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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/04/1996
Hell's Island
Character:Barzland
Release Date:06/05/1955
The Prodigal
Character:Bosra
Release Date:06/05/1955
Drums of Tahiti
Character:Commissioner Pierre Duvois
Release Date:23/04/1954
Plunder of the Sun
Character:Thomas Berrien
Release Date:26/08/1953
Sangaree
Character:Dr. Bristol
Release Date:17/05/1953
Caribbean
Character:Andrew McAllister
Release Date:01/09/1952
Pontius Pilate
Character:Herod Antipas
Release Date:07/04/1952
My Favorite Spy
Character:Karl Brubaker
Release Date:25/12/1951
Behave Yourself!
Character:Fat Freddy
Release Date:22/09/1951
Night and the City
Character:Philip Nosseross
Release Date:15/06/1950
The Red Danube
Character:Colonel Humphrey 'Blinker' Omicron
Release Date:14/10/1949
Christopher Columbus
Character:Francisco de Bobadilla
Release Date:12/10/1949
Joan of Arc
Character:Pierre Cauchon, Count-Bishop of Beauvais
Release Date:22/12/1948
The Winslow Boy
Character:Attorney General
Release Date:24/09/1948
Oliver Twist
Character:Mr. Bumble
Release Date:28/06/1948
Broken Journey
Character:Anton Perami
Release Date:14/04/1948
Take My Life
Character:Prosecuting Counsel
Release Date:30/05/1947
The Man Within
Character:Mr. Braddock
Release Date:19/05/1947
Great Expectations
Character:Mr. Jaggers
Release Date:26/12/1946
The Laughing Lady
Character:Sir Williams Tremayne
Release Date:16/10/1946
Caesar and Cleopatra
Character:Pothinus
Release Date:11/12/1945
Fiddlers Three
Character:Nero
Release Date:01/10/1944
The Butler's Dilemma
Character:Leo Carrington
Release Date:29/11/1943
The Lady from Lisbon
Character:Minghetti
Release Date:01/09/1942
The Foreman Went to France
Character:French Skipper
Release Date:22/06/1942
The Day Will Dawn
Character:Kommandant Ulrich Wettau
Release Date:08/06/1942
"Pimpernel" Smith
Character:General von Graum
Release Date:28/07/1941
21 Days Together
Character:Mander
Release Date:07/01/1940
Young Man's Fancy
Character:Blackbeard, Vincent St George
Release Date:31/07/1939
The Four Just Men
Character:Leon Poiccard
Release Date:01/06/1939
The Ware Case
Character:Attorney General
Release Date:02/12/1938
Climbing High
Character:Madman
Release Date:31/10/1938
The Citadel
Character:Ben Chenkin
Release Date:29/10/1938
The Drum
Character:Governor
Release Date:07/04/1938
Kate Plus Ten
Character:Lord Flamborough
Release Date:17/03/1938
Fine Feathers
Character:Hugo Steinway
Release Date:26/12/1937
Dinner at the Ritz
Character:Brogard
Release Date:26/11/1937
Non-Stop New York
Character:Hugo Brant
Release Date:13/09/1937
Action for Slander
Character:Sir Quinton Jessops (as Francis Sullavan)
Release Date:21/07/1937
Spy of Napoleon
Character:Chief of Police
Release Date:09/09/1936
A Woman Alone
Character:Prosecutor
Release Date:19/05/1936
Her Last Affaire
Character:Sir Julian Weyre
Release Date:21/10/1935
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Character:Rev. Mr. Crisparkle
Release Date:04/02/1935
Strange Wives
Character:Bellamy
Release Date:30/11/1934
Cheating Cheaters
Character:Dr. George Brockton
Release Date:05/11/1934
Great Expectations
Character:Jaggers
Release Date:22/10/1934
What Happened Then?
Character:Richard Bentley, Prosecution Counsel
Release Date:24/09/1934
The Warren Case
Character:Prosecuting Counsel (uncredited)
Release Date:30/07/1934
Chu Chin Chow
Character:The Caliph
Release Date:01/05/1934
The Return of Bulldog Drummond
Character:Carl Peterson
Release Date:19/04/1934
The Fire Raisers
Character:Stedding
Release Date:22/01/1934
Red Wagon
Character:Cranley
Release Date:06/12/1933
The Wandering Jew
Character:Juan de Texada (Phase IV)
Release Date:15/11/1933
Called Back
Character:Kaledin
Release Date:05/06/1933
F.P.1
Character:A Sailor
Release Date:02/04/1933
The Right to Live
Character:Roger Stoneham
Release Date:01/01/1933
When London Sleeps
Character:Rodney Haines
Release Date:22/07/1932
The Chinese Puzzle
Character:Herman Strumm
Release Date:21/03/1932
The Missing Rembrandt
Character:Baron von Guntermann
Release Date:12/02/1932
Television Appearances
General Electric Theater
Character:
General Electric Theater
Character:Captain William Bligh
Cavalcade of America
Character:
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character:Garman
Lux Video Theatre
Character:Detective Yates
Sure As Fate
Character:
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:
Lights Out
Character:
Suspense
Character:
Studio One
Character:Herod Antipas
Studio One
Character:Long John Silver
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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