Barry Sullivan was born Patrick Barry Sullivan on August 29, 1912 in New York City. He was the seventh son of a seventh son, a birth order with mystical significance in Celtic families. While never a major movie star, he established himself as a well-known and highly regarded character lead and second lead in motion pictures and television in a ...
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| 1 | Had a daughter by second wife Gita Hall, Patricia. Patricia Sullivan, who was a professional fashion model, married song-writer Jimmy Webb, by whom she had seven children. |
| 2 | Acting mentor and friend of Clu Gulager. |
| 3 | His daughter by his second wife Gita Hall, Patricia Sullivan-Webb, was a model. Known professionally as "Patsy Sullivan," she was the face of Yardley Cosmetics at the age of 12. She and her husband, songwriter Jimmy Webb, had six children together, four sons and two daughters. She subsequently adopted a child, thus giving her father seven grandchildren. |
| 4 | Two of his grandsons by daughter Patricia Sullvain-Webb and son-in-law Jimmy Webb formed the rock group "The Webb Brothers." They subsequently were joined by their other two brothers. |
| 5 | According to his daughter Patsy Sullivan-Webb, the 6'3" actor had a difficult time playing Tom Buchanan opposite Alan Ladd as Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby (1949). Sullivan told his daughter that Ladd, who was nearly a foot shorter, had to stand on a crate while he had to stand in a hole during their shots together. |
| 6 | Ex-father-in-law of Jim Messina. |
| 7 | His daughter, actress/playwright Jenny Sullivan, wrote the play "J for J" ("Journals for John") which was prompted after she found a packet of unsent letters a year after Barry's death that he had written decades earlier to her older brother, Johnny, who was mentally disabled. The play premiered on October 20, 2001. John Ritter, who in real life had a handicapped brother, played Johnny and Jenny played herself. Actor Jeff Kober portrayed Barry. Eventually, Jenny took on caring for her brother. |
| 8 | Had two children from his first marriage: Johnny and Jenny Sullivan. Johnny was mentally challenged and eventually sent to the Devereux School in Santa Barbara, California for help and evaluation. |
| 9 | He was the second actor to play Richard Rogue on NBC Radio's Rogue's Gallery (1946-1947). |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| The Name of the Game | 1969-1971 | TV Series | Sen. Creston Collins / Dane Bigelow |
| Dan August | 1971 | TV Series | Pete Killian |
| The Immortal | 1969-1970 | TV Series | Jordan Braddock |
| The High Chaparral | 1970 | TV Series | Dan Casement |
| Bracken's World | 1970 | TV Series | Gordon Stinson |
| It Takes a Thief | 1969-1970 | TV Series | Gen. Wiley / Robert Benjamin |
| House on Greenapple Road | 1970 | TV Movie | Chief Frank Untermyer |
| The Arrangement | 1969 | Chet Collier (uncredited) |
| Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here | 1969 | Ray Calvert |
| Shark | 1969 | Prof. Dan Mallare |
| The Virginian | 1962-1969 | TV Series | John Springfield / Frank Dawson |
| It Takes All Kinds | 1969 | Orville Benton |
| This Savage Land | 1969 | TV Movie | Benjamin Pride |
