Barry Sullivan

Barry Sullivan


  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 29-08-1912
  • Gender: Male
  • Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
  • Also Known As:

    Бэрри Салливан

  • Popularity: 6.22
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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.




Year Movie Character
1947 The Gangster as Shubunka
1954 Loophole as Mike Donovan
1964 Pyro... The Thing Without a Face as Vance Pierson
1965 Planet of the Vampires as Captain Mark Markary
1957 Dragoon Wells Massacre as Link Ferris
1954 The Miami Story as Mick Flagg
1951 No Questions Asked as Steve Keiver
1966 Intimacy as Walter Nicholson
1958 Wolf Larsen as Wolf Larsen
1968 Buckskin as Chaddock
1964 Stage to Thunder Rock as Sheriff Horne
1949 Bad Men of Tombstone as Tom Horn
1969 This Savage Land as Benjamin Pride
1959 The Purple Gang as William P. Harley
1977 The Washington Affair as Walter Nicholson
1972 Another Part of the Forest as Marcus Hubbard
1971 LA 2017 as Dane Bigelow
1969 Shark as Mallare
1946 Suspense as Joe Morgan
1953 Cry of the Hunted as Lieutenant Tunner
1955 Queen Bee as Avery "Beauty" Phillips
1953 Jeopardy as Doug Stilwin
1954 Playgirl as Mike Marsh
1951 Cause for Alarm! as George Z. Jones
1957 Forty Guns as Griff Bonell
1958 Another Time, Another Place as Carter Reynolds
1951 Payment on Demand as David Anderson Ramsey
1971 Yuma as Nels Decker
1960 Seven Ways from Sundown as Jim Flood
1953 China Venture as Cmdr. Bert Thompson
1956 The Maverick Queen as Jeff Younger
1955 Texas Lady as Chris Mooney
1972 Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon as Dillon
1968 How to Steal the World as Dr. Robert Kingsley
1947 Framed as Steve Price
1956 Julie as Cliff Henderson
1951 The Unknown Man as District Attorney Joe Bucknor
1976 Violent Naples as 'O' Generale
1964 Man in the Middle as General Kempton
1950 Nancy Goes to Rio as Paul Berten
1948 Smart Woman as Frank McCoy
1950 The Outriders as Jesse Wallace
1951 Inside Straight as Johnny Sanderson
1969 The Immortal as Jordan Braddock
1954 Her Twelve Men as Richard Y. Oliver, Sr.
1945 Getting Gertie's Garter as Ted Dalton
1965 My Blood Runs Cold as Julian Merriday
1968 Stalked as Narrator
1943 The Woman of the Town as King Kennedy
1969 It Takes All Kinds as Orville Benton
1977 No Room to Run as Garth Kingswood
1943 High Explosive as Mike Douglas
1957 The Way to the Gold as Marshal Hannibal
1977 Grand Jury as Don Bentine
1951 Mr. Imperium as Paul Hunter
1975 The "Human" Factor as Edmonds
1949 Tension as Lt. Collier Bonnabel
1955 Strategic Air Command as Rocky Samford
1975 Take a Hard Ride as Kane
1963 A Gathering of Eagles as Col. Bill Fowler
1951 Three Guys Named Mike as Mike Tracy
1944 And Now Tomorrow as Jeff Stoddard
1966 An American Dream as Police Lt. G. Roberts
1952 Skirts Ahoy! as Paul Elcott
1974 Hurricane as Hank Stoddard
1944 Rainbow Island as Ken Masters
1971 The Price as Walter Franz
1951 Grounds for Marriage as Chris Bartlett
1965 Harlow as Marino Bello
1967 Johnny Belinda as Black MacDonald
1952 The Bad and the Beautiful as Fred Amiel
1969 Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Calvet
1949 The Great Gatsby as Tom Buchanaan
1944 Lady in the Dark as Dr. Brooks
1958 Nightmare at Ground Zero as Daniel Joyce
1969 Night Gallery as Dr. Frank Heatherton
1937 Dime a Dance as Sailor
1973 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Chisum
1978 Caravans as Richardson
1973 Savage as Judge Daniel Stern
1950 A Life of Her Own as Lee Gorrance
1970 House on Greenapple Road as Chief Frank Untermyer
1952 The Hoaxters as Narrator (voice)
1973 Letters from Three Lovers as Joshua
1973 The Magician as Joseph Baker
1971 Cannon as Calhoun
1974 Earthquake as Dr. Willis Stockle
1962 Light in the Piazza as Noel Johnson
1949 Any Number Can Play as Tycoon
1937 Dates and Nuts as Collegian
1980 The Secret of Lost Valley
1977 Oh, God! as Bishop Reardon
1976 Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur as Dean Acheson
1980 Casino as Sam Fletcher
1955 The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1978 The Bastard as Abraham Ware
