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Barry Sullivan is a Actor American born on 29 august 1912 at New York City (USA)

Barry Sullivan

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Birth name Patrick Barry Sullivan
Nationality USA
Birth 29 august 1912 at New York City (USA)
Death 6 june 1994 (at 81 years) at Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles (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.

Biography

Early years
Born in New York City, Sullivan was a law student at New York University and Temple University. He 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.


Stage
Sullivan's first appearance on Broadway was in I Want a Policeman in 1936. He later appeared in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial on Broadway.



Film
One of Sullivan's most memorable roles was playing a movie director in The Bad and the Beautiful opposite Kirk Douglas. Sullivan starred opposite Bette Davis in the 1951 film Payment on Demand. In 1950, Sullivan appeared in the film A Life of Her Own. His debut in film came in 1943 in Lady in the Dark.


Radio
Sullivan replaced Vincent Price in the role of Leslie Charteris' Simon Templar on the NBC Radio show The Saint. Sullivan only lasted two episodes before the show was cancelled.


Television
In the 1953-1954 television season, Sullivan appeared with other celebrities as a musical judge in ABC's Jukebox Jury. Sullivan's first starring television role 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.

Sullivan appeared again with Bette Davis, on stage, in 1960. Davis and her husband Gary Merrill were touring the US in a theatrical staging of selected prose and poetry of Carl Sandburg, but their marriage was failing, and Sullivan substituted for Merrill.

In 1960, Sullivan played frontier sheriff Pat Garrett opposite Clu Gulager as outlaw Billy the Kid in the NBC 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). In the same year Sullivan had one of his best roles, albeit in a B-Western, as the charming and likeable villain in Seven Ways from Sundown.

In 1965 he appeared in a pinch-hit role for Raymond Burr as Attorney Ken Kramer in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Thermal Thief." 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 featured roles in the 1976 miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man Book II and Once an Eagle. 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 Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford, The DuPont Show with June Allyson, The Reporter, That Girl," The Love Boat, Little House on the Prairie, The Streets of San Francisco, and McMillan & 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. In 1965-66 he guest starred on Twelve o'clock High as Lt. Gen Max Gallagher, father of Colonel Joe Gallagher in the episode "Grant Me No Favor".

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.

Best films

Usually with

Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(16 films)
Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers
(9 films)
Helen Rose
Helen Rose
(8 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Barry Sullivan (84 films)

