Francis L. Sullivan

Actor

6 de enero de 1903 — 19 de noviembre de 1956 (53 años)
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").

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Películas y series en Plex

  • Cadenas rotas
    Cadenas rotas1946
  • Oliver Twist
    Oliver Twist1948
  • Juana de Arco
    Juana de Arco1948
  • César y Cleopatra
    César y Cleopatra1945
  • Pleito de honor
    Pleito de honor1948
  • Pórtate bien
    Pórtate bien1951
  • El día amanecerá
    El día amanecerá1942

Conocido por

  • Noche en la ciudad
    Noche en la ciudad1950
  • Cadenas rotas
    Cadenas rotas1946
  • Oliver Twist
    Oliver Twist1948
  • Juana de Arco
    Juana de Arco1948
  • Pimpinela Smith
    Pimpinela Smith1941
  • César y Cleopatra
    César y Cleopatra1945
  • Mi espía favorita
    Mi espía favorita1951
  • La ciudadela
    La ciudadela1938
  • 21 días juntos
    21 días juntos1940
  • Pleito de honor
    Pleito de honor1948
  • Saqueo al sol
    Saqueo al sol1953
  • Pórtate bien
    Pórtate bien1951
  • La verdadera historia de Cristóbal Colón
    La verdadera historia de Cristóbal Colón1949
  • La Isla del Infierno
    La Isla del Infierno1955
  • Revuelta en la India
    Revuelta en la India1938
  • The Return of Bulldog Drummond
    The Return of Bulldog Drummond1934
  • El día amanecerá
    El día amanecerá1942
  • Take My Life
    Take My Life1947
  • El Danubio rojo
    El Danubio rojo1949
  • El hijo pródigo
    El hijo pródigo1955

Filmography

1955
Hell's Island · as Barzland
1955
The Prodigal · as Bosra
1953
Drums of Tahiti · as Commissioner Pierre Duvois
1953
Plunder of the Sun · as Thomas Berrien
1953
Sangaree · as Dr. Bristol
1953
General Electric Theater · as Captain William Bligh
1952
Omnibus · as Sergeant Buzfuz (segment: The Trial Of Mr. Pickwick)
1952
Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre · as Julius Bellamy
1952
1952
Caribbean · as Andrew Mcallister
1951
My Favorite Spy · as Karl Brubaker
1951
1951
Behave Yourself! · as Fat FreddyEn Plex
1950
The Lux Video Theatre · as Detective Yates
1950
Night and the City · as Philip Nosseross
1950
1950
1949
The Red Danube · as Colonel Humphrey 'blinker' Omicron
1949
Christopher Columbus · as Francisco De Bobadilla
1949
1948
Joan of Arc · as Pierre Cauchon, Count-Bishop Of BeauvaisEn Plex
1948
The Winslow Boy · as Attorney GeneralEn Plex
1948
Studio One · as Long John Silver
1948
1948
1948
Oliver Twist · as Mr. BumbleEn Plex
1948
Broken Journey · as Anton Perami
1947
Take My Life · as Prosecuting Counsel
1947
The Smugglers · as Mr. Braddock
1946
Great Expectations · as Mr. JaggersEn Plex
1946
The Laughing Lady · as Sir Williams Tremayne
1946
1945
Caesar and Cleopatra · as PothinusEn Plex
1944
1943
The Butler's Dilemma · as Leo Carrington
1942
Lady from Lisbon · as Minghetti
1942
Somewhere in France · as French Skipper
1942
The Avengers · as Kommandant Ulrich WettauEn Plex
1941
Mister V · as General Von Graum
1940
21 Days Together · as Mander
1939
Young Man's Fancy · as Blackbeard, Vincent St George
1939
The Secret Four · as Leon Poiccard
1938
The Ware Case · as Attorney General
1938
Climbing High · as Madman
1938
The Citadel · as Ben Chenkin
1938
Queen of Crime · as Lord Flamborough
1938
The Drum · as Governor
1937
Non-Stop New York · as Hugo Brant
1937
Dinner at the Ritz · as Brogard
1937
Action for Slander · as Sir Quinton Jessops (as Francis Sullavan)
1936
Spy of Napoleon · as Chief Of Police
1936
Two Who Dared · as Prosecutor
1935
Her Last Affaire · as Sir Julian Weyre
1935
Mystery of Edwin Drood · as Rev. Mr. Crisparkle
1934
Great Expectations · as Jaggers
1934
Power · as Remchingen
1934
What Happened Then? · as Richard Bentley, Prosecution Counsel
1934
Chu Chin Chow · as The Caliph
1934
Alexandra · as Alakiev
1934
The Warren Case · as Prosecuting Counsel (uncredited)
1934
The Return of Bulldog Drummond · as Carl Peterson
1934
The Fire Raisers · as Stedding
1933
The Wandering Jew · as Juan De Texada (phase Iv)
1933
F. P. 1 Doesn't Answer · as A Sailor
1932
When London Sleeps · as Rodney Haines