According to Barry Sullivan's daughter, Patsy Sullivan-Webb, the 6'3" actor had a difficult time playing Tom Buchanan opposite 'Alan Ladd' as Jay Gatsby in the second movie version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (1949). Sullivan told his daughter that Ladd, who was nearly a foot shorter, had to stand on a crate while he had to stand in a hole during their shots together.
Barry Sullivan's daughter by his second wife Gita Hall, Patricia Sullivan-Webb, was a model. Known professionally as "Patsy Sullivan," she was the face of Yardley Cosmetics at the age of 12. She and Webb had six children together, four sons and two daughters. She subsequently adopted a child, thus giving her father seven grandchildren.
Born Patrick Sullivan, he and his second wife Gita Hall named their daughter Patricia after himself. Patricia Sullivan was known professionally as "Patsy" Sullivan when she was a model.
Ex-father-in-law of Jim Messina.
Father of Jenny Sullivan.
Father-in-law of Jimmy Webb.
Had a daughter by second wife Gita Hall, Patricia. Patricia Sullivan, who was a professional fashion model, married song-writer Jimmy Webb, by whom she had seven children.
Had two children from his first marriage: Johnny and Jenny Sullivan. Johnny was mentally challenged and eventually sent to the Devereux School in Santa Barbara, California for help and evaluation.
He was the second actor to play Richard Rogue on NBC Radio's Rogue's Gallery (1946-1947).
His daughter, actress/playwright Jenny Sullivan, wrote the play "J for J" ("Journals for John") which was prompted after she found a packet of unsent letters a year after Barry's death that he had written decades earlier to her older brother, Johnny, who was mentally disabled. The play premiered on October 20, 2001. John Ritter, who in real life had a handicapped brother, played Johnny and Jenny played herself. Actor Jeff Kober portrayed Barry. Eventually, Jenny took on caring for her brother.
Two of Barry Sullivan's grandsons by daughter Patricia Sullvain-Webb and son-in-law Jimmy Webb formed the rock group "The Webb Brothers." They subsequently were joined by their other two brothers.