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Barry Sullivan

Highest Rated: 86% Forty Guns (1957)

Lowest Rated: 14% Any Number Can Play (1949)

Birthday: Aug 29, 1912

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

Barry Sullivan was a prolific film and television actor, with a career that spanned more than 40 years, earning him two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame--one for each medium. After a significant stint on Broadway in the 1930s, he began a very steady stream of supporting appearances in Hollywood films alongside some of the best known actresses of the era, including Ginger Rogers, Dorothy Lamour, and Susan Hayward. By 1951, Sullivan starred alongside Bette Davis in the drama "Payment on Demand." In 1952, he had a major supporting role in the Oscar-winning romance "The Bad and the Beautiful," with Kirk Douglas and Lana Turner. By the mid-50s, Sullivan began transitioning into television, and made his only award-nominated splash in 1956, earning an Emmy nomination for his performance on a single episode of "Ford Star Jubilee." Sullivan went on to make appearances on seemingly every hit western and crime drama over the next few decades - among them everything from the crime drama "Perry Mason" in the mid-'60s to the crime drama "The Streets of San Francisco in the mid-'70s." Sullivan played the lead in two series: from 1957 to '58, as Capt. Dave Scott on the adventure series "Harbormaster," and from 1960 to '62 he played Pat Garrett on the western "The Tall Man," which lasted 74 episodes. After a career that finally wound down in the 1980s, Sullivan passed away from respiratory failure at age 81.