| This Town Will Never Be the Same | 1969 | TV Movie | Abner Doyle |
| CBS Playhouse | 1969 | TV Series |
| That Girl | 1968 | TV Series | Barry Sullivan |
| How to Steal the World | 1968 | Dr. Robert Kingsley |
| Buckskin | 1968 | Chaddock |
| Stalked | 1968 | Short | Narrator |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 1968 | TV Series | Dr. Robert Kingsley |
| Garrison's Gorillas | 1967 | TV Series | Capt. Tom Flagg |
| The Danny Thomas Hour | 1967 | TV Series | Fairbanks |
| Johnny Belinda | 1967 | TV Movie | Black MacDonald |
| Bonanza | 1959-1967 | TV Series | Attorney Dayton Fuller / Mark Burdette |
| The Road West | 1966-1967 | TV Series | Ben Pride |
| Mission: Impossible | 1967 | TV Series | Alex Lowell |
| See You in Hell, Darling | 1966 | Police Lt. G. Roberts |
| Intimacy | 1966 | Walter Nicholson |
| The Poppy Is Also a Flower | 1966 | Chasen |
| The Loner | 1965 | TV Series | The Doctor |
| The Long, Hot Summer | 1965 | TV Series | Roger Lake |
| 12 O'Clock High | 1965 | TV Series | Lt. Gen. Max Gallagher |
| Run for Your Life | 1965 | TV Series | Sheriff Trumbell |
| Planet of the Vampires | 1965 | Capt. Mark Markary |
| Harlow | 1965/II | Marino Bello |
| My Blood Runs Cold | 1965 | Julian Merriday |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | 1965 | TV Series | Maj. Victor Hanley |
| Perry Mason | 1965 | TV Series | Ken Kramer |
| Grand Hotel | 1964 | TV Movie | Manager |
| The Reporter | 1964 | TV Series | Les Borden |
| Slattery's People | 1964 | TV Series | James Patrick Shepherd |
| Ben Casey | 1963-1964 | TV Series | David Masterson / Dr. Arnold Swanson |
| Stage to Thunder Rock | 1964 | Sheriff Horne |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1964 | TV Series | Oscar Teckla |
| The Great Adventure | 1963-1964 | TV Series | E.J. Edwards / William Ralston |
| The Winston Affair | 1964 | Gen. Kempton |
| Pyro... The Thing Without a Face | 1964 | Vance Pierson |
| Arrest and Trial | 1963 | TV Series | Fred Palmer |
| A Gathering of Eagles | 1963 | Col. Bill Fowler |
| Sam Benedict | 1963 | TV Series | Doug Stover |
| Route 66 | 1963 | TV Series | Warren Barr |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | 1962 | TV Series | Miles Calman |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | 1962 | TV Series | Paul Sampson |
| The United States Steel Hour | 1958-1962 | TV Series | Jerry Coogan |
| The Tall Man | 1960-1962 | TV Series | Pat Garrett |
| Light in the Piazza | 1962 | Noel Johnson |
| Seven Ways from Sundown | 1960 | Jim Flood |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | 1959-1960 | TV Series | Whitman / Pat Selman |
| The Purple Gang | 1959 | Police Lt. William P. Harley |
| The DuPont Show with June Allyson | 1959 | TV Series | Richard Bradley |
| Startime | 1959 | TV Series | Jules |
| Zane Grey Theater | 1958-1959 | TV Series | Clint Shannon / Jed Lorimer / Raney Benson |
| Playhouse 90 | 1957-1959 | TV Series | Capt. Schuyler 'Sky' Hobart / Sturbridge / Daniel Joyce / ... |
| Pursuit | 1958 | TV Series | Henry Savage |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1958 | TV Series | Mark Robeson |
| Wolf Larsen | 1958 | Wolf Larsen |
| Climax! | 1955-1958 | TV Series | Dr. Edwards / Dr. Donald Carter |
