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.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Wandsworth, London, England, UK
    Birthday
    1/6/1903
The Wandering Jew
The Wandering Jew
7.6
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
7.467
Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar and Cleopatra
6.1
The Red Danube
The Red Danube
6.3
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
7.275
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
6.039
'Pimpernel' Smith
'Pimpernel' Smith
7.1
21 Days Together
21 Days Together
6.1
Hell's Island
Hell's Island
5.4
Night and the City
Night and the City
7.5
The Citadel
The Citadel
6.3
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
5.5
Plunder of the Sun
Plunder of the Sun
6
The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy
6.9
My Favorite Spy
My Favorite Spy
6
The Return of Bulldog Drummond
The Return of Bulldog Drummond
6.1
Take My Life
Take My Life
7.2
Drums of Tahiti
Drums of Tahiti
0
Called Back
Called Back
0
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
5.7
Fiddlers Three
Fiddlers Three
8.2
Sangaree
Sangaree
6.4
The Lady from Lisbon
The Lady from Lisbon
6
The Four Just Men
The Four Just Men
6.2
Broken Journey
Broken Journey
6
Non-Stop New York
Non-Stop New York
6.3
The Drum
The Drum
5.675
Red Wagon
Red Wagon
0
Caribbean
Caribbean
5.8
Spy of Napoleon
0
The Ware Case
The Ware Case
6.3
F.P.1
F.P.1
6.4
Strange Wives
Strange Wives
0
Kate Plus Ten
Kate Plus Ten
0
Action for Slander
0
When London Sleeps
When London Sleeps
0
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
6.7
Chu Chin Chow
Chu Chin Chow
4.3
The Fire Raisers
The Fire Raisers
4.8
Climbing High
Climbing High
6.75
The Butler's Dilemma
The Butler's Dilemma
4.5
The Day Will Dawn
The Day Will Dawn
5.6
The Warren Case
5
What Happened Then?
What Happened Then?
5
Cheating Cheaters
Cheating Cheaters
0
The Chinese Puzzle
0
The Missing Rembrandt
The Missing Rembrandt
0
The Right to Live
The Right to Live
0
Her Last Affaire
Her Last Affaire
0
The Prodigal
The Prodigal
4
Pontius Pilate
Pontius Pilate
0
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
6.2
The Foreman Went to France
The Foreman Went to France
6.2
Behave Yourself!
Behave Yourself!
6
Dinner at the Ritz
Dinner at the Ritz
5.5
The Man Within
The Man Within
5.7
Young Man's Fancy
Young Man's Fancy
5.8
Fine Feathers
0
The Laughing Lady
The Laughing Lady
7
A Woman Alone
5.7
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