's Richard III and appeared in his first film in 1932. Some of his notable film roles include Mr. Bumble in Oliver Twist (1948) and Phil Nosseross in the film noir Night and the City (1950). Sullivan also played the part of Jaggers in two versions of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations - in 1934 and 1946. He appeared in a fourth Dickens film, the 1935 Universal Pictures version of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, in which he played Crisparkle. In 1938, he was featured in The Citadel, starring Robert Donat, and a decade later, he played the role of Pierre Cauchon in the technicolor version of Joan of Arc, starring Ingrid Bergman. Also in 1938 he starred in a revival of the Stokes' brothers play Oscar Wilde at London's Arts Theatre. Sullivan also acted in light comedies, notably My Favorite Spy (1951), starring Bob Hope and Hedy Lamarr, in which he played an enemy agent, and the comedy Fiddlers Three (1944), portraying Nero. He also played the role of Pothinus in the 1945 film version of George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra. The film was directed by Gabriel Pascal, and was the last film personally supervised by Shaw himself. Sullivan later reprised the role in a stage revival of the play. Sullivan, who eventually became a naturalized US citizen, won a Tony Award in 1955 for the Agatha Christie play Witness for the Prosecution. Earlier, he had played Hercule Poirot at the Embassy Theatre (London) in the Christie play, Black Coffee (1930). He died of a heart attack, aged 53 (some sources claim he died from an unspecified "lung ailment"). Description above from the Wikipedia article Francis L. Sullivan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Film • 1996
jako Self (archive footage)
Hell's Island
Film • 1955
jako Barzland
The Prodigal
Film • 1955
jako Bosra
Drums of Tahiti
Film • 1954
jako Commissioner Pierre Duvois
Plunder of the Sun
Film • 1953
jako Thomas Berrien
Sangaree
Film • 1953
jako Dr. Bristol
General Electric Theater
Serial • 1953
Cavalcade of America
Serial • 1952
Caribbean
Film • 1952
jako Andrew McAllister
Pontius Pilate
Film • 1952
jako Herod Antipas
My Favorite Spy
Film • 1951
jako Karl Brubaker
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Serial • 1951
Behave Yourself!
Film • 1951
jako Fat Freddy
Lux Video Theatre
Serial • 1950
jako Detective Yates
Sure As Fate
Serial • 1950
Noc i miasto
Film • 1950
jako Philip Nosseross
Robert Montgomery Presents
Serial • 1950
The Red Danube
Film • 1949
jako Colonel Humphrey 'Blinker' Omicron
Krzysztof Kolumb
Film • 1949
jako Francisco de Bobadilla
Lights Out
Serial • 1949
Suspense
Serial • 1949
Joanna d'Arc
Film • 1948
jako Pierre Cauchon, Count-Bishop of Beauvais
Studio One
Serial • 1948
jako Herod Antipas
The Philco Television Playhouse
Serial • 1948
The Winslow Boy
Film • 1948
jako Attorney General
Oliver Twist
Film • 1948
jako Mr. Bumble
The Ed Sullivan Show
Serial • 1948
jako Self
Broken Journey
Film • 1948
jako Anton Perami
Take My Life
Film • 1947
jako Prosecuting Counsel
The Man Within
Film • 1947
jako Mr. Braddock
Great Expectations
Film • 1946
jako Mr. Jaggers
The Laughing Lady
Film • 1946
jako Sir Williams Tremayne
Cezar i Kleopatra
Film • 1945
jako Pothinus
Fiddlers Three
Film • 1944
jako Nero
The Butler's Dilemma
Film • 1943
jako Leo Carrington
The Lady from Lisbon
Film • 1942
jako Minghetti
The Foreman Went to France
Film • 1942
jako French Skipper
The Day Will Dawn
Film • 1942
jako Kommandant Ulrich Wettau
"Pimpernel" Smith
Film • 1941
jako General von Graum
21 Days
Film • 1940
jako Mander
Young Man's Fancy
Film • 1939
jako Blackbeard, Vincent St George
The Four Just Men
Film • 1939
jako Leon Poiccard
The Ware Case
Film • 1938
jako Attorney General
Climbing High
Film • 1938
jako Madman
The Citadel
Film • 1938
jako Ben Chenkin
The Drum
Film • 1938
jako Governor
Kate Plus Ten
Film • 1938
jako Lord Flamborough
Fine Feathers
Film • 1937
jako Hugo Steinway
Dinner at the Ritz
Film • 1937
jako Brogard
Non-Stop New York
Film • 1937
jako Hugo Brant
Action for Slander
Film • 1937
jako Sir Quinton Jessops (as Francis Sullavan)
Theatre Parade
Serial • 1936
jako Hercule Poirot
Spy of Napoleon
Film • 1936
jako Chief of Police
A Woman Alone
Film • 1936
jako Prosecutor
Her Last Affaire
Film • 1935
jako Sir Julian Weyre
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Film • 1935
jako Rev. Mr. Crisparkle
Strange Wives
Film • 1934
jako Bellamy
Cheating Cheaters
Film • 1934
jako Dr. George Brockton
Great Expectations
Film • 1934
jako Jaggers
What Happened Then?
Film • 1934
jako Richard Bentley, Prosecution Counsel
The Warren Case
Film • 1934
jako Prosecuting Counsel (uncredited)
Chu Chin Chow
Film • 1934
jako The Caliph
The Return of Bulldog Drummond
Film • 1934
jako Carl Peterson
The Fire Raisers
Film • 1934
jako Stedding
Red Wagon
Film • 1933
jako Cranley
The Wandering Jew
Film • 1933
jako Juan de Texada (Phase IV)
Called Back
Film • 1933
jako Kaledin
F.P.1
Film • 1933
jako A Sailor
The Right to Live
Film • 1933
jako Roger Stoneham
When London Sleeps
Film • 1932
jako Rodney Haines
The Chinese Puzzle
Film • 1932
jako Herman Strumm
The Missing Rembrandt
Film • 1932
jako Baron von Guntermann
Destiny
Serial