Barry Sullivan

Acting · 1.6 popularity

Age

113

Movies

104

Born: August 29, 1912 – June 6, 1994
From: New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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.

Works

104 films

Earthquake

19746.1

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

19737.2

The Bad and the Beautiful

19527.3

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

19695.8

Oh, God!

19776.4

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

1979

Caravans

19785.8

Planet of the Vampires

19656.4

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

19666.1

A Volta do Besouro Verde

19406.8

Forty Guns

19576.6

Take a Hard Ride

19755.3

A Gathering of Eagles

19635.9

The Arrangement

19696.5

Night Gallery

19696.5

The Maverick Queen

19565.8

Texas Lady

19555.7

Light in the Piazza

19626.4

Jeopardy

19536.7

Dragoon Wells Massacre

19577.2

Another Time, Another Place

19585.8

Buckskin

19685.5

Strategic Air Command

19556.1

The Great Gatsby

19495.4

The Outriders

19507.3

Queen Bee

19556.3

Mr. Imperium

19515.1

The Washington Affair

19779.0

Grounds for Marriage

19515.0

The Human Factor

19755.8

Seven Ways from Sundown

19605.9

An American Dream

19665.0

Man in the Middle

19646.5

House on Greenapple Road

19707.4

The Gangster

19475.2

Her Twelve Men

19545.9

Three Guys Named Mike

19515.8

Framed

19476.5

How to Steal the World

19685.4

Shark

19694.3

The Immortal

19698.0

Survival

19768.0

Any Number Can Play

19496.9

Yuma

19716.0

Payment on Demand

19516.3

Violent Naples

19766.4

The Unknown Man

19515.1

Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon

19727.2

This Savage Land

19696.3

Julie

19565.9

The Hoaxters

19525.3

Tension

19496.8

Getting Gertie's Garter

19454.7

Nancy Goes to Rio

19506.0

Savage!

19735.5

And Now Tomorrow

19446.0

Letters from Three Lovers

19737.5

Stage to Thunder Rock

19646.4

A Life of Her Own

19505.3

Cause for Alarm!

19515.9

The Magician

19738.6

Cry of the Hunted

19536.1

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

20025.8

Stalked

19686.5

Dates and Nuts

193710.0

China Venture

19537.8

Cannon

19715.0

No Questions Asked

19516.1

Another Part of the Forest

197210.0

Bad Men of Tombstone

19496.5

The Miami Story

19544.9

Skirts Ahoy!

19525.8

Smart Woman

19485.5

Suspense

19466.2

It Takes All Kinds

19698.0

Rainbow Island

19447.5

The Woman of the Town

19436.4

Hurricane

19745.4

Johnny Belinda

19679.0

The Immigrants

19786.0

The Price

1971

Nightmare at Ground Zero

1958

The Secret of Lost Valley

1980

Duffy's Tavern

19456.4

Casino

198010.0

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur

19764.0

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

1955

Playgirl

19544.3

Harlow

19654.7

Pyro... The Thing Without a Face

19645.0

My Blood Runs Cold

19655.2

No Room to Run

19776.5

Loophole

19546.9

Ain't No Time for Glory

1957

Inside Straight

19514.9

Wolf Larsen

19587.0

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses

1957

The Way to the Gold

19578.0

Intimacy

19664.7

The Purple Gang

19596.8

Lady in the Dark

19444.7

Grand Jury

19774.3

Dime a Dance

19376.0

High Explosive

19436.3