Damian O'Flynn
Damian O'Flynn was an Irish-American actor of film and television originally from Holt, Nebraska.
Biography
Damian Francis Flynn, stage name Damian O'Flynn, began his stage career in Omaha before attempting the New York stage. He moved to Los Angeles in 1936 and made his screen debut in Marked Woman, 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 and had a bit part in The Far Country. He appeared in two secondary roles in sixty episodes of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.
In addition to his work in westerns, O'Flynn guest-starred in two episodes of the CBS situation comedy Mr. Adams and Eve in 1957–1958. He played a desk clerk in a 1969 Green Acres episode entitled "The Marital Vacation."
O'Flynn's acting career ended in 1969, and he died in 1982 in Los Angeles, California.
Selected filmography
Marked Woman - Ralph KrawfordRage in Heaven - Bill - Steelworker #3 Lady Scarface - Lt. OnslowThe Gay Falcon - Noel WeberThe Great Man's Lady - Burns Broadway - Scar EdwardsPowder Town - Oliver LindsayWake Island - Capt. Bill PatrickX Marks the Spot - Eddie DelaneyFlight for Freedom - Pete Sarong Girl - Gil GailordSo Proudly We Hail! - Capt. Saunders Winged Victory - Col. Ross Miss Susie Slagle's - Dr. Benton Crack-Up - StevensonThe Bachelor's Daughters - Rex MillerThe Devil on Wheels - John ClarkThe Beginning or the End - C.D. HowePhilo Vance Returns - Larry BlendonSaddle Pals - Bradford CollinsWeb of Danger - Bill O'HaraDevil Ship - Red MasonOn Our Merry Way - Charlie Smallwood - Movie Director Half Past Midnight - Murray EvansA Foreign Affair - Lieutenant ColonelThe Snake Pit - Mr. StuartDisaster - Detective DearbornWords and Music - Producer Riders of the Whistling Pines - Henchman Bill WrightOutpost in Morocco - Commandant Louis FronvalBlack Midnight - Bill JordanPioneer Marshal - Bruce BurnettYoung Daniel Boone - Capt. FraserBomba and the Hidden City - Dennis JohnsonMystery Submarine - Admiral Gambling House - Ralph DouglasYou're in the Navy Now - Doctor Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison - Capt. Baxter Fighting Coast Guard - Captain AdairYellow Fin - Capt. John DonovanHoodlum Empire - Ralph FosterThe Pride of St. Louis - Johnnie Bishop The Half-Breed - Captain JacksonPlymouth Adventure - Clarke Thunderbirds - Minor Role The Glenn Miller Story - Col. Baker The Miami Story - Police Chief Martin BelmanThe Far Country - Second Mate on Riverboat The Black Shield of Falworth - Sir Alexander Two Guns and a Badge - John Wilson - BankerDaddy Long Legs - Larry Hamilton One Desire - Fire Chief Teen-Age Crime Wave - Police Chief Hidden Guns - KingsleyD-Day the Sixth of June - Gen. Pike Drango - Gareth BlackfordApache Warrior - MajorTeenage Doll - Harold Bonney Eighteen and Anxious - John BayneWhy Must I Die? - D.A. Walter DennisonGunfight at Comanche Creek - Asa Winton Mirage - Bar Patron