Francis L. Sullivan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 6, 1903
- Died
- November 19, 1956 (aged 53)
- Birthplace
- Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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.
Known For
Filmography
Destiny
TV
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hell's Island
Movie · as Barzland
The Prodigal
Movie · as Bosra
Drums of Tahiti
Movie · as Commissioner Pierre Duvois
Plunder of the Sun
Movie · as Thomas Berrien
Sangaree
Movie · as Dr. Bristol
General Electric Theater
TV · as Captain William Bligh · 1 ep
Caribbean
Movie · as Andrew McAllister
Pontius Pilate
Movie · as Herod Antipas
Cavalcade of America
TV · 1 ep
My Favorite Spy
Movie · as Karl Brubaker
Behave Yourself!
Movie · as Fat Freddy
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Garman · 1 ep
Night and the City
Movie · as Philip Nosseross
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Detective Yates · 1 ep
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · 1 ep
Sure As Fate
TV · 20 eps
The Red Danube
Movie · as Colonel Humphrey 'Blinker' Omicron
Christopher Columbus
Movie · as Francisco de Bobadilla
Suspense
TV · 3 eps
Lights Out
TV · 2 eps
Oliver Twist
Movie · as Mr. Bumble
Joan of Arc
Movie · as Pierre Cauchon, Count-Bishop of Beauvais
The Winslow Boy
Movie · as Attorney General
Broken Journey
Movie · as Anton Perami
Studio One
TV · as Herod Antipas, Long John Silver · 1 ep
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Take My Life
Movie · as Prosecuting Counsel
The Man Within
Movie · as Mr. Braddock
Caesar and Cleopatra
Movie · as Pothinus
Great Expectations
Movie · as Mr. Jaggers
The Laughing Lady
Movie · as Sir Williams Tremayne
Fiddlers Three
Movie · as Nero
The Butler's Dilemma
Movie · as Leo Carrington
The Lady from Lisbon
Movie · as Minghetti
The Day Will Dawn
Movie · as Kommandant Ulrich Wettau
The Foreman Went to France
Movie · as French Skipper
"Pimpernel" Smith
Movie · as General von Graum
21 Days
Movie · as Mander
The Four Just Men
Movie · as Leon Poiccard
Young Man's Fancy
Movie · as Blackbeard, Vincent St George
The Citadel
Movie · as Ben Chenkin
The Drum
Movie · as Governor
The Ware Case
Movie · as Attorney General
Kate Plus Ten
Movie · as Lord Flamborough
Climbing High
Movie · as Madman
Non-Stop New York
Movie · as Hugo Brant
Action for Slander
Movie · as Sir Quinton Jessops (as Francis Sullavan)
Dinner at the Ritz
Movie · as Brogard
Fine Feathers
Movie · as Hugo Steinway
Spy of Napoleon
Movie · as Chief of Police
A Woman Alone
Movie · as Prosecutor
Theatre Parade
TV · as Hercule Poirot · 1 ep
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Movie · as Rev. Mr. Crisparkle
Her Last Affaire
Movie · as Sir Julian Weyre
The Return of Bulldog Drummond
Movie · as Carl Peterson
Strange Wives
Movie · as Bellamy
Chu Chin Chow
Movie · as The Caliph
The Fire Raisers
Movie · as Stedding
The Warren Case
Movie · as Prosecuting Counsel (uncredited)
What Happened Then?
Movie · as Richard Bentley, Prosecution Counsel
Cheating Cheaters
Movie · as Dr. George Brockton
Great Expectations
Movie · as Jaggers
The Wandering Jew
Movie · as Juan de Texada (Phase IV)
Called Back
Movie · as Kaledin
Red Wagon
Movie · as Cranley
F.P.1
Movie · as A Sailor
The Right to Live
Movie · as Roger Stoneham
When London Sleeps
Movie · as Rodney Haines
The Chinese Puzzle
Movie · as Herman Strumm
The Missing Rembrandt
Movie · as Baron von Guntermann