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Barry Sullivan
Actor, Director
Born August 29, 1912Died June 6, 1994 (81 years)
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.
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
| 2005 | Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us · as Fred Amiel |
| 2002 | The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller · as Griff Bonnell (archive Footage) |
| 1980 | Casino · as Sam Fletcher |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White House (TV Series) · as Atty. Gen. Harry Daugherty |
| 1979 | The Wild West · as Cast |
| 1978 | The Immigrants · as Grant Whittier |
| 1978 | Caravans · as Richardson |
| 1978 | French Quarter · as Cast |
| 1978 | The Bastard (TV Series) · as Abraham Ware |
| 1978 | The Runaways (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Vega$ (TV Series) |
| 1977 | Oh, God! · as Bishop Reardon |
| 1977 | Lucan (TV Series) |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Phillip Shaffer |
| 1977 | The Washington Affair · as Walter Nicholson |
| 1977 | Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Prof. Neville Marlowe |
| 1976 | Grand Jury · as Don Bentine |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | Once an Eagle (TV Series) · as Gen. Bannerman |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. (TV Series) · as Dr. Herbert Stone |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels (TV Series) · as Demargeran |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (TV Series) · as Sen. Paxton |
| 1976 | Violent Naples · as 'o' Generale |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman (TV Series) |
| 1976 | Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur · as Secretary Of State Dean Acheson |
| 1975 | The 'Human' Factor · as Edmonds |
| 1975 | Take a Hard Ride · as Kane |
| 1975 | The Invisible Man (1975) (TV Series) · as Lionel Parks |
| 1974 | Earthquake · as Dr. Willis Stockle |
| 1974 | Hurricane · as Hank Stoddard |
| 1974 | Movin' On (TV Series) · as Zack Bernhardt |
| 1974 | Lucas Tanner (TV Series) · as Thomas Keyes |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Letters from Three Lovers · as Joshua |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid · as Chisum |
| 1973 | Savage · as Judge Daniel Stern |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) |
| 1973 | The Magician (TV Series) · as Joseph Baker |
| 1973 | Harry O (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Jason Craig |
| 1972 | Cool Million (TV Series) · as Baynard Barnes |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) · as Marty Wallach |
| 1972 | Kung Fu (TV Series) · as Edwards |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense (TV Series) |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | McMillan and Wife (TV Series) · as Walt Harmon |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (TV Series) · as Grant Chase |
| 1971 | Cannon · as Calhoun |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Longstreet (TV Series) · as Jordan Anderson |
| 1970 | Dan August (TV Series) · as Pete Killian |
| 1970 | McCloud (TV Series) |
| 1970 | House on Greenapple Road · as Chief Frank Untermyer |
| 1969 | The Arrangement · as Chet Collier (uncredited) |
| 1969 | Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here · as Calvet |
| 1969 | Night Gallery · as Dr. Frank Heatherton |
| 1969 | Night Gallery (TV Series) · as Dr. Simsich |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | The Immortal (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Bracken's World (TV Series) · as Gordon Stinson |
| 1969 | This Savage Land · as Benjamin Pride |
| 1969 | It Takes All Kinds · as Orville Benton |
| 1969 | Medical Center (TV Series) · as Professor Tink Polk |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Cortland Evans |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Walter Franz |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Creston Collins |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Morgan Hilliard |
| 1968 | How to Steal the World · as Dr. Robert Kingsley |
| 1968 | Buckskin · as Chaddock |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief (TV Series) · as Gen. Wiley |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) · as Victor Fortune |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) |
| 1967 | The Danny Thomas Hour (TV Series) · as Fairbanks |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral (TV Series) · as Dan Casement |
| 1967 | Garrison's Gorillas (TV Series) |
| 1967 | CBS Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1966 | An American Dream · as Police Lt. G. Roberts |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as Alex Lowell |
| 1966 | The Road West (TV Series) · as Ben Pride |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | The Poppy Is Also a Flower · as Chasen |
| 1966 | Intimacy · as Walter Nicholson |
