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Francis L. Sullivan

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1903-01-06

Birth Place

Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Movies and TV shows :

'Pimpernel' Smith

'Pimpernel' Smith

1941

7.1

Movie
21 Days Together

21 Days Together

1940

6.1

Movie
A Woman Alone

A Woman Alone

1936

5.7

Movie
Action for Slander

Action for Slander

1937

0.0

Movie
Behave Yourself!

Behave Yourself!

1951

6.0

Movie
Broken Journey

Broken Journey

1948

6.0

Movie
Caesar and Cleopatra

Caesar and Cleopatra

1945

6.1

Movie
Called Back

Called Back

1933

0.0

Movie
Caribbean

Caribbean

1952

5.8

Movie
poster

Cavalcade of America

1952

3.5

TV
Cheating Cheaters

Cheating Cheaters

1934

0.0

Movie
Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

1949

5.7

Movie
Chu Chin Chow

Chu Chin Chow

1934

4.3

Movie
Climbing High

Climbing High

1938

6.8

Movie
poster

Destiny

0.0

TV
Dinner at the Ritz

Dinner at the Ritz

1937

5.5

Movie
Drums of Tahiti

Drums of Tahiti

1954

0.0

Movie
F.P.1

F.P.1

1933

6.4

Movie
Fiddlers Three

Fiddlers Three

1944

8.2

Movie
Fine Feathers

Fine Feathers

1937

0.0

Movie
poster

General Electric Theater

1953

6.0

TV
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1946

7.3

Movie
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1934

6.2

Movie
Hell's Island

Hell's Island

1955

5.4

Movie
Her Last Affaire

Her Last Affaire

1935

0.0

Movie
Ingrid Bergman Remembered

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

1996

6.7

Movie
Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

1948

6.0

Movie
Kate Plus Ten

Kate Plus Ten

1938

0.0

Movie
poster

Lights Out

1949

5.3

TV
poster

Lux Video Theatre

1950

6.0

TV
My Favorite Spy

My Favorite Spy

1951

6.0

Movie
Night and the City

Night and the City

1950

7.5

Movie
Non-Stop New York

Non-Stop New York

1937

6.3

Movie
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1948

7.5

Movie
Plunder of the Sun

Plunder of the Sun

1953

6.0

Movie
Pontius Pilate

Pontius Pilate

1952

0.0

Movie
Red Wagon

Red Wagon

1933

0.0

Movie
poster

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950

5.2

TV
Sangaree

Sangaree

1953

6.4

Movie
poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.0

TV
Spy of Napoleon

Spy of Napoleon

1936

0.0

Movie
Strange Wives

Strange Wives

1934

0.0

Movie
poster

Studio One

1948

4.7

TV
poster

Sure As Fate

1950

6.0

TV
poster

Suspense

1949

4.6

TV
Take My Life

Take My Life

1947

7.2

Movie
The Butler's Dilemma

The Butler's Dilemma

1943

4.5

Movie
The Chinese Puzzle

The Chinese Puzzle

1932

0.0

Movie
The Citadel

The Citadel

1938

6.3

Movie
The Day Will Dawn

The Day Will Dawn

1942

5.6

Movie
The Drum

The Drum

1938

5.7

Movie
poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

6.6

TV
The Fire Raisers

The Fire Raisers

1934

4.8

Movie
The Foreman Went to France

The Foreman Went to France

1942

6.2

Movie
The Four Just Men

The Four Just Men

1939

6.2

Movie
The Lady from Lisbon

The Lady from Lisbon

1942

6.0

Movie
The Laughing Lady

The Laughing Lady

1946

7.0

Movie
The Man Within

The Man Within

1947

5.7

Movie
The Missing Rembrandt

The Missing Rembrandt

1932

0.0

Movie
The Mystery of Edwin Drood

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

1935

5.5

Movie
poster

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

6.0

TV
The Prodigal

The Prodigal

1955

4.0

Movie
The Red Danube

The Red Danube

1949

6.3

Movie
The Return of Bulldog Drummond

The Return of Bulldog Drummond

1934

6.1

Movie
The Right to Live

The Right to Live

1933

0.0

Movie
The Wandering Jew

The Wandering Jew

1933

7.6

Movie
The Ware Case

The Ware Case

1938

6.3

Movie
The Warren Case

The Warren Case

1934

5.0

Movie
The Winslow Boy

The Winslow Boy

1948

6.9

Movie
What Happened Then?

What Happened Then?

1934

5.0

Movie
When London Sleeps

When London Sleeps

1932

0.0

Movie
Young Man's Fancy

Young Man's Fancy

1939

5.8

Movie