Charles Sullivan

Biography

Career Overview

Charles Sullivan has 213 screen credits in a career dating back to 1926. Their work spans 17 cinematic universes — most prominently The Three Mesquiteers Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include Punches and Perfume, Easy on the Eyes, Uppercut O'Brien. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

213

Birth Date

1899-04-24 00:00:00

Birth Place

Monroe, Louisiana, USA

Known For

• 

  Punches and Perfume
• Easy on the Eyes
• Uppercut O'Brien
• So You Want to Be a Salesman
• 

  Strangers in the Night
• 

  The Man I Love

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 17 universes

• The Three Mesquiteers Collection (2 titles)
• Charlie Chan (Roland Winters) Collection (1 titles)
• Road to... (1 titles)
• March Forward Film Series (1 titles)
• Road to... Collection (1 titles)
• East Side Kids Collection (1 titles)
• The Spider Collection (1 titles)
• Charlie Chaplin Classic Films (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Lewis Sargent (1 collaborations)
• Wanda Wiley (1 collaborations)
• Henry Rocquemore (1 collaborations)
• Betty May (1 collaborations)
• Nora Lane (1 collaborations)
• Franklin Pangborn (1 collaborations)
• Edward Nugent (1 collaborations)
• Kathrin Clare Ward (1 collaborations)
• Dorothy Granger (1 collaborations)
• Harry Gribbon (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (212 credits)

  • A Big Hand for the Little Lady

    Barfly (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • The Claw Monsters

    Constable Davis (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • The Great Race

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • Law of the Lawless

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • The Virginian

    - The Brazos Kid (1964) ... Townsman (uncredited) actor actors
    1962
  • Pocketful of Miracles

    Hood in Dock Brawl (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

    Roustabout

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Last Hurrah

    Charlie (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Party Girl

    Cashier (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Wagon Train

    - The Annie MacGregor Story (1958) ... Wagon Train Member (uncredited) actor actors
    1957
  • Hollywood or Bust

    Audience Member

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • It's Always Fair Weather

    Georgie (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • River of No Return

    Prospector (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Thunder Over the Plains

    Townsman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Donovan's Brain

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • I, the Jury

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Woman They Almost Lynched

    Barfly (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Kansas City Confidential

    Player (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Flesh and Fury

    Fight Fan (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • My Six Convicts

    Driscoll

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • This Woman Is Dangerous

    Clinic Parking Garage Attendant (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Four Star Playhouse

    - Knockout (1953) ... Stevens' Corner Man (uncredited) actor actors
    1952
  • You Never Can Tell

    Jail Inmate (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Iron Man

    Referee of Championship Fight (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Here Comes the Groom

    Express Photographer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Rhubarb

    Fan With Binoculars (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Hollywood Story

    Detective (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Storm Warning

    Mill Worker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Gasoline Alley

    Foreman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Hunt the Man Down

    Hit Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Fuller Brush Girl

    Bus Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • So You Want to Move

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Hi-Jacked

    Highway Patrolman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Invisible Monster

    Squadcar Cop [Ch. 7 bit]

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Holiday Affair

    Park Policeman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • All the King's Men

    Man Listening to Speech (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Take One False Step

    Truck Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Stratton Story

    Spectator

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Crooked Way

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Champion

    Kansas City Referee (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Knock on Any Door

    Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Highway 13

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Out of the Storm

    Plant Guard

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Daredevils of the Clouds

    Bartender Charlie

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Shanghai Chest

    Officer Murphy

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Secret Service Investigator

    Cab Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Here Comes Trouble

    Sgt. Harris (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • So You Want to Be a Salesman

    Third Customer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • A Likely Story

    Poker Player (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Backlash

    Charlie, Policeman

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • That Brennan Girl

    Boss Upholsterer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • It's a Wonderful Life

    Nick's Bartender (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Mysterious Mr. Valentine

    George - the Mechanic (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Last Crooked Mile

    Bartender

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Traffic in Crime

    Cab Driver

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The El Paso Kid

    Ed Lowry

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Young Widow

    Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Road to Utopia

    Prospector (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Girls of the Big House

    Waiter

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Johnny Angel

    Sailor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Incendiary Blonde

    Cadden's Bodyguard Who Slugs Nick (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Flame of Barbary Coast

    Calico Jim's Bartender

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • The Phantom Speaks

    Cabbie (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • The Vampire's Ghost

    Sailor

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Earl Carroll Vanities

    Mugg

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Thoroughbreds

    Nails

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Hollywood Canteen

    Car Delivery Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Strangers in the Night

    Police Driver

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Soul of a Monster

    Bar Customer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Fighting Seabees

    Construction Worker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Old Acquaintance

    Taxi Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Canyon City

    Mike, second bartender

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Swing Fever

    Cop at Ringside (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Nobody's Darling

    Bum (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Here Comes Mr. Zerk

    Newspaper Copy Man

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Action in the North Atlantic

    Seaman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Riders of the Rio Grande

    Bartender

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • King of the Cowboys

    Burly Usher

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Murder in Times Square

    Policeman

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Air Force

    Undetermined Role (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Lucky Legs

    Lou

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Glass Key

    Cabbie (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Secret Code

    Truck Driver

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • One Thrilling Night

    Policeman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Broadway

    Gangster (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Butch Minds the Baby

    Big Nig

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Mr. Wise Guy

    Policeman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Woman of the Year

    Cabby (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Steel Against the Sky

