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person_profile-Barry Sullivan

Barry Sullivan Died at age: 81

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Aug 29, 1912

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jun 06, 1994

Biography of

Barry Sullivan

    Barry Sullivan (August 29, 1912 – June 6, 1994) was an American movie actor who appeared in over 100 movies from the 1930s to the 1980s.

    Born in New York City, Sullivan fell into acting when in college playing semi-pro football. During the later Depression years, Sullivan was told that because of his 6 ft 3 in (1.9 m) stature and rugged good looks he could "make money" simply standing on a Broadway stage. This began a successful career on Broadway, movies and television.

    One of Sullivan's most memorable roles was playing a movie director in The Bad and the Beautiful opposite Kirk Douglas. Sullivan toured the US with Bette Davis in theatrical readings of the poetry of Carl Sandburg and starred opposite her in the 1951 film Payment on Demand. In 1950, Sullivan appeared in the film A Life of Her Own and replaced Vincent Price in the role of Leslie Charteris' Simon Templar on the NBC Radio show The Saint. Unfortunately, Sullivan only lasted two episodes before the show was cancelled, and then resurrected five weeks later with Vincent Price once again playing the starring role.

    Sullivan's first starring TV show was a syndicated adaptation of the radio series The Man Called X for Ziv Television in 1956-1957, as secret agent Ken Thurston, the role Herbert Marshall originally portrayed before the microphone. In the 1957-1958 season, Sullivan starred in the adventure/drama television series Harbormaster. He played a commercial ship's captain, David Scott, and Paul Burke played his partner, Jeff Kittridge, in five episodes of the series, which aired first on CBS and then ABC under the revised title Adventure at Scott Island.

    In 1960, Sullivan played frontier sheriff Pat Garrett opposite Clu Gulager as outlaw Billy the Kid in the western television series The Tall Man (although the series ran for seventy-five half-hour episodes, the one in which Garrett kills Billy was never filmed). Sullivan appeared in Sam Peckinpah's Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) as John Chisum, but his scene was excised from the release print (though later restored to the film). He had a featured role in the 1976 miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man Book II. In additional to The Tall Man, Sullivan also starred in the television series The Road West, which aired on NBC on Monday, alternating with Perry Como), during the 1966-1967 season. Sullivan played the role of family patriarch Ben Pride.

    Sullivan guest starred in many series, including The DuPont Show with June Allyson, The Reporter, The Love Boat, Little House on the Prairie, and McMillan and Wife. He starred in many Hallmark Hall of Fame specials including a highly acclaimed production of "The Price" opposite George C. Scott. Sullivan was consistently in demand for the entirety of his career. His acting career spanned romantic leading man roles to villains and finally to character roles. In his later years, Sullivan had roles in the films, Oh God with George Burns and Earthquake, where he shared scenes with Ava Gardner.

    Sullivan has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one at 1500 Vine St. for his work in television, and another at 6160 Hollywood Blvd. for motion pictures.

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Filmography of

Barry Sullivan

Found 93 Movies in total

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

Griff Bonnell (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2002

Casino

Sam Fletcher ( Actor )

... 1980

The Immigrants

Grant Whittier ( Actor )

... 1978

Caravans

Richardson ( Actor )

... 1978

The Bastard

Abraham Ware ( Actor )

... 1978

Oh, God!

Bishop Reardon ( Actor )

... 1977

No Room to Run

Garth Kingswood ( Actor )

... 1977

Violent Naples

'O' Generale ( Actor )

... 1976

... 1976

The Human Factor

Edmonds ( Actor )

... 1975

Take a Hard Ride

Kane ( Actor )

... 1975

Earthquake

Dr. Willis Stockle ( Actor )

... 1974

Hurricane

Hank Stoddard ( Actor )

... 1974

... 1973

... 1973

Savage

Judge Daniel Stern ( Actor )

... 1973

The Magician

Joseph Baker ( Actor )

... 1973

Another Part of the Forest

Marcus Hubbard ( Actor )

... 1972

Cannon

Calhoun ( Actor )

... 1971

Yuma

Nels Decker ( Actor )

... 1971

The Price

Walter Franz ( Actor )

... 1971

House on Greenapple Road

Chief Frank Untermyer ( Actor )

... 1970

The Arrangement

Chet Collier (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1969

Night Gallery

Dr. Frank Heatherton ( Actor )

... 1969

... 1969

Shark

Mallare ( Actor )

... 1969

The Immortal

Jordan Braddock ( Actor )

