Barry Sullivan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 29, 1912
- Died
- Jun 6, 1994 (aged 81)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 177
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
Little House on the Prairie
1974TV
Frederick Holbrook
Bonanza
1959TV
Attorney Dayton Fuller, Mark Burdette
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973Movie
Chisum
Earthquake
1974Movie
Dr. Willis Stockle
Mission: Impossible
1966TV
Alex Lowell
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952Movie
Fred Amiel
Filmography
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002Movie
Griff Bonnell (archive footage)
Casino
1980Movie
Sam Fletcher
The Secret of Lost Valley
1980Movie
Dr. Seldon
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979Movie
Self
Backstairs at the White House
1979TV
Atty. Gen. Harry Daugherty
The Immigrants
1978TV
Grant Whittier
Caravans
1978Movie
Richardson
Vega$
1978TV
Clay Sumner
The Bastard
1978TV
Abraham Ware
The Runaways
1978TV
Fantasy Island
1978TV
Prof. Neville Marlowe
Oh, God!
1977Movie
Bishop Reardon
The Love Boat
1977TV
Phillip Shaffer
Lucan
1977TV
No Room to Run
1977Movie
Garth Kingswood
The Washington Affair
1977Movie
Walter Nicholson
Grand Jury
1977Movie
Don Bentine
Survival
1976Movie
Once an Eagle
1976TV
Gen. Bannerman
Quincy, M.E.
1976TV
Dr. Herbert Stone
Charlie's Angels
1976TV
DeMargeran
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976TV
Sen. Paxton
Violent Naples
1976Movie
'O' Generale
The Bionic Woman
1976TV
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976Movie
Dean Acheson
The Human Factor
1975Movie
Edmonds
Take a Hard Ride
1975Movie
Kane
The Invisible Man
1975TV
Lionel Parks
Earthquake
1974Movie
Dr. Willis Stockle
Harry O
1974TV
Little House on the Prairie
1974TV
Frederick Holbrook
Hurricane
1974Movie
Hank Stoddard
Letters from Three Lovers
1973Movie
Joshua
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973Movie
Chisum
Savage!
1973Movie
Judge Daniel Stern
Police Story
1973TV
The Magician
1973Movie
Joseph Baker
Barnaby Jones
1973TV
Gordon McKenna, Jason Craig
Cool Million
1972TV
Baynard Barnes
Kung Fu
1972TV
Edwards
Another Part of the Forest
1972Movie
Marcus Hubbard
The Streets of San Francisco
1972TV
Marty Wallach, Breitbach, Chris 'Ace' Bane, Murray Brennan
Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon
1972Movie
Dillon
The Sixth Sense
1972TV
McMillan & Wife
1971TV
Walt Harmon
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971TV
Grant Chase
Cannon
1971TV
Cannon
1971Movie
Calhoun
Yuma
1971Movie
Nels Decker
The Price
1971Movie
Walter Franz
Night Gallery
1970TV
Dr. Simsich
The Immortal
1970TV
McCloud
1970TV
Gen. Ralph Touhy
House on Greenapple Road
1970Movie
Chief Frank Untermyer
The Arrangement
1969Movie
Chet Collier (uncredited)
Night Gallery
1969Movie
Dr. Frank Heatherton
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1969Movie
Calvet
Shark
1969Movie
Mallare
The Immortal
1969Movie
Jordan Braddock
Medical Center
1969TV
Professor Tink Polk
This Savage Land
1969Movie
Benjamin Pride
It Takes All Kinds
1969Movie
Orville Benton
Hawaii Five-O
1969TV
Morgan Hilliard
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969TV
Walter Franz
The Name of the Game
1968TV
Creston Collins, Dane Bigelow
How to Steal the World
1968Movie
Dr. Robert Kingsley
Buckskin
1968Movie
Chaddock
Stalked
1968Movie
Narrator
It Takes a Thief
1968TV
Gen. Wiley
Johnny Belinda
1967Movie
Black MacDonald
Mannix
1967TV
Victor Fortune
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967TV
Fairbanks
The High Chaparral
1967TV
Dan Casement
Garrison's Gorillas
1967TV
Ironside
1967TV
CBS Playhouse
1966TV
Rod
Mission: Impossible
1966TV
Alex Lowell
The Road West
1966TV
Ben Pride
That Girl
1966TV
An American Dream
1966Movie
Police Lt. G. Roberts
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966Movie
Chasen
Intimacy
1966Movie
Walter Nicholson
The Loner
1965TV
The Doctor
Planet of the Vampires
1965Movie
Captain Mark Markary
Run for Your Life
1965TV
Sheriff Trumbell
Harlow
1965Movie