| Harbormaster | 1957-1958 | TV Series | Capt. David Scott |
| Another Time, Another Place | 1958 | Carter Reynolds |
| Studio One in Hollywood | 1955-1958 | TV Series | Edward Roberts / Steve Burke / Michael Norman |
| Forty Guns | 1957 | Griff Bonnell |
| The Way to the Gold | 1957 | Marshal Hannibal |
| Dragoon Wells Massacre | 1957 | Link Ferris |
| The Man Called X | 1956-1957 | TV Series | Ken Thurston |
| Lux Video Theatre | 1953-1957 | TV Series | Dan / Jeff Foster |
| Julie | 1956 | Cliff Henderson |
| Ford Star Jubilee | 1955-1956 | TV Series | Maj. Victor Joppolo / Lt. Barney Greenwald |
| The Maverick Queen | 1956 | Jeff Younger |
| Texas Lady | 1955 | Chris Mooney |
| Queen Bee | 1955 | Avery Phillips |
| The Ford Television Theatre | 1953-1955 | TV Series | Blaine Chandler / Steve McCoy |
| General Electric Theater | 1955 | TV Series | Robert Slenger |
| Strategic Air Command | 1955 | Lt. Col. Rocky Samford |
| Her Twelve Men | 1954 | Richard Y. Oliver, Sr. |
| The Miami Story | 1954 | Mick Flagg aka Mike Pierce |
| Playgirl | 1954 | Mike Marsh |
| Loophole | 1954 | Mike Donovan |
| Chevron Theatre | 1953 | TV Series | Detective Nemo Grey |
| China Venture | 1953 | Cmdr. Bert Thompson |
| A Slight Case of Larceny | 1953 | Radio Stock Quoter (voice, uncredited) |
| Cry of the Hunted | 1953 | Lt. Tunner |
| Jeopardy | 1953 | Doug Stilwin |
| The Bad and the Beautiful | 1952 | Fred Amiel |
| Skirts Ahoy! | 1952 | Lt. Cmdr. Paul Elcott |
| The Unknown Man | 1951 | Joe Bucknor |
| No Questions Asked | 1951 | Steve Keiver |
| Cause for Alarm! | 1951 | George Z. Jones |
| Inside Straight | 1951 | Johnny Sanderson |
| Mr. Imperium | 1951 | Paul Hunter |
| Three Guys Named Mike | 1951 | Mike Tracy |
| Payment on Demand | 1951 | David Anderson Ramsey |
| Grounds for Marriage | 1951 | Chris Bartlett |
| A Life of Her Own | 1950 | Lee Gorrance |
| Nancy Goes to Rio | 1950 | Paul Berten |
| The Outriders | 1950 | Jesse Wallace |
| Tension | 1949 | Lt. Collier Bonnabel |
| The Great Gatsby | 1949 | Tom Buchanaan |
| Any Number Can Play | 1949 | Tycoon |
| Bad Men of Tombstone | 1949 | Tom Horn |
| Smart Woman | 1948 | Frank McCoy |
| The Gangster | 1947 | Shubunka |
| Framed | 1947 | Steve Price |
| Suspense | 1946 | Joe Morgan |
| Getting Gertie's Garter | 1945 | Ted Dalton |
| Duffy's Tavern | 1945 | Danny Murphy |
| And Now Tomorrow | 1944 | Jeff Stoddard |
| Rainbow Island | 1944 | Ken Masters |
| Lady in the Dark | 1944 | Dr. Brooks |
| The Woman of the Town | 1943 | King Kennedy |
| High Explosive | 1943 | Mike Douglas |
| The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | 1940 | Thug in Car's Back Seat [Ch. 2] (uncredited) |
| Hi-Ho Hollywood | 1938 | Short | Actor on set |
| Dates and Nuts | 1937 | Short | Collegian |
| Dime a Dance | 1937 | Short | Sailor |
| Broker's Follies | 1937 | Short | Broker (uncredited) |
| Strike! You're Out | 1936 | Short | Bob Pembroke |
| The Last Straw | 1987 |
| Judgment Day | 1981 | TV Movie | The Judge |
| Casino | 1980 | TV Movie | Sam Fletcher |
| Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1980 | TV Series |
| Dan August: The Trouble with Women | 1980 | TV Movie | Pete Killian |
| Vega$ | 1979 | TV Series | Clay Sumner |
| Little House on the Prairie | 1979 | TV Series | Frederick Holbrook |
