BARRY SULLIVAN - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 180483

BARRY SULLIVAN
Still from his 1960 Western, Seven Ways from Sundown, in which Sullivan starred as "bad guy" Jim Flood.
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Sherry & Friends/Love Barry Sullivan". B/w, 10x8 overall, image 9¼x7 (one surface). Still from the 1960 Western, Seven Ways From Sundown, which starred Audie Murphy as Seven Ways from Sundown Jones and Sullivan as "bad guy", Jim Flood. ©1960, Universal-International. Captioned at lower margin. In 1960, Sullivan was also seen as Deputy Sheriff Pat Garrett on the TV series, The Tall Man, and he guest starred on an episode of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse. Character actor Barry Sullivan (1912-1994), born Patrick Barry Sullivan, began his acting career on Broadway in 1936. He would appear in a number of plays, mostly flops, except for The Man Who Came to Dinner and The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, for which he would be nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Actor - Single Performance for his portrayal of Barney Greenwald when the play 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 Sullivan made guest appearances on a number of TV anthologies (beginning in 1953) and a wide range of TV series, 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, who wrote a play, J for J (Journals for John), about her handicapped older brother, Johnny. Lightly creased at blank margins and corners. ¼-inch tear at upper left blank edge, light black mark at lower right margin. Minor surface creases (most not evident head on). Overall, fine condition.