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Billy Sullivan (actor)

{{short description|American actor}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Billy Sullivan

| image = Windjammer lobby card.jpg

| caption = Lobby card for The Windjammer (1926)

| birth_date = {{birth date|1891|7|18}}

| birth_place = Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

| death_date = {{death date and age|1946|5|23|1891|7|18}}

| death_place = Great Neck, New York, United States

| birthname = William Arthur Sullivan

| occupation = Actor

| spouse =

| yearsactive = 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=14756 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Over the Hill | accessdate=January 9, 2015}} During the early 1920s, he continued to work mainly in shorts, before moving into almost exclusively feature films in 1925.{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/SearchResult.aspx?s=&Type=PN&Tbl=&CatID=DATABIN_CAST&ID=22075&searchedFor=Billy_Sullivan_&SortType=ASC&SortCol=RELEASE_YEAR | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Billy Sullivan | accessdate=January 9, 2015}} From 1924 through 1927, he starred in about 20 films for Rayart Pictures, such as The Slanderers (1924),{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=12194 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=The Slanderers | accessdate=January 9, 2015}} Goat Getter (1925),{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=9402 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Goat Getter | accessdate=January 9, 2015}} The Winner (1926),{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=13366 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=The Winner | accessdate=January 9, 2015}} and When Seconds Count (1927).{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=13215 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=When Seconds Count | accessdate=January 9, 2015}} During his career, he appeared in over 80 productions, including over 50 feature films.

Filmography

(Per AFI database)

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References

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External links

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Category:Male actors from Worcester, Massachusetts

Category:American male silent film actors

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:American male film actors

Category:1891 births

Category:1946 deaths

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