... 1969

This Savage Land

Benjamin Pride ( Actor )

... 1969

It Takes All Kinds

Orville Benton ( Actor )

... 1969

How to Steal the World

Dr. Robert Kingsley ( Actor )

... 1968

Buckskin

Chaddock ( Actor )

... 1968

Johnny Belinda

Black MacDonald ( Actor )

... 1967

An American Dream

Police Lt. G. Roberts ( Actor )

... 1966

... 1966

Intimacy

Walter Nicholson ( Actor )

... 1966

Planet of the Vampires

Captain Mark Markary ( Actor )

... 1965

Harlow

Marino Bello ( Actor )

... 1965

My Blood Runs Cold

Julian Merriday ( Actor )

... 1965

Stage to Thunder Rock

Sheriff Horne ( Actor )

... 1964

Man in the Middle

General Kempton ( Actor )

... 1964

Pyro... The Thing Without a Face

Vance Pierson ( Actor )

... 1964

A Gathering of Eagles

Col. Bill Fowler ( Actor )

... 1963

Light in the Piazza

Noel Johnson ( Actor )

... 1962

Seven Ways from Sundown

Jim Flood ( Actor )

... 1960

The Purple Gang

William P. Harley ( Actor )

... 1959

Wolf Larsen

Wolf Larsen ( Actor )

... 1958

Another Time, Another Place

Carter Reynolds ( Actor )

... 1958

Forty Guns

Griff Bonell ( Actor )

... 1957

Dragoon Wells Massacre

Link Ferris ( Actor )

... 1957

The Way to the Gold

Marshal Hannibal ( Actor )

... 1957

Julie

Cliff Henderson ( Actor )

... 1956

The Maverick Queen

Jeff Younger ( Actor )

... 1956

Texas Lady

Chris Mooney ( Actor )

... 1955

Queen Bee

Avery "Beauty" Phillips ( Actor )

... 1955

Strategic Air Command

Rocky Samford ( Actor )

... 1955

Her Twelve Men

Richard Y. Oliver, Sr. ( Actor )

... 1954

The Miami Story

Mick Flagg ( Actor )

... 1954

Playgirl

Mike Marsh ( Actor )

... 1954

Loophole

Mike Donovan ( Actor )

... 1954

China Venture

Cmdr. Bert Thompson ( Actor )

... 1953

Cry of the Hunted

Lieutenant Tunner ( Actor )

... 1953

Jeopardy

Doug Stilwin ( Actor )

... 1953

The Bad and the Beautiful

Fred Amiel ( Actor )

... 1952

Skirts Ahoy!

Paul Elcott ( Actor )

... 1952

The Unknown Man

District Attorney Joe Bucknor ( Actor )

... 1951

No Questions Asked

Steve Keiver ( Actor )

... 1951

Cause for Alarm!

George Z. Jones ( Actor )

... 1951

Mr. Imperium

Paul Hunter ( Actor )

... 1951

Inside Straight

Johnny Sanderson ( Actor )

... 1951

Three Guys Named Mike

Mike Tracy ( Actor )

... 1951

Payment on Demand

David Anderson Ramsey ( Actor )

... 1951

Grounds for Marriage

Chris Bartlett ( Actor )

... 1951

A Life of Her Own

Lee Gorrance ( Actor )

... 1950

Nancy Goes to Rio

Paul Berten ( Actor )

... 1950

The Outriders

Jesse Wallace ( Actor )

... 1950

Tension

Lt. Collier Bonnabel ( Actor )

... 1949

Any Number Can Play

Tycoon ( Actor )

... 1949

The Great Gatsby

Tom Buchanaan ( Actor )

... 1949

Bad Men of Tombstone

Tom Horn ( Actor )

... 1949

Smart Woman

Frank McCoy ( Actor )

... 1948

The Gangster

Shubunka ( Actor )

... 1947

Framed

Steve Price ( Actor )

... 1947

Suspense

Joe Morgan ( Actor )

... 1946

Getting Gertie's Garter

Ted Dalton ( Actor )

... 1945

Duffy's Tavern

Danny Murphy ( Actor )

... 1945

And Now Tomorrow

Jeff Stoddard ( Actor )

... 1944

Rainbow Island

Ken Masters ( Actor )

... 1944

Lady in the Dark

Dr. Brooks ( Actor )

... 1944

The Woman of the Town

King Kennedy ( Actor )

... 1943

High Explosive

Mike Douglas ( Actor )

... 1943

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

Thug in Car's Back Seat ( Actor )

... 1940