Cast & creator
Francis L. Sullivan
Best known for Robert Montgomery Presents, Studio One, Studio One
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.
Also known as: Френсис Л. Салливан, Фрэнсис Л. Салливан, Francis Loftus Sullivan
60
film credits
16
television credits
76
1932–1996 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (76)
Showing 76 of 76 credits
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Studio One
Herod Antipas
1948Studio One
Long John Silver
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Suspense
1949
Lights Out
1949Lux Video Theatre
Detective Yates
1950
Cavalcade of America
1952
General Electric Theater
1953General Electric Theater
Captain William Bligh
1953
Oliver Twist
Mr. Bumble
1948
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Garman
1951
Great Expectations
Mr. Jaggers
1946
Night and the City
Philip Nosseross
1950
Joan of Arc
Pierre Cauchon, Count-Bishop of Beauvais
1948
Caesar and Cleopatra
Pothinus
1945
21 Days
Mander
1940Sure As Fate
1950
Plunder of the Sun
Thomas Berrien
1953
The Red Danube
Colonel Humphrey 'Blinker' Omicron
1949
The Citadel
Ben Chenkin
1938
The Winslow Boy
Attorney General
1948
My Favorite Spy
Karl Brubaker
1951
The Foreman Went to France
French Skipper
1942
Cheating Cheaters
Dr. George Brockton
1934
The Day Will Dawn
Kommandant Ulrich Wettau
1942
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Rev. Mr. Crisparkle
1935
Hell's Island
Barzland
1955
The Prodigal
Bosra
1955
Non-Stop New York
Hugo Brant
1937
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Self (archive footage)
1996
Dinner at the Ritz
Brogard
1937
The Four Just Men
Leon Poiccard
1939
Caribbean
Andrew McAllister
1952
"Pimpernel" Smith
General von Graum
1941
The Return of Bulldog Drummond
Carl Peterson
1934
Behave Yourself!
Fat Freddy
1951
The Lady from Lisbon
Minghetti
1942
The Man Within
Mr. Braddock
1947
Sangaree
Dr. Bristol
1953
Fiddlers Three
Nero
1944
Young Man's Fancy
Blackbeard, Vincent St George
1939
The Butler's Dilemma
Leo Carrington
1943
F.P.1
A Sailor
1933
The Drum
Governor
1938
Great Expectations
Jaggers
1934
The Right to Live
Roger Stoneham
1933
Take My Life
Prosecuting Counsel
1947
Christopher Columbus
Francisco de Bobadilla
1949
The Wandering Jew
Juan de Texada (Phase IV)
1933
Broken Journey
Anton Perami
1948
Drums of Tahiti
Commissioner Pierre Duvois
1954Spy of Napoleon
Chief of Police
1936
Strange Wives
Bellamy
1934
Chu Chin Chow
The Caliph
1934
The Ware Case
Attorney General
1938
Action for Slander
Sir Quinton Jessops (as Francis Sullavan)
1937
The Missing Rembrandt
Baron von Guntermann
1932The Warren Case
Prosecuting Counsel (uncredited)
1934
Her Last Affaire
Sir Julian Weyre
1935
The Fire Raisers
Stedding
1934
Red Wagon
Cranley
1933
What Happened Then?
Richard Bentley, Prosecution Counsel
1934
The Laughing Lady
Sir Williams Tremayne
1946
Kate Plus Ten
Lord Flamborough
1938A Woman Alone
Prosecutor
1936Theatre Parade
Hercule Poirot
1936
Pontius Pilate
Herod Antipas
1952
Climbing High
Madman
1938Destiny
Called Back
Kaledin
1933
When London Sleeps
Rodney Haines
1932Fine Feathers
Hugo Steinway
1937The Chinese Puzzle
Herman Strumm
1932