2002 The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Griff Bonnell (archive footage)
1978 The Immigrants as Grant Whittier
1966 Poppies Are Also Flowers as Chasen
1945 Duffy's Tavern as Danny Murphy
1969 The Arrangement as Chet Collier (uncredited)
1979 When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion as Self
1940 The Green Hornet Strikes Again! as Thug in Car's Back Seat
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1963 The Great Adventure (1 episode) as William Ralston
1974 Little House on the Prairie (1 episode)
1966 That Girl (1 episode)
1960 Route 66 (1 episode)
1976 The Bionic Woman (1 episode)
1968 Hawaii Five-O (1 episode) as Morgan Hilliard
1967 Mannix (1 episode)
1976 Charlie's Angels (2 episode) as DeMargeran
1948 Studio One (1 episode) as Michael Norman
1971 Cannon (3 episode)
1967 Ironside (2 episode)
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 episode) as Walter Franz
1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 episode) as Mark Robeson
1960 The Tall Man (74 episode) as Pat Garrett
1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (2 episode)
1973 Police Story (1 episode)
1967 The High Chaparral (2 episode) as Dan Casement
1965 Run for Your Life (1 episode) as Sheriff Trumbell
1950 Lux Video Theatre (1 episode) as Jeff Foster
1954 Climax! (1 episode) as Dr. Donald Carter
1978 The Runaways (2 episode)
1955 Ford Star Jubilee (1 episode)
1967 Garrison's Gorillas (1 episode)
1972 Kung Fu (1 episode)
1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre (1 episode) as Maj. Victor Hanley
1972 The Streets of San Francisco (4 episode) as Marty Wallach
1963 Arrest and Trial (1 episode)
1970 Night Gallery (1 episode) as Dr. Simsich
1966 Mission: Impossible (1 episode)
1953 General Electric Theater (1 episode) as Robert Slenger
1962 Sam Benedict (1 episode)
1978 Vega$ (1 episode)
1970 The Immortal (1 episode)
1962 The Virginian (1 episode) as Frank Dawson
1970 McCloud (1 episode)
1974 Harry O (1 episode)
1972 Cool Million (1 episode)
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1 episode)
1965 The Loner (1 episode)
1977 Lucan (1 episode)
1972 The Sixth Sense (1 episode)
1961 Ben Casey (3 episode)
1964 12 O'Clock High (1 episode)
1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1 episode) as Raney Benson
1966 The Road West (29 episode) as Ben Pride
1959 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1 episode) as Richard Bradley
1966 CBS Playhouse (1 episode)
1957 Harbormaster (26 episode)
1956 Man Called X (39 episode)
1977 The Love Boat (1 episode) as Phillip Shaffer
1979 Backstairs at the White House (4 episode) as Atty. Gen. Harry Daugherty
1973 Barnaby Jones (1 episode) as Jason Craig
1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1 episode) as Paul Sampson
1968 It Takes a Thief (1 episode) as Gen. Wiley
1970 Night Gallery (1 episode) as Dr. Frank Heatherton
1950 Lux Video Theatre (1 episode) as Dan
1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1 episode) as Jed Lorimer
1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1 episode) as Clint Shannon
1963 The Great Adventure (1 episode) as E.J. Edwards
1968 The Name of the Game (2 episode) as Sen. Creston Collins
1968 The Name of the Game (1 episode) as Dane Bigelow
1959 Bonanza (1 episode) as Mark Burdette
1948 Studio One (1 episode) as Steve Burke
1948 Studio One (1 episode) as Edward Roberts
1959 Bonanza (1 episode) as Attorney Dayton Fuller
1961 The Dick Powell Show (1 episode) as Miles Calman
1954 Climax! (1 episode) as Dr. Edwards
1973 The Magician (1 episode) as Joseph Baker
1957 Perry Mason (1 episode) as Ken Kramer
1952 The Ford Television Theatre (1 episode) as Blaine Chandler
1971 McMillan & Wife (1 episode) as Walt Harmon
1952 The Ford Television Theatre (1 episode) as Steve McCoy
1976 Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (7 episode) as Sen. Paxton
1976 Quincy, M.E. (1 episode) as Dr. Herbert Stone
1973 Barnaby Jones (1 episode) as Gordon McKenna
1955 Highway Patrol (2 episode) Directing as (Director)

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