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.
Known For
Credits
- 2002 · The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Griff Bonnell (archive footage)
- 1980 · Casino as Sam Fletcher
- 1980 · The Secret of Lost Valley as Dr. Seldon
- 1979 · When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion as Self
- 1979 · Backstairs at the White House as Atty. Gen. Harry Daugherty
- 1978 · The Immigrants as Grant Whittier
- 1978 · Caravans as Richardson
- 1978 · Vega$ as
- 1978 · The Bastard as Abraham Ware
- 1978 · The Runaways as
- 1977 · Oh, God! as Bishop Reardon
- 1977 · The Love Boat as Phillip Shaffer
- 1977 · Lucan as
- 1977 · No Room to Run as Garth Kingswood
- 1977 · The Washington Affair as Walter Nicholson
- 1977 · Grand Jury as Don Bentine
- 1976 · Once an Eagle as Gen. Bannerman
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as Dr. Herbert Stone
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as DeMargeran
- 1976 · Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II as Sen. Paxton
- 1976 · Violent Naples as 'O' Generale
- 1976 · The Bionic Woman as
- 1976 · Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur as Dean Acheson
- 1975 · The Human Factor as Edmonds
- 1975 · Take a Hard Ride as Kane
- 1974 · Earthquake as Dr. Willis Stockle
- 1974 · Harry O as
- 1974 · Little House on the Prairie as
- 1974 · Hurricane as Hank Stoddard
- 1973 · Letters from Three Lovers as Joshua
- 1973 · The Magician as Joseph Baker
- 1973 · Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Chisum
- 1973 · Savage as Judge Daniel Stern
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1973 · The Magician as Joseph Baker
- 1973 · Barnaby Jones as Gordon McKenna
- 1973 · Barnaby Jones as Jason Craig
- 1972 · Cool Million as Baynard Barnes
- 1972 · Kung Fu as
- 1972 · Another Part of the Forest as Marcus Hubbard
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as Marty Wallach
- 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as Breitbach
- 1972 · Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon as Dillon
- 1972 · The Sixth Sense as
- 1971 · McMillan and Wife as Walt Harmon
- 1971 · Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Grant Chase
- 1971 · Cannon as
- 1971 · Cannon as Calhoun
- 1971 · Yuma as Nels Decker
- 1971 · The Price as Walter Franz
- 1970 · Night Gallery as Dr. Simsich
- 1970 · Night Gallery as Dr. Frank Heatherton
- 1970 · The Immortal as
- 1970 · McCloud as
- 1970 · House on Greenapple Road as Chief Frank Untermyer
- 1969 · The Arrangement as Chet Collier (uncredited)
- 1969 · Night Gallery as Dr. Frank Heatherton
- 1969 · Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Calvet
- 1969 · Shark as Mallare
- 1969 · The Immortal as Jordan Braddock
- 1969 · Medical Center as Professor Tink Polk
- 1969 · This Savage Land as Benjamin Pride
- 1969 · It Takes All Kinds as Orville Benton
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Morgan Hilliard
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Creston Collins
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Dane Bigelow
- 1968 · How to Steal the World as Dr. Robert Kingsley
- 1968 · Buckskin as Chaddock
- 1968 · Stalked as Narrator
- 1968 · It Takes a Thief as Gen. Wiley
- 1967 · Johnny Belinda as Black MacDonald
- 1967 · Mannix as
- 1967 · The Danny Thomas Hour as Fairbanks
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Dan Casement
- 1967 · Garrison's Gorillas as
- 1967 · Ironside as
- 1966 · CBS Playhouse as
- 1966 · Mission: Impossible as Alex Lowell
- 1966 · The Road West as Ben Pride
- 1966 · That Girl as
- 1966 · An American Dream as Police Lt. G. Roberts
- 1966 · The Poppy Is Also a Flower as Chasen
- 1966 · Intimacy as Walter Nicholson
- 1965 · The Loner as
- 1965 · Planet of the Vampires as Captain Mark Markary
- 1965 · Run for Your Life 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 · 12 O'Clock High as
- 1964 · Man in the Middle as General Kempton
- 1964 · Pyro... The Thing Without a Face as Vance Pierson
- 1963 · Kraft Suspense Theatre as Maj. Victor Hanley
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as
- 1963 · The Great Adventure as William Ralston
- 1963 · The Great Adventure as E.J. Edwards
- 1963 · Arrest and Trial as
- 1963 · A Gathering of Eagles as Col. Bill Fowler
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Paul Sampson
- 1962 · The Virginian as Frank Dawson
- 1962 · The Virginian as John Springfield
- 1962 · Sam Benedict as
- 1962 · Light in the Piazza as Noel Johnson
- 1961 · Ben Casey as
- 1961 · The Dick Powell Show as Miles Calman
- 1960 · Route 66 as
- 1960 · Seven Ways from Sundown as Jim Flood
- 1960 · The Tall Man as Pat Garrett
- 1959 · The Purple Gang as William P. Harley
- 1959 · The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Richard Bradley
- 1959 · Bonanza as Attorney Dayton Fuller
- 1959 · Bonanza as Mark Burdette
- 1958 · Wolf Larsen as Wolf Larsen
- 1958 · Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as
- 1958 · Nightmare at Ground Zero as Daniel Joyce
- 1958 · Another Time, Another Place as Carter Reynolds
- 1957 · Harbormaster as
- 1957 · Perry Mason 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 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Raney Benson
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Jed Lorimer
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Clint Shannon
- 1956 · The Maverick Queen as Jeff Younger
- 1956 · The Man Called X as
- 1955 · Texas Lady as Chris Mooney
- 1955 · Queen Bee as Avery "Beauty" Phillips
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mark Robeson
- 1955 · The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial as
- 1955 · Ford Star Jubilee as
- 1955 · Strategic Air Command as Rocky Samford
- 1954 · Climax! as Dr. Donald Carter
- 1954 · Climax! 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 · China Venture as Cmdr. Bert Thompson
- 1953 · Cry of the Hunted as Lieutenant Tunner
- 1953 · Jeopardy as Doug Stilwin
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Robert Slenger
- 1952 · The Bad and the Beautiful as Fred Amiel
- 1952 · The Hoaxters as Narrator (voice)
- 1952 · The Ford Television Theatre as Blaine Chandler
- 1952 · The Ford Television Theatre as Steve McCoy
- 1952 · Skirts Ahoy! as Paul Elcott
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Walter Franz
- 1951 · The Unknown Man as District Attorney Joe Bucknor
- 1951 · No Questions Asked as Steve Keiver
- 1951 · Cause for Alarm! as George Z. Jones
- 1951 · Mr. Imperium as Paul Hunter
- 1951 · Three Guys Named Mike as Mike Tracy
- 1951 · Inside Straight as Johnny Sanderson
- 1951 · Payment on Demand as David Anderson Ramsey
- 1951 · Grounds for Marriage as Chris Bartlett
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Jeff Foster
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Dan
- 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 · Bad Men of Tombstone as Tom Horn
- 1948 · Studio One as Michael Norman
- 1948 · Studio One as Steve Burke
- 1948 · Studio One 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
- 1937 · Dates and Nuts as Collegian
- 1937 · Dime a Dance as Sailor