Damian O'Flynn
| Damian O'Flynn | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 29, 1907 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died |
August 8, 1982 (aged 75) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1937–1969 |
Damian O'Flynn (January 29, 1907 – August 8, 1982) was an Irish-American actor of film and television originally from Boston, Massachusetts.[1]
O'Flynn made his screen debut in Marked Woman (1937), after which he was a freelance player for such studios as Warner Brothers, Paramount, and RKO Pictures. While serving in World War II, he was cast with several other actors-in-uniform in Winged Victory, a production of 20th Century Fox.
O'Flynn appeared in many western films and television series. He was cast with Ben Cooper in Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963) and had a bit part in The Far Country (1954) with Jimmy Stewart and Walter Brennan . He appeared in two secondary roles in sixty episodes of the American Broadcasting Company/Desilu series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role of Marshal Wyatt Earp. When the series was set in Dodge City, Kansas, O'Flynn played Judge Tobin; when the locale was moved to Tombstone, Arizona, he became Dr. Goodfellow.[2]
In the "Frontier Surgeon" (January 19, 1960) episode of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Dr. Goodfellow must obtain a truce with Marshal Earp who is apprehending a wounded outlaw. The man will die if moved after surgery, but he does not wait the three days to recuperate out of distrust of Earp and the protection of the $15,000 loot he and his gang have taken from Wells Fargo.[3]
His acting career ended in 1969, and he died in 1982 in Los Angeles, California.
Selected filmography
- Marked Woman (1937) - Ralph Krawford
- Rage in Heaven (1941) - Bill - Steelworker #3 (uncredited)
- Lady Scarface (1941) - Lt. Onslow
- The Gay Falcon (1941) - Noel Weber
- The Great Man's Lady (1942) - Burns (uncredited)
- Broadway (1942) - Scar Edwards
- Powder Town (1942) - Oliver Lindsay
- Wake Island (1942) - Capt. Bill Patrick
- X Marks the Spot (1942) - Eddie Delaney
- Flight for Freedom (1943) - Pete (uncredited)
- Sarong Girl (1943) - Gil Gailord
- So Proudly We Hail! (1943) - Capt. Saunders (uncredited)
- Winged Victory (1944) - Col. Ross (uncredited)
- Miss Susie Slagle's (1946) - Dr. Benton (uncredited)
- Crack-Up (1946) - Stevenson
- The Bachelor's Daughters (1946) - Rex Miller
- The Devil on Wheels (1947) - John Clark
- The Beginning or the End (1947) - C.D. Howe
- Philo Vance Returns (1947) - Larry Blendon
- Saddle Pals (1947) - Bradford Collins
- Web of Danger (1947) - Bill O'Hara
- Devil Ship (1947) - Red Mason
- On Our Merry Way (1948) - Charlie Smallwood - Movie Director (uncredited)
- Half Past Midnight (1948) - Murray Evans
- A Foreign Affair (1948) - Lieutenant Colonel
- The Snake Pit (1948) - Mr. Stuart
- Disaster (1948) - Detective Dearborn
- Words and Music (1948) - Producer (uncredited)
- Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949) - Henchman Bill Wright
- Outpost in Morocco (1949) - Commandant Louis Fronval
- Black Midnight (1949) - Bill Jordan
- Pioneer Marshal (1949) - Bruce Burnett
- Young Daniel Boone (1950) - Capt. Fraser
- Bomba and the Hidden City (1950) - Dennis Johnson
- Mystery Submarine (1950) - Admiral (uncredited)
- Gambling House (1950) - Ralph Douglas
- You're in the Navy Now (1951) - Doctor (uncredited)
- Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951) - Capt. Baxter (uncredited)
- Fighting Coast Guard (1951) - Captain Adair
- Yellow Fin (1951) - Capt. John Donovan
- Hoodlum Empire (1952) - Ralph Foster
- The Pride of St. Louis (1952) - Johnnie Bishop (uncredited)
- The Half-Breed (1952) - Captain Jackson
- Plymouth Adventure (1952) - Clarke (uncredited)
- Thunderbirds (1952) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Glenn Miller Story (1954) - Col. Baker (uncredited)
- The Miami Story (1954) - Police Chief Martin Belman
- The Far Country (1954) - Second Mate on Riverboat (uncredited)
- The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) - Sir Alexander (uncredited)
- Two Guns and a Badge (1954) - John Wilson - Banker
- Daddy Long Legs (1955) - Larry Hamilton (uncredited)
- One Desire (1955) - Fire Chief (uncredited)
- Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955) - Police Chief (uncredited)
- Hidden Guns (1956) - Kingsley
- D-Day the Sixth of June (1956) - Gen. Pike (uncredited)
- Drango (1957) - Gareth Blackford
- Apache Warrior (1957) - Major
- Teenage Doll (1957) - Harold Bonney (uncredited)
- Eighteen and Anxious (1957) - John Bayne
- Why Must I Die? (1960) - D.A. Walter Dennison
- Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963) - Asa Winton (uncredited)
- Mirage (1965) - Bar Patron (uncredited)
References
- ↑ "Damian O'Flynn". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
- ↑ "About This Person: Damian O'Flynn, 2010". The New York Times. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
- ↑ ""Frontier Surgeon", January 19, 1960". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved January 20, 2014.