    Worker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Honky Tonk

    Miner (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Pittsburgh Kid

    (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Manpower

    Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • In the Navy

    Sailor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Spider Returns

    Henchman Haney

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Mutiny in the Arctic

    Crewman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Sea Wolf

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • A Man Betrayed

    Butch - Club Inferno Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Great Mr. Nobody

    Tough Guy Stealing a Paper

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Great Dictator

    Prison Guard (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Sky Murder

    Henchman in Fight with Bartholomew

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • City for Conquest

    Dance Floor Guard #2 (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Flowing Gold

    Dance Floor Fighter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Boys from Syracuse

    Policeman

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • They Drive by Night

    Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Saint Takes Over

    Bartender

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Gangs of Chicago

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • And One Was Beautiful

    Butch - Convict

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Alex in Wonderland

    Court Bailiff

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Castle on the Hudson

    Double Talking Convict (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Convicted Woman

    Mugg (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Green Hornet

    Jake (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Shadow

    Counterman at Black Ship Café

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Music in My Heart

    Taxi Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Charlie McCarthy, Detective

    Policeman

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Missing Evidence

    Workman

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Roaring Twenties

    Freighter Crew Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    Cab Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Fast and Furious

    Connors' Henchman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Dust Be My Destiny

    Truck Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Golden Boy

    Referee

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Dick Tracy's G-Men

    Brody

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Each Dawn I Die

    Convict (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite

    Charlie (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • I Stole a Million

    Gas Station Helper (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Hell's Kitchen

    Henchman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Mandrake the Magician

    Henchman-Driver

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Sergeant Madden

    Prisoner

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Nancy Drew... Reporter

    Gym Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Six-Gun Rhythm

    Football Player

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Blackwell's Island

    Convict (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • They Made Me a Criminal

    Second Fight Trainer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • King of the Underworld

    Gangster (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Gambling Ship

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Mad Miss Manton

    Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Youth Takes a Fling

    Sailor

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Too Hot to Handle

    Gunman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Army Girl

    Soldier

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Nurse from Brooklyn

    Reed

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Wide Open Faces

    Gangster

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Ship That Died

    Crewman of Mary Celeste (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Midnight Intruder

    Policeman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Captain Kidd's Treasure

    Member of Captain Kidd's Crew (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Wells Fargo

    Northerner

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Tim Tyler's Luck

    River Boat Crewman / Henchman

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Westland Case

    Guard

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Kid Galahad

    Burke's Handler (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Git Along Little Dogies

    Henchman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • We Who Are About to Die

    Cell Block E Convict (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Ghost Town Gold

    Kamatski's Handler (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Wedding Present

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Women Are Trouble

    Strong-Arm Man

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Big Noise

    Schmidt's Henchman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Fury

    Townsman Mob Defendant (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

    Beatle Puss (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Boulder Dam

    Dam Worker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Don't Gamble with Love

    Taxi Driver

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Dangerous Waters

    Sullivan (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Exclusive Story

    Hood (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • She Couldn't Take It

    State Trooper

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Two-Fisted

    Man at Window

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Girl Who Came Back

    Policeman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Daring Young Man

    Convict

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Murder in the Fleet

    Sailor Reporting 'No Fingerprints Found' (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Strangers All

    Cameraman

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Gay Bride

    Cab driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Student Tour

    Ship's Offficer

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Friends of Mr. Sweeney

    Casino Manager's Office Doorman

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • She Learned About Sailors

    Sailor

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • A Very Honorable Guy

    Chauffeur

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • I Believed in You

    Street Extra

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Woman Condemned

    Detective (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Dancing Lady

    Taxi Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Man's Castle

    Mug Backstage (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Penthouse

    Crelliman's Henchman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Arizona to Broadway

    Monk's Henchman

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Mayor of Hell

    Collector (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Easy on the Eyes

    Tom, the Chauffeur

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Hard to Handle

    Dance Observer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Lawyer Man

    Masseur (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Men Of America

    Charlie - Gang Member

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Sport Parade

    Sully (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Fourth Horseman

    Henchman

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Huddle

    Brawler (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Scarface

    One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • West of Broadway

    Cab Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Suicide Fleet

    Charlie Sullivan (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Tip-Off

    Chuck (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Spider

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Graft

    Sailor

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Young Donovan's Kid

    Gyp

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Public Enemy

    Mug (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Millie

    Taxi Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Shooting Straight

    Sheldon's Henchman

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • For the Defense

    Charlie

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Safety in Numbers

    Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • True to the Navy

    Shore Patrolman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Below Zero

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Double Cross Roads

    Barman

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Slightly Scarlet

    Chauffeur

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Hit the Deck

    Lieutenant Jim Smith

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Uppercut O'Brien

    Kid Dugan

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Locked Door

    Party Guest on Rum Boat

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Night Parade

    Huffy

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Cock-Eyed World

    Marine Brawler

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Man I Love

    Champ Mahoney

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Waltzing Around

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Spite Marriage

    Tough Sailor

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Weary River

    Friend at Barney's (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Sadie Thompson

    Marine (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Casey at the Bat

    Drinker at Bar (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Punches and Perfume

    'Bad News' Kelly

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Behind the Front

    Soldier

    actor

    actors
    1926

• crew (1 credits)

  • Penitentiary

    stunts

    crew
    1938