
May 14, 1906 · 120 years old
American character actor whose career lasted nearly half a century. James Wilson Flavin Jr. was the son of a hotel waiter of Canadian-English extraction and a mother, Katherine, whose father was an Irish immigrant. (Thus Flavin, well-known in Hollywood as an "Irish" type, was only one-quarter Irish.…

A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.

Two ex-cons murder a family in a robbery attempt before going on the run from the authorities who try to piece together the details of the murder in an attempt to track down the killers.

A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.

A fired railroad man is re-hired and entrusted to carry a ten thousand dollar payroll in secret, even though he is suspected of being connected to outlaws.

Two employees of a secluded hotel investigate a murder on the premises in which the goofy bellboy is the prime suspect.

In WW2, the Allies race against time to persuade two nuclear scientists working for the Germans to switch sides.

A parole officer falls in love with his client, a ravishing blonde who served time for murder, and he's determined to help her go straight despite her interfering criminal boyfriend.

The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.

A doctor spins an ever-growing web of lies after a taste of the excitement that he was missing in his conventional life, thanks to a chance meeting with a nightclub singer.

Jimmy goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of their love for music and in-house band who constantly practices.

Ex-GI Nick Blake gets involved in a scheme to fleece a rich, young widow, but finds himself falling for her, much to the displeasure of his racketeer cohorts.

Fantasy comedy about a young window dresser who kisses a statue of Venus, which then comes to life in the form of Ava Gardner. However, the problems begin when Venus falls in love with him.

Two window washers mistakenly receive, and lose, $50,000 belonging to a shady bookie, and have only forty-eight hours to retrieve the money.

At the end of the Civil War, an embittered Southern belle joins forces with a Confederate guerrilla leader to raid Union towns.

A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper. She proves to be Princess Lin Hwa.

Sonny and Cher spoof many Hollywood classic movie scenes.

In 1945 Vienna, an American doctor marries an Austrian girl, who later disappears in the Soviet Control Zone during a visit there, forcing everyone to presume her dead.

The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.

Julie adopts Hitty before dying. Bill grieves, rejects Hitty's attempts to help. Hitty believes Julie visits her with advice. Bill plans to send Hitty away. After hearing Julie's message, Bill accepts moving forward with Hitty.

Francis the Talking Mule witnesses a murder. He takes a bumbling reporter named David Prescott under his wing and the two of them set out to solve the crime.