Barry Sullivan

Acting · 1.8 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

Caravans

19785.8

Oh, God!

19776.4

Planet of the Vampires

19656.4

The Maverick Queen

19565.8

Texas Lady

19555.7

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

19666.1

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

1979

The Arrangement

19696.5

Take a Hard Ride

19755.3

Dragoon Wells Massacre

19577.2

The Washington Affair

19779.0

A Gathering of Eagles

19635.9

Jeopardy

19536.7

A Volta do Besouro Verde

19406.8

The Great Gatsby

19495.4

Forty Guns

19576.6

Light in the Piazza

19626.4

Queen Bee

19556.3

Strategic Air Command

19556.1

The Outriders

19507.3

Her Twelve Men

19545.9

Payment on Demand

19516.3

An American Dream

19665.0

Man in the Middle

19646.5

The Human Factor

19755.8

Another Time, Another Place

19585.8

Seven Ways from Sundown

19605.9

Night Gallery

19696.5

Cause for Alarm!

19515.9

A Life of Her Own

19505.3

Framed

19476.5

Mr. Imperium

19515.1

Grounds for Marriage

19515.0

The Gangster

19475.2

Violent Naples

19766.4

The Unknown Man

19515.1

Three Guys Named Mike

19515.8

Shark

19694.3

House on Greenapple Road

19707.4

Yuma

19716.0

Buckskin

19685.5

Stage to Thunder Rock

19646.4

Tension

19496.8

Savage!

19735.5

Getting Gertie's Garter

19454.7

The Miami Story

19544.9

How to Steal the World

19685.4

Suspense

19466.2

Any Number Can Play

19496.9

And Now Tomorrow

19446.0

Duffy's Tavern

19456.4

China Venture

19537.8

Julie

19565.9

Cannon

19715.0

Letters from Three Lovers

19737.5

The Immortal

19698.0

Skirts Ahoy!

19525.8

Survival

19768.0

This Savage Land

19696.3

The Hoaxters

19525.3

Rainbow Island

19447.5

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

19727.2

Nightmare at Ground Zero

1958

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

20025.8

No Questions Asked

19516.1

Cry of the Hunted

19536.1

Another Part of the Forest

197210.0

Bad Men of Tombstone

19496.5

Stalked

19686.5

Wolf Larsen

19587.0

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur

19764.0

Smart Woman

19485.5

The Magician

19738.6

No Room to Run

19776.5

Loophole

19546.9

The Woman of the Town

19436.4

My Blood Runs Cold

19655.2

The Secret of Lost Valley

1980

The Immigrants

19786.0

Dates and Nuts

193710.0

Casino

198010.0

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

1955

Harlow

19654.7

Nancy Goes to Rio

19506.0

Pyro... The Thing Without a Face

19645.0

Hurricane

19745.4

Inside Straight

19514.9

Johnny Belinda

19679.0

Lady in the Dark

19444.7

The Purple Gang

19596.8

Grand Jury

19774.3

The Price

1971

Playgirl

19544.3

It Takes All Kinds

19698.0

High Explosive

19436.3

The Way to the Gold

19578.0

Ain't No Time for Glory

1957

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses

1957

Intimacy

19664.7

Dime a Dance

19376.0