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Brad Sullivan |
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Jan. 12, 2009 - Bad
Sullivan, one of the more colorful characters Barbra Streisand ever
directed, passed away on December 31, 2008. The cause of death was
cancer. Sullivan was 77.
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Henry Wingo in "The Prince
of Tides"
December 31, 2008
When Barbra Streisand cast Brad Sullivan as Henry Wingo in the 1991
film, "The Prince of Tides," she must have seen something in his
audition that made him perfect for the part. In the Pat Conroy novel,
Henry is portrayed as a mean spirited father figure whose tenuous
relationship with his children is a cause of their emotional problems
as adults. Sullivan played the role to the hilt, but with Barbra's
help, his character ultimately exposes a vulnerable and likeable side
in the film's final reel. It is to Sullivan's (and Streisand's) credit
that audiences were made to feel compassion for a character who
represents one of the film's most antagonistic elements.
One of Brad Sullivan's close friends recently spoke with us and
recounted Brad's experiences working with Barbra Streisand on "The
Prince of Tides":
"... it was the best experience
he had ever had on a film. This is saying quite a bit as Brad has an
extensive body of work on many big projects with many top directors
... he loved being on location in the Carolinas and it was the best
he had ever been treated. He was quite impressed with Ms. Streisand
as a director, particularly so by the remarkable way she dealt with
the young actors playing the children."
Brad Sullivan lived in New York and was a versatile character actor of
film, stage and television. His many screen credits included roles
opposite Whoopi Goldberg in "Sister Act 2," Mandy Patinkin in "True
Colors," Joel Grey in "The Fantasticks" and Newman and Redford in "The
Sting." On television, Sullivan was featured in such shows as "Miami
Vice," "NYPD Blue," and more recently, ""Law & Order." Sullivan's most
recent appearance on Broadway was in the 1995 production of "On the
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