1912-08-29 ( 112 years old ) in New York City, New York, USA
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.
Movies
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002-07-02
Casino
1980-08-01
The Secret of Lost Valley
1980-04-27
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979-06-05
The Immigrants
1978-11-20
Caravans
1978-11-02
The Bastard
1978-05-22
Oh, God!
1977-10-07
No Room to Run
1977-05-18
The Washington Affair
1977-03-04
Grand Jury
1977-01-01
Survival
1976-12-31
Violent Naples
1976-08-07
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976-01-04
The Human Factor
1975-11-19
Take a Hard Ride
1975-10-29
Earthquake
1974-11-15
Hurricane
1974-09-10
Letters from Three Lovers
1973-10-03
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973-05-23
Savage
1973-03-31
The Magician
1973-03-17
Another Part of the Forest
1972-10-02
Cannon
1971-03-26
Yuma
1971-03-02
The Price
1971-02-03
House on Greenapple Road
1970-01-11
The Arrangement
1969-11-18
Night Gallery
1969-11-08
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1969-10-31
Shark
1969-10-08
The Immortal
1969-09-30
This Savage Land
1969-07-23
It Takes All Kinds
1969-06-12
How to Steal the World
1968-09-18
Buckskin
1968-05-01
Stalked
1968-04-02
Johnny Belinda
1967-10-22
An American Dream
1966-08-31
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966-05-20
Intimacy
1966-05-01
Planet of the Vampires
1965-09-15
Harlow
1965-05-14
My Blood Runs Cold
1965-03-24
Stage to Thunder Rock
1964-11-11
Man in the Middle
1964-01-27
Pyro... The Thing Without a Face
1964-01-22
A Gathering of Eagles
1963-06-21
Light in the Piazza
1962-02-07
Seven Ways from Sundown
1960-09-25
The Purple Gang
1959-12-18
Wolf Larsen
1958-10-26
Nightmare at Ground Zero
1958-05-15
Another Time, Another Place
1958-05-02
Forty Guns
1957-09-10
Dragoon Wells Massacre
1957-08-28
The Way to the Gold
1957-05-10
Julie
1956-10-17
The Maverick Queen
1956-05-03
Texas Lady
1955-11-23
Queen Bee
1955-11-07
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1955-10-01
Strategic Air Command
1955-07-12
Her Twelve Men
1954-08-11
The Miami Story
1954-05-03
Playgirl
1954-04-21
Loophole
1954-03-28
China Venture
1953-09-07
Cry of the Hunted
1953-05-08
Jeopardy
1953-03-30
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952-12-25
The Hoaxters
1952-12-05
Skirts Ahoy!
1952-05-28
The Unknown Man
1951-11-09
No Questions Asked
1951-06-15
Cause for Alarm!
1951-03-30
Mr. Imperium
1951-03-02
Three Guys Named Mike
1951-03-01
Inside Straight
1951-03-01
Payment on Demand
1951-02-03
Grounds for Marriage
1951-01-12
A Life of Her Own
1950-09-01
Nancy Goes to Rio
1950-03-10
The Outriders
1950-03-01
Tension
1949-11-25
Any Number Can Play
1949-07-15
The Great Gatsby
1949-07-13
Bad Men of Tombstone
1949-01-21
Smart Woman
1948-04-30
The Gangster
1947-11-25
Framed
1947-05-25
Suspense
1946-06-15
Getting Gertie's Garter
1945-11-27
Duffy's Tavern
1945-09-28
And Now Tomorrow
1944-11-22
Rainbow Island
1944-10-05
Lady in the Dark
1944-02-10
The Woman of the Town
1943-12-31
High Explosive
1943-03-27
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940-12-24
Dates and Nuts
1937-12-31
Dime a Dance
1937-12-23
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