Billy Sullivan (actor)
American actor
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William Arthur Sullivan (July 18, 1891 – May 23, 1946), was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film eras.
July 18, 1891
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| Born | William Arthur Sullivan July 18, 1891 Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | May 23, 1946 (aged 54) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1914–1936 |
Biography
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts on July 18, 1891,[1] Sullivan had his start in film shorts in the 1910s. His first film production was a short which was part of a 23-part serial entitled, The Million Dollar Mystery, in 1914. The 23 episodes were edited into a feature-length film of the same name in 1918. His first feature-length film was in the role of King Arthur in 1917's Over the Hill.[2] During the early 1920s, he continued to work mainly in shorts, before moving into almost exclusively feature films in 1925.[3] From 1924 through 1927, he starred in about 20 films for Rayart Pictures, such as The Slanderers (1924),[4] Goat Getter (1925),[5] The Winner (1926),[6] and When Seconds Count (1927).[7] During his career, he appeared in over 80 productions, including over 50 feature films. He died in Great Neck, New York on May 23, 1946.[1][8]
Filmography
- The Cigarette Girl (1917)[9]
- Over the Hill (1917)[2]
- What Becomes of the Children? (1918)
- The House of Mirth (1918)[10]
- The Lightning Raider (1919 — serial)[11]
- A Manhattan Knight (1920)[12]
- The Courtship of Miles Standish (1923)[13]
- The Leather Pushers (1922 — serial)[14]
- The Slanderers (1924)
- The Fear Fighter (1925)
- Fighting Fate (1925)
- Goat Getter (1925)
- Ridin' Pretty (1925)
- The Speed Champion (1925)
- Broadway Billy (1926)
- Fighting Thorobreds (1926)
- The Gallant Fool (1926)
- The Heart of a Coward (1926)
- One Punch O'Day (1926)
- Rapid Fire Romance (1926)
- Speed Cop (1926)
- Speed Crazed (1926)
- Stick to Your Story (1926)
- The Windjammer (1926)
- The Winner (1926)
- The Patent Leather Pug (1926)
- Red Clay (1927)
- The Cancelled Debt (1927)
- Daring Deeds (1927)
- Smiling Billy (1927)
- Speedy Smith (1927)
- When Seconds Count (1927)
- Walking Back (1928)
- Sweepstakes (1931)
- Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933)
- Name the Woman (1934)
- No More Women (1934)
- Among the Missing (1934)
- Murder by Television (1935)
- One More Spring (1935)
- It Happened in New York (1935)
- Public Hero No. 1 (1935)
- Transient Lady (1935)
- Mister Dynamite (1935)
- Lady Tubbs (1935)
- Big Brown Eyes (1936)
