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Acting

Barry Sullivan

Career: Active from 1937 to 1978, busiest in 1951 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles: 57
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: The Bad and the Beautiful
79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 109 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Barry Sullivan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.1, average 5.4
Absurdist Humor
0.7, average 2.0
Coming of Age
1.7, average 3.0
Cringe Humor
1.0, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Setting 8
Historical Drama 6
Character Study 5
Psychological Tension 5
Psychological Thriller 4
Crime Thriller 4
Western 4
Strong Female Lead 4
Character-Driven 4
Moral Ambiguity 4
Political Intrigue 4
Nostalgic 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

172

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

as Griff Bonnell (archive footage)

1980s

2 titles

Casino

as Sam Fletcher

The Secret of Lost Valley

as Dr. Seldon

1970s

49 titles · average score 64

Caravans

59

as Richardson

The Bastard

69

TV show · as Abraham Ware

The Washington Affair

as Walter Nicholson

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Phillip Shaffer

Violent Naples

67

as 'O' Generale

Charlie's Angels

44

TV show · as DeMargeran

Quincy, M.E.

74

TV show · as Dr. Herbert Stone

Take a Hard Ride

45

as Kane

Little House on the Prairie

82

TV show · as Frederick Holbrook

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

67

as Chisum

Kung Fu: The Way of the Tiger, the Sign of the Dragon

76

as Dillon

Yuma

55

as Nels Decker

1960s

52 titles · average score 61

Shark

39

as Mallare

This Savage Land

as Benjamin Pride

Night Gallery

73

as Dr. Frank Heatherton

Buckskin

55

as Chaddock

How to Steal the World

53

as Dr. Robert Kingsley

Planet of the Vampires

65

as Captain Mark Markary

My Blood Runs Cold

40

as Julian Merriday

Harlow

44

as Marino Bello

Man in the Middle

62

as General Kempton

Stage to Thunder Rock

60

as Sheriff Horne

The Tall Man

71

TV show · as Pat Garrett

Seven Ways from Sundown

62

as Jim Flood

1950s

49 titles · average score 60

Another Time, Another Place

50

as Carter Reynolds

Forty Guns

76

as Griff Bonell

The Man Called X

TV show

Julie

39

as Cliff Henderson

Texas Lady

41

as Chris Mooney

Queen Bee

62

as Avery "Beauty" Phillips

Her Twelve Men

54

as Richard Y. Oliver, Sr.

Cry of the Hunted

55

as Lieutenant Tunner

Jeopardy

58

as Doug Stilwin

Cause for Alarm!

51

as George Z. Jones

Payment on Demand

62

as David Anderson Ramsey

The Outriders

52

as Jesse Wallace

1940s

17 titles · average score 56

Bad Men of Tombstone

as Tom Horn

Tension

70

as Lt. Collier Bonnabel

The Great Gatsby

41

as Tom Buchanaan

Smart Woman

59

as Frank McCoy

Framed

64

as Steve Price

The Gangster

58

as Shubunka

Suspense

63

as Joe Morgan

Getting Gertie's Garter

55

as Ted Dalton

Lady in the Dark

42

as Dr. Brooks

And Now Tomorrow

64

as Jeff Stoddard

The Woman of the Town

41

as King Kennedy

High Explosive

as Mike Douglas

1930s

2 titles

as Sailor

as Collegian