| The Love Boat | 1979 | TV Series | Phillip Shaffer |
| Charlie's Angels | 1979 | TV Series | Mr. DeMargerin |
| The Runaways | 1979 | TV Series |
| Backstairs at the White House | 1979 | TV Mini-Series | Attorney General Harry Daugherty |
| Lucan | 1978 | TV Series | Amos Colfax |
| The Immigrants | 1978 | TV Movie | Grant Whittier |
| Caravans | 1978 | Richardson |
| Fantasy Island | 1978 | TV Series | Prof. Neville Marlowe |
| French Quarter | 1978 |
| The Bastard | 1978 | TV Movie | Abraham Ware |
| The Washington Affair | 1977 | Walter Nicholson |
| Oh, God! | 1977 | Bishop Reardon |
| No Room to Run | 1977 | TV Movie | Garth Kingswood |
| Quincy M.E. | 1977 | TV Series | Dr. Herbert Stone |
| Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II | 1976-1977 | TV Series | Sen. Paxton |
| Grand Jury | 1976 | Don Bentine |
| Survival | 1976 | Barry |
| Once an Eagle | 1976 | TV Mini-Series | Gen. Bannerman |
| Police Story | 1976 | TV Series | Lt. Bellin |
| The Streets of San Francisco | 1973-1976 | TV Series | Breitbach / Murray Brennan / Marty Wallach / ... |
| Violent Naples | 1976 | 'O' Generale |
| The Bionic Woman | 1976 | TV Series | Dr. Ellis Hatch |
| Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur | 1976 | TV Movie | Secretary of State Dean Acheson |
| The 'Human' Factor | 1975 | Edmonds |
| Take a Hard Ride | 1975 | Kane |
| Barnaby Jones | 1973-1975 | TV Series | Gordon McKenna / Jason Craig |
| Cannon | 1973-1975 | TV Series | Gordon McKenna / Sheriff Jesse Luke |
| The Invisible Man | 1975 | TV Series | Lionel Parks |
| Movin' On | 1975 | TV Series | Zack Bernhardt |
| Lucas Tanner | 1974 | TV Series | Thomas Keyes |
| Earthquake | 1974 | Stockle |
| McMillan & Wife | 1974 | TV Series | Walt Harmon |
| Ironside | 1973-1974 | TV Series | Bruno Roman / Howard Jameson |
| Harry O | 1974 | TV Series | Paul Armin Sawyer |
| Hurricane | 1974 | TV Movie | Hank Stoddard |
| Kung Fu | 1972-1974 | TV Series | Edwards / Dillon |
| Letters from Three Lovers | 1973 | TV Movie | Joshua |
| Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 1973 | Chisum |
| Savage | 1973 | TV Movie | Judge Daniel Stern |
| The Magician | 1973 | TV Series | Joseph Baker |
| Insight | 1967-1973 | TV Series | Roger Drummond / Bern |
| The Sixth Sense | 1972 | TV Series | Amos Sutherland |
| Cool Million | 1972 | TV Series | Baynard Barnes |
| Night Gallery | -1972 | TV Series | Dr. Simsich / Dr. Frank Heatherton |
| Another Part of the Forest | 1972 | TV Movie | Marcus Hubbard |
| The Candidate | 1972 | Barry Sullivan |
| Hawaii Five-O | 1972 | TV Series | Morgan Hilliard |
| Mannix | 1972 | TV Series | Victor Fortune |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | 1971 | TV Series | Cortland Evans |
| Longstreet | 1971 | TV Series | Jordan Anderson |
| McCloud | 1971 | TV Series | Gen. Ralph Touhy |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | 1971 | TV Series | Grant Chase |
| Medical Center | 1970-1971 | TV Series | Dr. Sangford / Prof. Tinker Polk |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | 1971 | TV Series | Walter Franz |
| Cannon | 1971 | TV Movie | Calhoun |
| Yuma | 1971 | TV Movie | Nels Decker |
| The Price | 1971 | TV Movie | Walter Franz |
