Barry Sullivan
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
190
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-08-29
Day of death
1994-06-06 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Barry Sullivan
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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Perry Mason
Bonanza
Bonanza
Quincy, M.E.
The Love Boat
Charlie's Angels
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Virginian
The Virginian
Hawaii Five-O
Little House on the Prairie
Ironside
Mannix
Mission: Impossible
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Medical Center
Climax!
Climax!
Studio One
Studio One
Studio One
Cannon
The Bionic Woman
Run for Your Life
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Ben Casey
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Barnaby Jones
Barnaby Jones
Night Gallery
Route 66
McCloud
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
That Girl
Kraft Suspense Theatre
The High Chaparral
Vega$
12 O'Clock High
Wolf Larsen
The Ford Television Theatre
The Ford Television Theatre
The Ford Television Theatre
The Name of the Game
The Name of the Game
Arrest and Trial
Police Story
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Streets of San Francisco
The Streets of San Francisco
The Streets of San Francisco
The Streets of San Francisco
McMillan & Wife
Mr. Imperium
Oh, God!
Smart Woman
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Intimacy
It Takes a Thief
Stalked
The Great Adventure
The Great Adventure
Framed
The Sixth Sense
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Caravans
Harry O
Savage
Skirts Ahoy!
Tension
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Texas Lady
The Price
The Tall Man
The Danny Thomas Hour
The Washington Affair
Garrison's Gorillas
Loophole
Sam Benedict
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre
Cry of the Hunted
Dragoon Wells Massacre
Payment on Demand
Pyro... The Thing Without a Face
The Loner
The Invisible Man
The Dick Powell Show
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Suspense
CBS Playhouse
Jeopardy
Bad Men of Tombstone
Earthquake
The Purple Gang
The Bastard
Once an Eagle
The Road West
It Takes All Kinds
Her Twelve Men
The Man Called X
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Backstairs at the White House
Lucan
The Immortal
Hurricane
Cool Million
Survival
The Runaways
The Bad and the Beautiful
The Maverick Queen
Buckskin
Light in the Piazza
Strategic Air Command
Planet of the Vampires
Ford Star Jubilee
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Getting Gertie's Garter
Cause for Alarm!
The Arrangement
General Electric Theater
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Another Time, Another Place
Dates and Nuts
Yuma
Man in the Middle
Forty Guns
Queen Bee
Kung Fu
Harbormaster
The Great Gatsby
The Human Factor
How to Steal the World
The Gangster
Julie
The Hoaxters
Shark
Casino
Take a Hard Ride
The Outriders
Seven Ways from Sundown
A Gathering of Eagles
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
The Immigrants
And Now Tomorrow
The Immortal
No Questions Asked
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
House on Greenapple Road
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
An American Dream
My Blood Runs Cold
Night Gallery
Rainbow Island
This Savage Land
Stage to Thunder Rock
Playgirl
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Grounds for Marriage
Three Guys Named Mike
Lady in the Dark
Duffy's Tavern
China Venture
The Woman of the Town
A Life of Her Own
Harlow
Violent Naples
Any Number Can Play
Cannon
Nancy Goes to Rio
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
High Explosive
Ain't No Time for Glory
The Unknown Man
Another Part of the Forest
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
The Way to the Gold
The Miami Story
Johnny Belinda
Nightmare at Ground Zero
Inside Straight
Letters from Three Lovers
The Secret of Lost Valley
The Magician
No Room to Run
Grand Jury
Dime a Dance
