James Nolan (actor)
James F. Nolan was an American film, stage and television actor.
Nolan was born in San Francisco, California. After serving in World War II he began his acting career in New York, performing in stage plays such as A Streetcar Named Desire and Bus Stop. Nolan then moved to Hollywood, California.
Nolan guest-starred in numerous television programs including Gunsmoke, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Fugitive, Get Smart, Harbor Command, The Wild Wild West, McHale's Navy, Leave It to Beaver, Emergency!, The Jack Benny Program, The Waltons, The [Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone], Perry Mason, Adam-12 and The [Mary Tyler Moore Show]. He also appeared in films, including Charley Varrick, Support Your Local Gunfighter, Dirty Harry, All Night Long, The Toolbox Murders and The Shootist. He played the role of the priest Father Steven Lonigan in the 1970 film Airport.
Nolan died in July 1985 of cancer at the Motion Picture & Television Fund cottages in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 69.
Selected filmography
- Torchy Blane in Panama as Ship's Officer Nelson
- Little Miss Thoroughbred as First Intern at General Hospital
- When Were You Born as Ship Passenger
- Cowboy from Brooklyn as Alvey's Secretary
- Racket Busters as Jim Smith, Allison's Secretary
- Boy Meets Girl as Young Man Brought in for Susie
- Garden of [the Moon (film)|Garden of the Moon] as Sound Man with Microphone
- Girls on Probation as Dave Warren, Connie's Date
- Men Are Such Fools as Bill Collyer
- Winged Victory as Stranger on Street
- Because of Him as Reporter
- Little Miss Big as Detective Lieutenant
- The Brute Man as Police Dispatcher
- Lady in the Lake as Party Guest
- Abie's Irish Rose as Policeman
- Alias Mr. Twilight as Customs Guard
- The Beginning or the End as President Roosevelt's Bodyguard
- Dark Delusion as Orderly
- Unconquered as Villager
- Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome as Dan Sterne
- The Miracle of the Bells as Tod Jones
- Berlin Express as ROT Captain on First Train
- Fighting Father Dunne as Policeman Danny Briggs
- The Arizona Ranger as Nimino Welch
- Guns of Hate as Sheriff Bradley
- Race Street as Herbie
- They Live by Night as Schreiber
- Sons of Adventure as Frank, Publicity Man
- Night Time in Nevada as Jim Andrews
- Son of God's Country as Bill Sanger
- Rogues' Regiment as American Colonel
- He Walked by Night as Harry
- The Countess of Monte Cristo as Lieutenant
- One Sunday Afternoon as Henry
- Wake of the Red Witch as First Diver
- The Lucky Stiff
- Siren of Atlantis as Major
- Daughter of the Jungle as Lamser
- The Clay Pigeon as Faber
- Outpost in Morocco as Legionnaire Colonel's Aide
- Death Valley Gunfighter as Shad
- The Stratton Story as Reporter
- The Window as Stranger on Street
- Illegal Entry as Agent Benson
- Too Late for Tears as Detective Parker
- Bandit King of Texas as Dan McCabe
- Thieves' Highway as Smaller Cop at Roadside Bar
- Flame of Youth as Policeman
- Strange Bargain as Policeman
- The Woman on Pier 13 as Policeman
- Alias the Champ as Al Merlo
- Rusty's Birthday as Motor Officer
- Mary Ryan, Detective as Detective Johnson
- Adam's Rib as Dave
- New York (film)|Port of New York] as Charles Lindsay
- Paid in Full as Charlie Malloy, Lawyer
- Riding High as Deputy
- Double Dynamite as Detective
- The Boss as Matt's Lawyer
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Detective Kelly
- The Big Caper as Police Sergeant Waldo Harris
- The Big Circus as Police Lieutenant
- Portrait in Black as Detective
- An American Dream as Monsignor Jim
- Madigan as Detective
- Airport as Father Steven Lonigan
- Support Your Local Gunfighter as Train Conductor
- Dirty Harry as Liquor Proprietor
- Charley Varrick as Clerk
- The Shootist as Gambler
- Telefon as Appliance Store Clerk
- The Toolbox Murders as Bartender
- All Night Long as Grandfather Gibbons
- Jinxed! as Father