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Highest rated movies

86% 66% Forty Guns
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80% 86% The Bad and the Beautiful
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73% 53% Planet of the Vampires
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73% 48% Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
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72% 59% Oh, God!
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71% Getting Gertie's Garter
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44% 36% Earthquake
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33% 41% The Great Gatsby
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57% Queen Bee
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14% 63% Any Number Can Play
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 58% Caravans Richardson (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet No Room to Run Garth Kingswood (Character) - 1978
72% 59% Oh, God! Bishop Reardon (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Violent Protection "O" Generale (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Grand Jury Don Bentine (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Washington Affair Walter Nicholson (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Collision Course Secretary of State Dean Acheson (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Violent Naples 'O' Generale (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Survival Barry (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 27% Take a Hard Ride Kane (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Human Factor Edmonds (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hurricane Hank Stoddard (Character) - 1974
44% 36% Earthquake Dr. Willis Stockle (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Letters From Three Lovers Joshua (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Magician Joseph Baker (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet He Who Digs a Grave Sheriff Jesse Luke (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Abduction of Bayard Barnes Baynard Barnes (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 40% Savage Judge Daniel Stern (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 91% Kung Fu Edwards/Dillon (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cannon Gordon McKenna (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 43% Yuma Nels Decker (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Trouble With Women Unknown (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet L.A. 2017 Dane Bigelow (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Price Walter Franz (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The House on Greenapple Road Chief Frank Untermyer (Character) - 1970
73% 48% Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here Ray Calvert (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 29% Shark! Prof. Dan Mallare (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 79% Night Gallery Dr. Frank Heatherton (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet It Takes All Kinds Orville Benton (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Immortal Jordan Braddock (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet How to Steal the World Dr. Robert Kingsley (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Buckskin Chaddock (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet This Savage Land Benjamin Pride (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Inquiry Sen. Creston Collins (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Johnny Belinda Black MacDonald (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 36% The Poppy Is Also a Flower Chasen (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Intimacy Walter Nicholson (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 14% An American Dream Lieutenant Roberts (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 0% My Blood Runs Cold Julian Merriday (Character) - 1965
73% 53% Planet of the Vampires Capt. Mark Markary (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 40% Harlow Marino Bello (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pyro Vance Pierson (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stage to Thunder Rock Sheriff Horne (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet 57% A Gathering of Eagles Col. Bill Fowler (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet 50% Man in the Middle Gen. Kempton (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet 78% Light in the Piazza Noel Johnson (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet 60% Seven Ways From Sundown Jim Flood (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Purple Gang Police Lt. William P. Harley (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 37% Another Time, Another Place Carter Reynolds (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wolf Larsen Wolf Larsen (Character) - 1958
86% 66% Forty Guns Griff Bonnell (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 20% Dragoon Wells Massacre Link Ferris (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Way to the Gold Marshal Hannibal (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ain't No Time for Glory Self - 1957
No Score Yet 39% Julie Cliff Henderson (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 11% Texas Lady Chris Mooney (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 49% Strategic Air Command Lt. Col. Rocky Samford (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 57% Queen Bee Avery 'Beauty' Phillips (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 44% The Maverick Queen Jeff Younger (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 25% Loophole Mike Donovan (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Miami Story Mick Flagg/Mike Pierce (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Playgirl Mike Marsh (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 36% Her Twelve Men Richard Y. Oliver, Sr. (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 42% Cry of the Hunted Lieutenant Tunner (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 37% Jeopardy Doug Stilwin (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet China Venture Cmdr. Bert Thompson (Character) - 1953
80% 86% The Bad and the Beautiful Fred Amiel (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 52% Skirts Ahoy! Lt. Cmdr. Paul Elcott (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 59% Payment on Demand David Anderson Ramsey (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 15% Mr. Imperium Paul Hunter (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 68% Three Guys Named Mike Mike Tracy (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 30% Cause for Alarm George Z. Jones (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 57% Inside Straight Johnny Sanderson (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 67% No Questions Asked Steve Keiver (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 43% The Unknown Man District Attorney Joe Bucknor (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 68% A Life of Her Own Lee Gorrance (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 44% Nancy Goes to Rio Paul Berten (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 22% The Outriders Jesse Wallace (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Grounds for Marriage Chris Bartlett (Character) - 1950
14% 63% Any Number Can Play Tycoon (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 65% Tension Lt. Collier Bonnabel (Character) - 1949
33% 41% The Great Gatsby Tom Buchanaan (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bad Men of Tombstone Tom Horn (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Smart Woman Frank McCoy (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 55% Framed Steve Price (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 38% The Gangster Shubunka (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 25% Suspense Joe Morgan (Character) - 1946
71% No Score Yet Getting Gertie's Garter Ted (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rainbow Island Ken Masters (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 23% Lady in the Dark Dr. Brooks (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet And Now Tomorrow Jeff Stoddard (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 0% The Woman of the Town King Kennedy (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet High Explosive Mike Douglas (Character) - 1943

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Disney's Wonderful World Unknown (Character) 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little House on the Prairie Frederick Holbrook (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charlie's Angels Unknown (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Streets of San Francisco Murray Brennan (Guest Star) 1973-1974 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bionic Woman Dr. Ellis Hatch (Guest Star) 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barnaby Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1973 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cannon Gordon McKenna (Guest Star) 1973 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet McMillan and Wife Walt Harmon (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harry O Unknown (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet 100% Kung Fu Unknown (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet 100% Night Gallery Unknown (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sixth Sense Unknown (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Victor Fortune (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Longstreet Unknown (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet McCloud Gen. Ralph Touhy (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Name of the Game Unknown (Guest Star) 1969 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dan August Pete Killian (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Immortal Unknown (Guest Star) 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet The High Chaparral Unknown (Guest Star) 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet That Girl Unknown (Guest Star) 1968
100% No Score Yet The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Unknown (Guest Star) 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1959 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Loner Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet 12 O'Clock High Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Ken Kramer (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ben Casey David Masterson (Guest Star) 1963-1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Route 66 Warren Barr (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Hour Unknown (Character) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Virginian Frank Dawson (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Tall Man Pat Garrett (Character) 1960-1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Startime Unknown (Character) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zane Grey Theatre Unknown (Character) 1958-1959
No Score Yet 87% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Mark Robeson (Character) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Studio One Unknown (Character) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Climax! Unknown (Character) 1955