Jimmy Flynn
{{Short description|American actor (1934–2022)}}
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|death_date = September 12, 2022 (aged 88)
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|occupation = Actor, teamster
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James P. Flynn (February 5, 1934 – September 12, 2022)[https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/bostonglobe/name/james-flynn-obituary?id=36510104 James P. Flynn] was an American teamster and film actor. He was a reputed member of the famous Winter Hill Gang.{{cite news |last1=Carr |first1=Howie |author1-link=Howie Carr |title=Mobster of the Week: Jimmy Flynn |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2008/03/23/mobster-of-the-week-jimmy-flynn/ |access-date=18 May 2021 |work=Boston Herald |date=23 March 2008}} He appeared in films including Good Will Hunting,{{cite magazine |url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2013/01/08/robin-williams-good-hunting/ |title=Robin Williams on Good Will Hunting |author=Janelle Nanos |date=8 January 2013 |magazine=Boston |access-date=26 October 2015}} The Cider House Rules and What's the Worst That Could Happen?.{{cite magazine |url=http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/12929/the_ibt_on_reality_tv_boston_union_teams_up_with_mark_wahlberg |title=The IBT on Reality TV: Boston Union Teams Up With Mark Wahlberg |author=Steve Early |date=22 March 2012 |magazine=In These Times |access-date=26 October 2015}}
Biography
James P. Flynn was born in Somerville, Massachusetts.
In 1982, Flynn was wrongly identified as a shooter in the murder of Winter Hill Gang mob associate Brian "Balloonhead" Halloran and attempted murder of Michael Donahue.{{cite book|title=Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice|last1=Cullen|first1=Kevin|last2=Murphy|first2=Shelley|date=13 February 2011|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|pages=229–230|isbn=9780393087727|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jd727cro0_cC&q=%22jimmy+flynn%22+winter+hill&pg=PA229|access-date=26 October 2015}}{{cite book|title=Hitman: The Untold Story of Johnny Martorano---Whitey Bulger's Partner and the Most Feared Gangster in the Underworld|author=Howie Carr|date=4 June 2013|publisher=St. Martin's Press|pages=198–199|isbn=9780765365316|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UEF_bSx6IkoC&q=Jimmy+Flynn+teamster&pg=PA198|access-date=26 October 2015}} He was tried and acquitted for the murder in 1986 after being framed by John Connolly and James J. Bulger.{{cite news |last1=Barry |first1=Dan |author1-link=Dan Barry (reporter) |title=A Voice for Those Silenced in a Mobster's Reign |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/16/us/16land.html?pagewanted=all |access-date=22 November 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=15 July 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110723015118/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/16/us/16land.html?pagewanted=all |archive-date=23 July 2011 |url-access=subscription}}
Flynn was a part of Boston's International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 25 labor union where he later ran the organization's movie production crew. He has also been the Teamster Union's transportation coordinator and transportation captain in the transportation department on numerous films,{{cite news |url=http://www.laborers.org/BostonHerald_Teamo_8-9-00.html |title=Hear no evil: Teamsters-IBT Governor Ignored Complaints of Shakedowns and Intimidation |author=Jack Sullivan |date=9 August 2000 |publisher=Boston Herald |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415061404/http://www.laborers.org/BostonHerald_Teamo_8-9-00.html |archive-date=15 April 2013 |url-status=usurped |access-date=18 May 2021 |via=laborers.org}} including The Departed, Fever Pitch and Jumanji.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0283497/|title=Jimmy Flynn|publisher=IMDB|access-date=26 October 2015}}
Flynn appeared in many films shot in the New England area. In show business he went by the name 'James P. Flynn'. Flynn was cast as a judge in the Boston-based film Good Will Hunting in 1997.{{cite book |last1=Carr |first1=Howie |author1-link=Howie Carr |title=The Brothers Bulger: How They Terrorized and Corrupted Boston for a Quarter Century |date=2013 |publisher=Grand Central Publishing |location=New York |isbn=9780446506144 |url=https://archive.org/details/brothersbulgerho0000carr |access-date=18 May 2021}}{{cite book|title=Betrayal: Whitey Bulger and the FBI Agent Who Fought to Bring Him Down|last1=Fitzpatrick|first1=Robert|last2=Land|first2=Jon|date=3 January 2012|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=9781429963664|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZQV8wCfl3bMC&q=%22jimmy+flynn%22+winter+hill&pg=PT155|access-date=26 October 2015}} Later, he acted in the 1999 film The Cider House Rules and What's the Worst That Could Happen? in 2001. He was also a truck driver for movie production equipment during the filming of My Best Friend's Girl in 2008. Boston actor Tom Kemp remarked: "The film The Departed wouldn't be a Boston movie without me, a Wahlberg, and Jimmy Flynn from the teamsters."The Boston Globe, "'The Departed' Has Local Launch", Carol Beggy & Mark Shanahan, 4 October 2006, Living Section, page F.2
Filmography
- Good Will Hunting (1997) as Judge George H. Malone
- The Cider House Rules (1999) as Vernon
- What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001) as the Fire Captain
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|283498|Jimmy Flynn}}
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Category:Male actors from Boston