Francis L. Sullivan
Nacimiento : 1903-01-06, Wandsworth, London, England
Muerte : 1956-11-19
Historia
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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Dr. Bristol
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Andrew McAllister
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Herod Antipas
The story, set 15 years after the Crucifixion, of the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who is depicted as a victim of circumstances.
Karl Brubaker
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Fat Freddy
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Philip Nosseross
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Colonel Humphrey 'Blinker' Omicron
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Francisco de Bobadilla
Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.
Pierre Cauchon, Count-Bishop of Beauvais
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Attorney General
Inglaterra, 1912. Los Winslow, una honorable y acaudalada familia británica, preparan el compromiso matrimonial de su hija, Catherine, con John Watherstone. Durante la reunión presidida por el cabeza de familia, Arthur, llega inesperadamente su hijo menor que ha sido expulsado del colegio por haber robado un giro postal de 5 chelines.
Mr. Bumble
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Anton Perami
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Prosecuting Counsel
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Mr. Braddock
A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.
Mr. Jaggers
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Pothinus
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Nero
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Leo Carrington
Rodney Playfair is persuaded, by a promise to meet his gambling debts, to impersonate a manservant named Chapman at his fiancée's house...
Minghetti
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French Skipper
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Kommandant Ulrich Wettau
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General von Graum
Europa, 1939. Alemania y Gran Bretaña se encuentran a punto de enfrentarse en una nueva guerra. El profesor Horatio Smith viaja con sus estudiantes a la Europa continental para participar en una excavación arqueológica, pero cuando sus alumnos descubran que lo que busca Smith es construir un camino que facilite la huida a los enemigos del nazismo, lo apoyarán con más ahínco. Sin embargo, el plan se complica cuando un estudiante introduzca en el grupo a una misteriosa mujer que resulta ser una espía de la Gestapo. (FILMAFFINITY)
Mander
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Blackbeard, Vincent St George
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Leon Poiccard
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Attorney General
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Madman
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Ben Chenkin
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Governor
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Lord Flamborough
Kate is secretary to Lord Flamborough. But she is also leader of a criminal gang. Can Mike Pemberton catch her red-handed?
Brogard
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Hugo Brant
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Sir Quinton Jessops (as Francis Sullavan)
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Rev. Mr. Septimus Crisparkle
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Sir Julian Weyre
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Dr. George Brockton
The Palmers, an apparently wealthy family, move into the house next door to the Lazarres. However, the Palmers are actually a gang of thieves plotting to rob the Lazarres.
Jaggers
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Richard Bentley, Prosecution Counsel
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Prosecuting Counsel (uncredited)
Chided by his boss for a conspicuous lack of sensational stories, Lewis Bevan takes matters into his own hands to revive his flagging career.
The Caliph
Musical retelling of the "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves" Arabian Nights tale.
Carl Peterson
Bulldog Drummond forms a gang to rescue his wife and thwart his nemesis, Carl Peterson.
Stedding
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Cranley
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Juan de Texada (Phase IV)
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A Sailor
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Roger Stoneham
A shady financier tries to acquire a new chemical
Rodney Haines
Slippery Rodney Haines runs a high-class gambling joint in Hampstead, while elsewhere in London Lamberti's Fair for the less-well-off is on its last legs. The only link between them seems to be Tommy Blyth, whose betting has put him in serious debt with Haines and who fancies Mary, the Lamberti's adopted daughter. In fact, there is a further unexpected link between the two worlds.
Herman Strumm
A Mandarin takes the blame when the wife of his friend's son steals secret papers.
Baron von Guntermann
Holmes goes on the trail of a Rembrandt painting, stolen by a drug-addicted artist.
