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Birthday: Jan 06, 1903
Place of Birth: Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Francis L. Sullivan

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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The Wandering Jew Juan de Texada (Phase IV) 1933
Oliver Twist Mr. Bumble 1948
Caesar and Cleopatra Pothinus 1945
The Red Danube Colonel Humphrey 'Blinker' Omicron 1949
Great Expectations Mr. Jaggers 1946
Joan of Arc Pierre Cauchon, Count-Bishop of Beauvais 1948
'Pimpernel' Smith General von Graum 1941
21 Days Together Mander 1940
Hell's Island Barzland 1955
Night and the City Philip Nosseross 1950
The Citadel Ben Chenkin 1938
The Mystery of Edwin Drood Rev. Mr. Septimus Crisparkle 1935
Plunder of the Sun Thomas Berrien 1953
The Winslow Boy Attorney General 1948
My Favorite Spy Karl Brubaker 1951
The Return of Bulldog Drummond Carl Peterson 1934
Take My Life Prosecuting Counsel 1947
Drums of Tahiti Commissioner Pierre Duvois 1954
Called Back Kaledin 1933
Christopher Columbus Francisco de Bobadilla 1949
Fiddlers Three Nero 1944
Sangaree Dr. Bristol 1953
The Lady from Lisbon Minghetti 1942
The Four Just Men Leon Poiccard 1939
Broken Journey Anton Perami 1948
Non-Stop New York Hugo Brant 1937
The Drum Governor 1938
Red Wagon Cranley 1933
Caribbean Andrew McAllister 1952
Spy of Napoleon Chief of Police 1936
The Ware Case Attorney General 1938
F.P.1 A Sailor 1933
Strange Wives Bellamy 1934
Kate Plus Ten Lord Flamborough 1938
Action for Slander Sir Quinton Jessops (as Francis Sullavan) 1937
When London Sleeps Rodney Haines 1932
Ingrid Bergman Remembered Self (archive footage) 1996
Chu Chin Chow The Caliph 1934
The Fire Raisers Stedding 1934
Climbing High Madman 1938
The Butler's Dilemma Leo Carrington 1943
The Day Will Dawn Kommandant Ulrich Wettau 1942
The Warren Case Prosecuting Counsel (uncredited) 1934
What Happened Then? Richard Bentley, Prosecution Counsel 1934
Cheating Cheaters Dr. George Brockton 1934
The Chinese Puzzle Herman Strumm 1932
The Missing Rembrandt Baron von Guntermann 1932
The Right to Live Roger Stoneham 1933
Her Last Affaire Sir Julian Weyre 1935
The Prodigal Bosra 1955
Pontius Pilate Herod Antipas 1952
Great Expectations Jaggers 1934
The Foreman Went to France French Skipper 1942
Behave Yourself! Fat Freddy 1951
Dinner at the Ritz Brogard 1937
The Man Within Mr. Braddock 1947
Young Man's Fancy Blackbeard, Vincent St George 1939
Fine Feathers Hugo Steinway 1937
The Laughing Lady Sir Williams Tremayne 1946
A Woman Alone Prosecutor 1936
Series Cast Year
Studio One Herod Antipas 1948
General Electric Theater 1953
Lux Video Theatre Detective Yates 1950
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951
The Philco Television Playhouse 1948
Suspense 1949
Robert Montgomery Presents 1950
Cavalcade of America 1952
Lights Out 1949
Sure As Fate 1950
Destiny 1970
General Electric Theater Captain William Bligh 1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Garman 1951
The Ed Sullivan Show Self 1948
Studio One Long John Silver 1948
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