Marino Bello
My Blood Runs Cold
1965Movie
Julian Merriday
Stage to Thunder Rock
1964Movie
Sheriff Horne
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964TV
Dr. Robert Kingsley
12 O'Clock High
1964TV
Man in the Middle
1964Movie
General Kempton
Pyro... The Thing Without a Face
1964Movie
Vance Pierson
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963TV
Maj. Victor Hanley
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963TV
The Great Adventure
1963TV
William Ralston, E.J. Edwards
Arrest and Trial
1963TV
A Gathering of Eagles
1963Movie
Col. Bill Fowler
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962TV
Paul Sampson
The Virginian
1962TV
Frank Dawson, John Springfield
Sam Benedict
1962TV
Doug Stover
Light in the Piazza
1962Movie
Noel Johnson
Ben Casey
1961TV
The Dick Powell Show
1961TV
Miles Calman
Route 66
1960TV
Seven Ways from Sundown
1960Movie
Jim Flood
The Tall Man
1960TV
Pat Garrett
The Purple Gang
1959Movie
William P. Harley
Startime
1959TV
Jules
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959TV
Richard Bradley
Bonanza
1959TV
Attorney Dayton Fuller, Mark Burdette
Wolf Larsen
1958Movie
Wolf Larsen
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958TV
Nightmare at Ground Zero
1958Movie
Daniel Joyce
Another Time, Another Place
1958Movie
Carter Reynolds
Harbormaster
1957TV
Perry Mason
1957TV
Ken Kramer
Forty Guns
1957Movie
Griff Bonell
Dragoon Wells Massacre
1957Movie
Link Ferris
Ain't No Time for Glory
1957Movie
Self - Host
The Way to the Gold
1957Movie
Marshal Hannibal
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
1957Movie
Hard Boiled Harry
Julie
1956Movie
Cliff Henderson
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
Raney Benson, Jed Lorimer, Clint Shannon
The Maverick Queen
1956Movie
Jeff Younger
The Man Called X
1956TV
Texas Lady
1955Movie
Chris Mooney
Queen Bee
1955Movie
Avery "Beauty" Phillips
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
Mark Robeson
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1955Movie
Ford Star Jubilee
1955TV
Strategic Air Command
1955Movie
Rocky Samford
Climax!
1954TV
Dr. Donald Carter, Dr. Edwards
Her Twelve Men
1954Movie
Richard Y. Oliver, Sr.
The Miami Story
1954Movie
Mick Flagg
Playgirl
1954Movie
Mike Marsh
Loophole
1954Movie
Mike Donovan
China Venture
1953Movie
Cmdr. Bert Thompson
Cry of the Hunted
1953Movie
Lieutenant Tunner
Jeopardy
1953Movie
Doug Stilwin
General Electric Theater
1953TV
Robert Slenger
The Bad and the Beautiful
1952Movie
Fred Amiel
The Hoaxters
1952Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Ford Television Theatre
1952TV
Blaine Chandler, Steve McCoy
Skirts Ahoy!
1952Movie
Paul Elcott
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Walter Franz
The Unknown Man
1951Movie
Joe Bucknor
No Questions Asked
1951Movie
Steve Keiver
Cause for Alarm!
1951Movie
George Z. Jones
Mr. Imperium
1951Movie
Paul Hunter
Three Guys Named Mike
1951Movie
Mike Tracy
Inside Straight
1951Movie
Johnny Sanderson
Payment on Demand
1951Movie
David Anderson Ramsey
Grounds for Marriage
1951Movie
Chris Bartlett
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Jeff Foster, Dan
A Life of Her Own
1950Movie
Lee Gorrance
Nancy Goes to Rio
1950Movie
Paul Berten
The Outriders
1950Movie
Jesse Wallace
Tension
1949Movie
Lt. Collier Bonnabel
Any Number Can Play
1949Movie
Tycoon
The Great Gatsby
1949Movie
Tom Buchanaan
Bad Men of Tombstone
1949Movie
Tom Horn
Studio One
1948TV
Michael Norman, Steve Burke, Edward Roberts
Smart Woman
1948Movie
Frank McCoy
The Gangster
1947Movie
Shubunka
Framed
1947Movie
Steve Price
Suspense
1946Movie
Joe Morgan
Getting Gertie's Garter
1945Movie
Ted Dalton
Duffy's Tavern
1945Movie
Danny Murphy
And Now Tomorrow
1944Movie
Jeff Stoddard
Rainbow Island
1944Movie
Ken Masters
Lady in the Dark
1944Movie
Dr. Brooks
The Woman of the Town
1943Movie
King Kennedy
High Explosive
1943Movie
Mike Douglas
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940Movie
Thug in Car's Back Seat
Dates and Nuts
1937Movie
Collegian
Dime a Dance
1937Movie
Sailor