Francis L. Sullivan

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    Френсис Л. Салливан, Фрэнсис Л. Салливан, Francis Loftus Sullivan

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1903-01-06
  • event Death Date 1956-11-19
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 3
  • info Birth Place Wandsworth, London, England, UK
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7.6

The Wandering Jew

1933-11-15

7.5

Oliver Twist

1948-06-28

6.1

Caesar and Cleopatra

1945-12-11

6.3

The Red Danube

1949-10-14

7.3

Great Expectations

1946-12-26

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Joan of Arc

1948-12-22

7.1

'Pimpernel' Smith

1941-07-28

6.1

21 Days Together

1940-01-07

5.4

Hell's Island

1955-05-06

7.5

Night and the City

1950-06-15

6.3

The Citadel

1938-10-29

5.5

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

1935-02-04

6.1

Plunder of the Sun

1953-08-26

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The Winslow Boy

1948-09-24

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My Favorite Spy

1951-12-25

6.1

The Return of Bulldog Drummond

1934-04-19

7.2

Take My Life

1947-05-30

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Drums of Tahiti

1954-04-23

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Called Back

1933-06-05

5.7

Christopher Columbus

1949-10-12

8.2

Fiddlers Three

1944-10-01

6.4

Sangaree

1953-05-17

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The Lady from Lisbon

1942-09-01

6.2

The Four Just Men

1939-06-01

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Broken Journey

1948-04-14

6.3

Non-Stop New York

1937-09-13

5.7

The Drum

1938-09-29

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Red Wagon

1933-12-06

5.8

Caribbean

1952-09-01

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Spy of Napoleon

1936-09-09

6.3

The Ware Case

1938-12-02

6.5

F.P.1

1933-04-02

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Strange Wives

1934-11-30

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Kate Plus Ten

1938-03-17

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Action for Slander

1937-07-21

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When London Sleeps

1932-07-22

6.7

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

1996-04-06

4.3

Chu Chin Chow

1934-05-01

4.8

The Fire Raisers

1934-01-22

6.8

Climbing High

1938-10-31

4.5

The Butler's Dilemma

1943-11-29

5.6

The Day Will Dawn

1942-06-08

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The Warren Case

1934-07-30

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What Happened Then?

1934-09-24

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Cheating Cheaters

1934-11-05

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The Chinese Puzzle

1932-03-21

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The Missing Rembrandt

1932-02-12

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The Right to Live

1933-01-01

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Her Last Affaire

1935-10-21

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The Prodigal

1955-05-06

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Pontius Pilate

1952-04-07

6.2

Great Expectations

1934-10-22

6.2

The Foreman Went to France

1942-06-22

6.1

Behave Yourself!

1951-09-22

5.5

Dinner at the Ritz

1937-11-26

5.7

The Man Within

1947-05-19

5.8

Young Man's Fancy

1939-07-31

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Fine Feathers

1937-12-26

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The Laughing Lady

1946-10-16

5.7

A Woman Alone

1936-05-19

4.7

Studio One

1948-11-07

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General Electric Theater

1953-02-01

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Lux Video Theatre

1950-10-02

7

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951-10-05

6

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948-10-03

4.6

Suspense

1949-01-06

5.2

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950-01-30

3.5

Cavalcade of America

1952-10-01

5.3

Lights Out

1949-07-19

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Sure As Fate

1950-07-04

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Destiny

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General Electric Theater

1953-02-01

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951-10-05

6.6

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948-06-20

4.7

Studio One

1948-11-07