BARRY SULLIVAN - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH CIRCA 1954 - HFSID 290064

BARRY SULLIVAN
Smiling image in dark suit and light tie, inscribed in person to collector Saul Goodman
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Saul/Barry/Sullivan". B/w, 8x10. Collector's ink stamp on verso dates signature: October 6, 1954. Barry Sullivan (1912-1994) began his acting career on Broadway in 1936. He would appear in a number of plays, notably The Man Who Came to Dinner and The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Actor - Single Performance for his portrayal of Barney Greenwald when The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial was telecast on the Ford Star Jubilee in 1955. The second actor to play Richard Rogue on the radio drama, Rogue's Gallery (1946-1947), Sullivan was seen on the big screen for over forty years (from 1937), appearing in such films as The Gangster (1947), The Great Gatsby (1949), Mr. Imperium (1951), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), Strategic Air Command (1955), Wolf Larsen (1958), Light in the Piazza (1962), A Gathering of Eagles (1963), Tell Them Willie Boy is Here (1969), Earthquake (1974), Oh, God! (1977) and The Last Straw (1987). He also made a number of made-for-TV movies, and many TV guest appearances, from Westerns (including Bonanza and The Virginian) to crime dramas (such as The Streets of San Francisco) to comedies (The Love Boat). Sullivan was the father of actress and playwright Jenny Sullivan. Saul Goodman (1919-2003), a New York business man by day, pursued his love of film and theatre in the evening, making friends with many celebrities. While other autograph seekers offered album leaves, Goodman presented stars with snazzy photographs, a rarity then, to sign in fountain pen. Fine condition.