Sean Sullivan (actor)

Sean Sullivan (December 26, 1921 - June 3, 1985) was a Canadian actor.^[1] He is most noted for his stage and television performances in productions of David French's play Of the Fields, Lately,^[2] for which he won an ACTRA Award in 1977 as Best Television Actor for the CBC Television film;^[3] and his film performances in Springhill, for which he won a Canadian Film Award as Best Actor in a Non-Feature Film in 1972, and The Boy in Blue, for which he received a posthumous Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 7th Genie Awards in 1986.^[4]

Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, he began his career as an actor when a stage play he appeared in in his 20s, Golden Boy, reached the finals of the Dominion Drama Festival.^[5] He soon began appearing in CBC Television productions, including episodes of the drama anthology series Playbill, CBC Summer Theatre, Folio and General Motors Theatre.^[5] His film roles included Nobody Waved Good-bye, The Young Ones, Why Rock the Boat?, 125 Rooms of Comfort, One Man, The Silent Partner, Atlantic City and The Grey Fox.^[5]

Partial filmography

Here Will I Nest (1942) - Col. Thomas Talbot
A Dangerous Age (1957) - Police Officer
During One Night (1960) - Major
The Long Shadow (1961) - Burgen
The Young Ones (1961) - Eddie
Gang War (1962) - Al Hodges
Nobody Waved Good-bye (1964) - Probation Officer
Adulterous Affair (1966) - Frank
Do Not Fold, Staple, Spindle or Mutilate (1967)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - Dr. Bill Michaels
Change of Mind (1969) - Mr. Robinson
Flick (1970) - Prof. Preston
Face-Off (1971) - Greg Walsh
The Sloane Affair (1972)
Pinocchio's Birthday Party (1973) - Giapetto
Why Rock the Boat? (1974) - Herb Scannell
125 Rooms of Comfort (1974) - Jack
Of the Fields, Lately (1976) - Jacob Mercer
Deadly Harvest (1977) - Dr. George Abbott
One Man (1977) - Rodney Porter
The Silent Partner (1978) - Frank, Bank Guard
Nothing Personal (1980) - Dean Collier
Atlantic City (1980) - Buddy
Silence of the North (1981) - Tattered Man
The Grey Fox (1982) - Newspaper Editor
The Dead Zone (1983) - Herb Smith
Best Revenge (1984) - Paperman
Heavenly Bodies (1984) - Real Estate Salesman
Mrs. Soffel (1984) - Farmer
The Boy in Blue (1986) - Walter (final film role)

References

^ "The consummate Canadian actor". The Globe and Mail, June 22, 1985.
^ "Sullivan, Sean". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, October 12, 2006.
^ "Sean Sullivan, philosopher". The Globe and Mail, May 9, 1977.
^ "Joshua, American Cousin lead pack in Genie pursuit: Phillip Borsos and Hal Banks miss the cut". The Globe and Mail, February 14, 1986.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sean Sullivan: Luck played part in varied career of versatile actor". The Globe and Mail, June 5, 1985.

External links

Sean Sullivan at IMDb

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[1] "The consummate Canadian actor". The Globe and Mail, June 22, 1985.

[2] "Sullivan, Sean". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, October 12, 2006.

[3] "Sean Sullivan, philosopher". The Globe and Mail, May 9, 1977.

[4] "Joshua, American Cousin lead pack in Genie pursuit: Phillip Borsos and Hal Banks miss the cut". The Globe and Mail, February 14, 1986.

[luck-5] "Sean Sullivan: Luck played part in varied career of versatile actor". The Globe and Mail, June 5, 1985.

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