Billy Sullivan (actor)

Billy Sullivan
Lobby card for The Windjammer (1926)
Born	William Arthur Sullivan (1891-07-18)July 18, 1891 Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Died	May 23, 1946(1946-05-23) (aged 54) Great Neck, New York, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1914–1936

Billy Sullivan (July 18, 1891 – May 23, 1946), also known as W. A. Sullivan, William A. Sullivan, and Arthur Sullivan, was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film eras.

Biography

Born on Long Island, New York in the village of Great Neck on August 18, 1891, 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.^[1] During the early 1920s, he continued to work mainly in shorts, before moving into almost exclusively feature films in 1925.^[2] From 1924 through 1927 he starred in about 20 films for Rayart Pictures, such as The Slanderers (1924),^[3] Goat Getter (1925),^[4] The Winner (1926),^[5] and When Seconds Count (1927).^[6] During his career he appeared in over 80 productions, including over 50 feature films.

Filmography

(Per AFI database)^[2]

• The Cigarette Girl (1917)^[7]
• Over the Hill (1917)^[1]
• What Becomes of the Children? (1918)
• The House of Mirth (1918)^[8]
• The Lightning Raider (1919 — serial)^[9]
• A Manhattan Knight (1920)^[10]
• The Courtship of Miles Standish (1923)^[11]
• The Leather Pushers (1922 — serial)^[12]
• 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)

References

1. "Over the Hill". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
2. "Billy Sullivan". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
3. "The Slanderers". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
4. "Goat Getter". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
5. "The Winner". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
6. "When Seconds Count". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
7. "The Cigarette Girl". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
8. "The House of Mirth". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
9. "The Lightning Raider". Silent Era. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
10. "A Manhattan Knight". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
11. "The Courtship of Miles Standish". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
12. "The Leather Pushers". Silent Era. Retrieved January 9, 2015.

External links

• Billy Sullivan at IMDb
• Billy Sullivan at the TCM Movie Database