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Actor

Caravans
Caravans (1978)
, 2h7
Directed by James Fargo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire
Actors Anthony Quinn, Michael Sarrazin, Christopher Lee, Jennifer O'Neill, Joseph Cotten, Behrouz Vossoughi
Roles Richardson
Rating59% 2.9500052.9500052.9500052.9500052.950005
The story is set in the fictional Middle Eastern country of Zadestan in 1948. Mark Miller is stationed at the U.S. Embassy in the fictional city of Kashkhan and is assigned to investigate the disappearance of and locate a young woman, Ellen Jasper, the daughter of a United States Senator, who vanished after her marriage to Colonel Nazrullah several months previously. Nazrullah is desperate to find her and becomes defensive when Miller asks about her. By law, Ellen has given up her rights as an American by becoming his wife. Miller traces her to a band of nomads who are running illegal guns. She doesn't want to leave, being estranged from both her parents and her husband. Miller doesn't want to return without proof she's alive and OK, which she refuses to give. Nazrullah lures the gun-runners into a trap. He separates Miller from the nomads and asks his wife to return to him but she refuses. Ellen at last gives Miller a note for her family. As the nomads leave, Nazrullah orders his troops to fire on them and Ellen is killed trying to rescue a child. A heart-broken Nazrullah carries away the body of his dead wife.
The Bastard, 4h
Directed by Lee H. Katzin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Andrew Stevens, Tom Bosley, Kim Cattrall, Buddy Ebsen, Lorne Greene, Olivia Hussey
Roles Abraham Ware
Rating68% 3.433023.433023.433023.433023.43302
Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke. When he travels from France to England to claim his inheritance, he incurs the wrath of his father's family and is forced to flee to America, where he becomes involved in the events leading to the American Revolution.
Oh, God!
Oh, God! (1977)
, 1h38
Directed by Carl Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion
Actors George Burns, John Denver, Teri Garr, Donald Pleasence, Ralph Bellamy, William Daniels
Roles Bishop Reardon
Rating65% 3.299043.299043.299043.299043.29904
God appears as a kindly old man to Jerry Landers, an assistant supermarket manager. After a few failed attempts in trying to set up an "interview," God tells Jerry that he has been selected to be His messenger to the modern world, much like a contemporary Moses. Timidly at first, Landers tells his wife, children and a religious editor of the Los Angeles Times of his encounters with God and soon becomes a national icon of comedic fodder.
Violent Naples, 1h35
Directed by Umberto Lenzi
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors John Saxon, Maurizio Merli, Barry Sullivan, Elio Zamuto, Grazia Maria Spina, Silvano Tranquilli
Roles 'O' Generale
Rating69% 3.486423.486423.486423.486423.48642
Inspector Betti (Maurizio Merli) is transferred to Naples and immediately after his arrival receives a warm welcome from The Commandante (Barry Sullivan), the city's crime lord. Betti then goes on a personal mission against corruption and organized crime, and tries to force the syndicate out of town with any means necessary.
The Human Factor, 1h35
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about terrorism
Actors George Kennedy, John Mills, Rita Tushingham, Barry Sullivan, Raf Vallone, Shane Rimmer
Roles Edmonds
Rating56% 2.8059352.8059352.8059352.8059352.805935
John Kinsdale (George Kennedy) works in Naples, Italy, as a NATO computer specialist. He returns home from work one day to find his beloved family brutally murdered.
Take a Hard Ride, 1h43
Directed by Antonio Margheriti, Hal Needham
Origin Italie
Genres Action, Western
Actors Lee Van Cleef, Fred Williamson, Catherine Spaak, Jim Kelly, Barry Sullivan, Dana Andrews
Roles Kane
Rating56% 2.8483352.8483352.8483352.8483352.848335
Pike (Jim Brown), the right-hand man of cattle rancher Bob Morgan (Dana Andrews), is entrusted with a mission to deliver $86,000 across the border to the Morgan Ranch in Sonora, Mexico after his boss dies. Pike teams up with dishonest gambler Tyree (Fred Williamson) and they are forced to trust each other while being pursued by various outlaws and gunmen trying to possess the money, including the ruthless bounty hunter Kiefer (Lee Van Cleef) and corrupt sheriff Kane (Barry Sullivan).
Earthquake
Earthquake (1974)
, 2h3
Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about earthquakes
Actors Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Geneviève Bujold, Richard Roundtree
Roles Dr. Willis Stockle
Rating59% 2.9518052.9518052.9518052.9518052.951805
Stewart Graff (Heston) is jogging near the Hollywood Sign. Back home, his wife Remy Royce-Graff (Gardner),a foul-mouthed bitter woman, starts her morning by picking a fight with him. After he has showered and is preparing to leave, Stewart finds Remy unconscious with a bottle of pills nearby. Accustomed to her periodic suicide attempts, Stewart prepares to induce vomiting when a violent tremor shakes the bedroom. Remy bolts out of bed, revealing that she was faking.
Letters from Three Lovers, 1h15
Directed by John Erman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Martin Sheen, June Allyson, Ken Berry, Juliet Mills, Belinda Montgomery, Robert Sterling
Roles Joshua
Rating68% 3.406213.406213.406213.406213.40621
A mailman (Henry Jones) speaks about three stories of lives that were completely changed by letters not having come through the mail on time. The first includes Vincent (Martin Sheen), a former member of the army in the Vietnam war, whose wife Angie (Belinda Montgomery) works at a bar for a strict boss, Al (James McCallion). Vincent reveals to Angie that he has recently been fired and can not give her a big marriage, nor can he invest in a garage with his friend Jesse. Even though Angie tells him that she loves him nonetheless, Vincent robs Al in a desperate rage. He quickly becomes imprisoned, and Angie attempts to support him, but Vincent - ashamed - orders her not to visit him again. In prison, he has difficulty forgetting about his fiance. In a letter, Angie informs Vincent that she still stands by his side, and that she was fired from the job, and has since moved away to live near her new job.
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, 1h46
Directed by James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Slim Pickens, Jason Robards, Sam Peckinpah, Bob Dylan, Rudy Wurlitzer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Prison films, Évasion, Gangster films
Actors James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Slim Pickens, Jason Robards, Harry Dean Stanton
Roles Chisum
Rating71% 3.5993953.5993953.5993953.5993953.599395
In 1881 in Old Fort Sumner, New Mexico, William H. Bonney, known as Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson), is passing the time with friends shooting chickens for fun. An old friend of Billy's, Pat Garrett (James Coburn), rides into town with Deputy Sheriff J.W. Bell (Matt Clark) and joins the diversion. Later, over drinks, Garrett informs Billy that the electorate want him out of the country, and that in five days, when he becomes Sheriff of Lincoln County, he'll make Billy leave.
Savage
Savage (1973)
, 1h13
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action
Actors Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Will Geer, Paul Richards, Michele Carey, Barry Sullivan
Roles Judge Daniel Stern
Rating54% 2.713262.713262.713262.713262.71326
Un reporter enquête sur des photos compromettantes touchant un candidat à la Cour suprême américaine.
Yuma
Yuma (1970)
, 1h13
Directed by Ted Post
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Western
Actors Clint Walker, Barry Sullivan, Kathryn Hays, Edgar Buchanan, Morgan Woodward, John Kerr
Roles Nels Decker
Rating62% 3.1443753.1443753.1443753.1443753.144375
Dave Harmon (Clint Walker), a former lieutenant in the U.S. Army is sent to Yuma as the new United States Marshal. His wife was raped and son killed and the only description of the criminals responsible was they were wearing army uniforms. He served in several locations as a sheriff and all were near an army post.
It Takes All Kinds, 1h38
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Vera Miles, Robert Lansing, Barry Sullivan, Sid Melton, Tommy Dysart, Rod Mullinar
Roles Orville Benton
Rating51% 2.5638952.5638952.5638952.5638952.563895
American sailor Tony Gunher is asked by Laura Ring to help steal a glass-stained window from a museum. The robbery is a success but then Laura disappears with the window. Tony finds her and she's discovered with crime lord Orville Benton. Benton has a collection of art treasures in the false bottom of a wheat silo. Police capture Benton and his gang but Laura dies.