Barry Sullivan

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-08-29 (82 years old)

Deathday

1994-06-06

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 theatrica...

Acting

1974

Earthquake

as Dr. Willis Stockle

1969

Shark

as Mallare

1951

Mr. Imperium

as Paul Hunter

1975

1952

The Hoaxters

as Narrator (voice)

1946

Suspense

as Joe Morgan

1952

1968

How to Steal the World

as Dr. Robert Kingsley

1947

The Gangster

as Shubunka

1954

Loophole

as Mike Donovan

1949

Tension

as Lt. Collier Bonnabel

1953

Cry of the Hunted

as Lieutenant Tunner

1955

Queen Bee

as Avery "Beauty" Phillips

1937

Dime a Dance

as Sailor

1954

Playgirl

as Mike Marsh

1978

Caravans

as Richardson

1953

Jeopardy

as Doug Stilwin

1947

Framed

as Steve Price

1951

Cause for Alarm!

as George Z. Jones

1957

Forty Guns

as Griff Bonell

1958

Another Time, Another Place

as Carter Reynolds

1955

Strategic Air Command

as Rocky Samford

1975

1962

Light in the Piazza

as Noel Johnson

1956

Julie

as Cliff Henderson

1965

Planet of the Vampires

as Captain Mark Markary

1969

The Arrangement

as Chet Collier (uncredited)

1951

The Unknown Man

as District Attorney Joe Bucknor

1957

1949

The Great Gatsby

as Tom Buchanaan

1951

No Questions Asked

as Steve Keiver

1954

The Miami Story

as Mick Flagg

1951

Payment on Demand

as David Anderson Ramsey

2002

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

as Griff Bonnell (archive footage)

1971

Yuma

as Nels Decker

1976

Violent Naples

as 'O' Generale

1980

Casino

as Sam Fletcher

1960

1944

Lady in the Dark

as Dr. Brooks

1949

1966

Intimacy

as Walter Nicholson

1963

A Gathering of Eagles

as Col. Bill Fowler

1973

Savage

as Judge Daniel Stern

1964

Man in the Middle

as General Kempton

1948

Smart Woman

as Frank McCoy

1951

1966

An American Dream

as Police Lt. G. Roberts

1944

And Now Tomorrow

as Jeff Stoddard

1954

Her Twelve Men

as Richard Y. Oliver, Sr.

1950

Nancy Goes to Rio

as Paul Berten

1953

China Venture

as Cmdr. Bert Thompson

1952

Skirts Ahoy!

as Paul Elcott

1950

The Outriders

as Jesse Wallace

1956

The Maverick Queen

as Jeff Younger

1945

1968

Buckskin

as Chaddock

1955

Texas Lady

as Chris Mooney

1974

Hurricane

as Hank Stoddard

1958

Wolf Larsen

as Wolf Larsen

1965

My Blood Runs Cold

as Julian Merriday

1977

Grand Jury

as Don Bentine

1964

Stage to Thunder Rock

as Sheriff Horne

1950

A Life of Her Own

as Lee Gorrance

1951

Inside Straight

as Johnny Sanderson

1949

1969

This Savage Land

as Benjamin Pride

1969

The Immortal

as Jordan Braddock

1944

Rainbow Island

as Ken Masters

1943

The Woman of the Town

as King Kennedy

1971

The Price

as Walter Franz

1937

Dates and Nuts

as Collegian

1977

Oh, God!

as Bishop Reardon

1970

House on Greenapple Road

as Chief Frank Untermyer

1959

The Purple Gang

as William P. Harley

1951

Grounds for Marriage

as Chris Bartlett

1971

Cannon

as Calhoun

1978

The Bastard

as Abraham Ware

1977

The Washington Affair

as Walter Nicholson

1980

1940

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

as Thug in Car's Back Seat

1972

1978

The Immigrants

as Grant Whittier

1968

Stalked

as Narrator

1973

The Magician

as Joseph Baker

1945

Duffy's Tavern

as Danny Murphy

1958

1969

It Takes All Kinds

as Orville Benton

1965

Harlow

as Marino Bello

1969

Night Gallery

as Dr. Frank Heatherton

1977

No Room to Run

as Garth Kingswood

1943

High Explosive

as Mike Douglas

1957

The Way to the Gold

as Marshal Hannibal

1967

Johnny Belinda

as Black MacDonald

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