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Francis L. Sullivan
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Francis L. Sullivan
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1903-01-06,Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
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

The Wandering Jew

7.429

The Wandering Jew
1933-11-15

7.6

Oliver Twist
1948-06-28

Caesar and Cleopatra

6.2

Caesar and Cleopatra
1945-12-11

6.65

The Red Danube
1949-10-14

Great Expectations

7.3

Great Expectations
1946-12-26

6.134

Joan of Arc
1948-12-22

7.25

"Pimpernel" Smith
1941-07-28

6.1

21 Days
1940-01-07

5.5

Hell's Island
1955-05-06

Night and the City

7.477

Night and the City
1950-06-15

6.456

The Citadel
1938-10-29

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

5.875

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935-02-04

Plunder of the Sun

6.278

Plunder of the Sun
1953-08-26

The Winslow Boy

7.018

The Winslow Boy
1948-09-24

My Favorite Spy

6

My Favorite Spy
1951-12-25

The Return of Bulldog Drummond

5.972

The Return of Bulldog Drummond
1934-04-19

7.9

Take My Life
1947-05-30

Drums of Tahiti

10

Drums of Tahiti
1954-04-23

10

Called Back
1933-06-05

Christopher Columbus

5.8

Christopher Columbus
1949-10-12

8.429

Fiddlers Three
1944-10-01

6.8

Sangaree
1953-05-17

The Lady from Lisbon

7.5

The Lady from Lisbon
1942-09-01

The Four Just Men

6.667

The Four Just Men
1939-06-01

6.1

Broken Journey
1948-04-14

Non-Stop New York

6.727

Non-Stop New York
1937-09-13

6.058

The Drum
1938-04-07

7

Red Wagon
1933-12-06

6.333

Caribbean
1952-09-01

Spy of Napoleon

8

Spy of Napoleon
1936-09-09

6.4

The Ware Case
1938-12-02

6.6

F.P.1
1933-04-02

7

Strange Wives
1934-11-30

8.333

Kate Plus Ten
1938-03-17

Action for Slander

7

Action for Slander
1937-07-21

When London Sleeps

7

When London Sleeps
1932-07-22

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

6.7

Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996-04-06

5

Chu Chin Chow
1934-05-01

The Fire Raisers

5.625

The Fire Raisers
1934-01-22

7.125

Climbing High
1938-10-31

The Butler's Dilemma

6.333

The Butler's Dilemma
1943-11-29

The Day Will Dawn

6

The Day Will Dawn
1942-06-08

The Warren Case

6

The Warren Case
1934-07-30

What Happened Then?

6.25

What Happened Then?
1934-09-24

Cheating Cheaters

7

Cheating Cheaters
1934-11-05

The Chinese Puzzle

7

The Chinese Puzzle
1932-03-21

The Missing Rembrandt

7

The Missing Rembrandt
1932-02-12

The Right to Live

8

The Right to Live
1933-01-01

Her Last Affaire

8

Her Last Affaire
1935-10-21

4.6

The Prodigal
1955-05-06

0

Pontius Pilate
1952-04-07

Great Expectations

7

Great Expectations
1934-10-22

The Foreman Went to France

6.636

The Foreman Went to France
1942-06-22

Behave Yourself!

6.235

Behave Yourself!
1951-09-22

Dinner at the Ritz

5.8

Dinner at the Ritz
1937-11-26

6.8

The Man Within
1947-05-19

Young Man's Fancy

6.375

Young Man's Fancy
1939-07-31

9

Fine Feathers
1937-12-26

The Laughing Lady

7.5

The Laughing Lady
1946-10-16

6.25

A Woman Alone
1936-05-19

5.385

Studio One
1948-11-07

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

Lux Video Theatre

6.714

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

The Philco Television Playhouse

6.625

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948-10-03

5.083

Suspense
1949-01-06

Robert Montgomery Presents

6

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

Cavalcade of America

4.6

Cavalcade of America
1952-10-01

6

Lights Out
1949-07-19

7.5

Sure As Fate
1950-07-04

0

Destiny

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.848

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

5.385

Studio One
1948-11-07