| 1965 | The Loner (TV Series) · as The Doctor |
| 1965 | Long Hot Summer (TV Series) · as Roger Lake |
| 1965 | Planet of the Vampires · as Captain Mark Markary |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life (TV Series) · as Sheriff Trumbell |
| 1965 | Harlow · as Marino Bello |
| 1965 | My Blood Runs Cold · as Julian Merriday |
| 1964 | Stage to Thunder Rock · as Sheriff Horne |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Dr. Robert Kingsley |
| 1964 | Slattery's People (TV Series) · as James Patrick Shepherd |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High (TV Series) |
| 1964 | The Winston Affair · as General Kempton |
| 1964 | Pyro... The Thing Without a Face · as Vance Pierson |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as Maj. Victor Hanley |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure (TV Series) · as William Ralston |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial (TV Series) |
| 1963 | A Gathering of Eagles · as Col. Bill Fowler |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Paul Sampson |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as John Springfield |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict (TV Series) |
| 1962 | Light in the Piazza · as Noel Johnson |
| 1961 | Ben Casey (TV Series) |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show (TV Series) · as Miles Calman |
| 1960 | Seven Ways from Sundown · as Jim Flood |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Insight (TV Series) · as Bern |
| 1960 | The Tall Man (TV Series) · as Pat Garrett |
| 1959 | The Purple Gang · as William P. Harley |
| 1959 | Ford Startime (TV Series) · as Jules |
| 1959 | The June Allyson Show (TV Series) · as Richard Bradley |
| 1959 | |
| 1958 | Wolf Larsen · as Wolf Larsen |
| 1958 | Pursuit (TV Series) · as Henry Savage |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Another Time, Another Place · as Carter Reynolds |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Ken Kramer |
| 1957 | Forty Guns · as Griff Bonell |
| 1957 | Dragoon Wells Massacre · as Link Ferris |
| 1957 | The Way to the Gold · as Marshal Hannibal |
| 1956 | Julie · as Cliff Henderson |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theatre (TV Series) · as Raney Benson |
| 1956 | The Maverick Queen · as Jeff Younger |
| 1955 | Texas Lady · as Chris Mooney |
| 1955 | Queen Bee · as Avery "beauty" Phillips |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Mark Robeson |
| 1955 | Ford Star Jubilee (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Strategic Air Command · as Rocky Samford |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Dr. Seldon |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Dr. Edwards |
| 1954 | Her Twelve Men · as Richard Y. Oliver, Sr. |
| 1954 | The Miami Story · as Mick Flagg |
| 1954 | Playgirl · as Mike Marsh |
| 1954 | Loophole · as Mike Donovan |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Jerry Coogan |
| 1953 | China Venture · as Cmdr. Bert Thompson |
| 1953 | A Slight Case of Larceny · as Radio Stock Quoter |
| 1953 | Cry of the Hunted · as Lieutenant Tunner |
| 1953 | Jeopardy · as Doug Stilwin |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Robert Slenger |
| 1952 | The Bad and the Beautiful · as Fred Amiel |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Steve Mccoy |
| 1952 | Skirts Ahoy! · as Paul Elcott |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Walter Franz |
| 1951 | The Unknown Man · as District Attorney Joe Bucknor |
| 1951 | Mr. Imperium · as Paul Hunter |
| 1951 | Cause for Alarm! · as George Z. Jones |
| 1951 | No Questions Asked · as Steve Keiver |
| 1951 | The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story · as Cast |
| 1951 | Inside Straight · as Johnny Sanderson |
| 1951 | Three Guys Named Mike · as Mike Tracy |
| 1951 | Payment on Demand · as David Anderson Ramsey |
| 1951 | Grounds for Marriage · as Chris Bartlett |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Jeff Foster |
| 1950 | A Life of Her Own · as Lee Gorrance |
| 1950 | Nancy Goes to Rio · as Paul Berten |
| 1950 | The Outriders · as Jesse Wallace |
| 1949 | Tension · as Lt. Collier Bonnabel |
| 1949 | Any Number Can Play · as Tycoon |
| 1949 | The Great Gatsby · as Tom Buchanaan |
| 1949 | Badmen of Tombstone · as Tom Horn |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Edward Roberts |
| 1948 | Smart Woman · as Frank Mccoy |
| 1947 | The Gangster · as Shubunka |
| 1947 | Framed · as Steve Price |
| 1946 | Suspense · as Joe Morgan |
| 1945 | Getting Gertie's Garter · as Ted Dalton |
| 1945 | Duffy's Tavern · as Danny Murphy |
| 1944 | And Now Tomorrow · as Jeff Stoddard |
| 1944 | Rainbow Island · as Ken Masters |
| 1944 | Lady in the Dark · as Dr. Brooks |
| 1943 | The Woman of the Town · as King Kennedy |
| 1943 | High Explosive · as Mike Douglas |
| 1940 | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! · as Thug In Car's Back Seat |