Sean Sullivan
Biography: Sean Sullivan (December 26, 1921 – June 3, 1985) was a Canadian actor. He is most noted for his stage and television performances in productions of David French's play Of the Fields, Lately, for which he won an ACTRA Award in 1977 as Best Television Actor for the CBC Television film; 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. 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. He soon began appearing in CBC Television productions, including episodes of the drama anthology series Playbill, CBC Summer Theatre, Folio and General Motors Theatre. 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.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 26, 1921
Deathday: June 03, 1985
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968-04-02
2001: A Space Odyssey
Overview: Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
Genres: Science Fiction Mystery Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-04-02
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Dr. Frankenstein on Campus
1970-04-10
Dr. Frankenstein on Campus
Overview: Viktor Frankenstein, expelled from Ingoldstat U for doing weird experiments and for acting a bit looney, goes to college in Canada to study brain control under Prof. Preston. Campus radicals frame Viktor (photographed holding a joint) in an attempt to discredit both Preston and the Dean and Viktor is once again expelled. Vik injects Tae Kwan Do expert Tony with his new brain control pellets and soon Tony becomes an instrument of revenge, beating radicals to death, drowning the photographer in a developing tray, and karate-chopping a reporter in the throat to name a few. But why won't Viktor remove his clothes when doing his often naked girlfriend and who is the "real Frankenstein"?
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-04-10
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The Dead Zone
1983-10-21
The Dead Zone
Overview: Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.
Genres: Thriller Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-21
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Atlantic City
1980-09-03
Atlantic City
Overview: In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-03
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The Silent Partner
1978-09-07
The Silent Partner
Overview: Toronto, Canada. A few days before Christmas, Miles Cullen, a bored teller working at a bank branch located in a shopping mall, accidentally learns that the place is about to be robbed when he finds a disconcerting note on one of the counters.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-07
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The Boy in Blue
1986-01-17
The Boy in Blue
Overview: Ned Hanlan was Canada's most successful sculling champion at the turn of the 20th century. This dramatization of his life begins in his youth, when the wild young man is informally adopted by a gambler who promotes Ned on the sculling circuit, betting on the boy's rowing skills solely to make money off him. Later, a ruthless businessman named Knox takes over Ned's career, but when Ned realizes how dishonest Knox is, he finds another manager. Walter is an inventor and the first honest man Ned has dealt with in his career and, under Walter's guidance, Ned rises to great success in the sculling world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-17
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Deadly Harvest
1977-08-21
Deadly Harvest
Overview: Farmer struggles to keep food on the table, and regain his son who has joined a gang of marauding city-folk during the world's worst famine.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-08-21
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Heavenly Bodies
1984-02-01
Heavenly Bodies
Overview: A small dance studio fights for its existence against the unscrupulous owner of a rival club.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-02-01
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Why Rock the Boat?
1974-09-26
Why Rock the Boat?
Overview: A young naive reporter romances a female reporter who is quietly organizing a journalist union and joins her cause.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-09-26
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The Skin of Our Teeth
1983-01-18
The Skin of Our Teeth
Overview: Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play "The Skin of Our Teeth," the story of Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, their children Henry and Gladys, and their maid Sabina. They are simultaneously a typical American family living in a present-day New Jersey suburb and are also Adam, Eve, Lilith, Cain and a daughter who survive the Ice Age (although their pet dinosaurs do not), the Flood (as in the book of Genesis in the Bible) and War (as in WWII).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-18
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Mrs. Soffel
1984-12-26
Mrs. Soffel
Overview: Kate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four children. Ed Biddle is a convicted murderer awaiting execution on death row with his brother Jack. When Kate meets Eddie through her Bible readings to the prisoners, she is drawn to him, and they pursue a clandestine relationship. She agrees to help the brothers escape, and begins a treacherous journey with them to freedom in Canada.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-26
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Crossbar
1979-07-21
Crossbar
Overview: The story of an Olympic high jumper, played by Brent Carver, who loses his leg and yet doggedly persists in his pursuit of athletic glory. Released a year before Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope, this made-for-Canadian-TV movie, which also stars Sex and the City's Kim Cattrall, has been described as a tear-jerker.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-21
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The Starlost: The Beginning
1980-01-01
The Starlost: The Beginning
Overview: Three farmers in Cypress Corners discover that farm life is not so simple. Discovering a hidden door in the earth, they break through it, discovering they are not on Earth, but in a giant Noah's Ark-like spaceship. The spaceship is made up of giant "domes" holding the various cultures of humanity. Eventually, they find the bridge, its crew dead and its computer complaining that the ship is off-course, heading into the path of a distant sun. The three farmers take it upon themselves to travel the ship, contacting the various cultures of humanity in search of somebody who can correct the course of the ship and save mankind.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Adulterous Affair
1966-03-01
Adulterous Affair
Overview: An ex-stripper falls for a blackmailer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-03-01
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The Hard Part Begins
1973-10-25
The Hard Part Begins
Overview: The ups and downs in the life of a country-western singer.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-25
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During One Night
1961-02-01
During One Night
Overview: Story of a young U.S. Army officer, stationed in England during World War II, who is suddenly conscious of a desire to "prove" himself sexually.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-02-01
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The Long Shadow
1961-07-31
The Long Shadow
Overview: Set in post WW II-Vienna this British spy adventure centers on an international effort to thwart the communists that is led by an American newspaper journalist trying to save the two innocents from certain death.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-07-31
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Face-Off
1971-11-12
Face-Off
Overview: A love story involving a Canadian professional hockey player and a hippie folk singer. Their union is tumultuous, as both try to come to terms with their differences in careers and lifestyles. Several National Hockey League players also appear in the film.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-12
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Pinocchio’s Birthday Party
1974-10-01
Pinocchio’s Birthday Party
Overview: It's Pinocchio's sixth birthday, and Geppetto, the Good Fairy, and Pinocchio's friends throw him a magical surprise party. Includes two puppet stories - "Puss in Boots" and "The Drummer Boy".
Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-01
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Nobody Waved Goodbye
1964-08-13
Nobody Waved Goodbye
Overview: A teenage boy rebels against parental authority and must face a harsh reality when he tries to live on his own.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-08-13
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Nothing Personal
1980-03-28
Nothing Personal
Overview: Environmentally concerned lawyer Abigail Adams works with Professor Roger Keller in his effort to protect baby seals from slaughter.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-28
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A Further Glimpse of Joey
1966-01-01
A Further Glimpse of Joey
Overview: Directed by Don Owen, this follow-up to Graham Parker’s 1964 film Joey revisits the life of the eponymous young boy, who at the age of seven had trouble finding adoptive parents, most of whom look for children who are still in their infant years. This film catches up with Joey after he has found a home, and reveals some of the problems he faces in adjusting to the routines of family life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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In Defense of Kids
1983-04-06
In Defense of Kids
Overview: When a female lawyer finds a girl hiding in the back of her car, it starts her thinking, and she decides to give up her job to open up a refuge for neglected children.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-06
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David and Hazel: A Story in Communication
1964-01-01
David and Hazel: A Story in Communication
Overview: A married couple doesn't communicate.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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One Man
1977-04-26
One Man
Overview: In this socially conscious drama, a TV journalist begins investigating a large factory that has been threatening the health of the children who live in the town's poorest, most polluted section. Because of his investigation, he and his family are threatened by company thugs. He gets no help from his TV station as they are loathe to tangle with big business.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-26
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The Young Ones
1961-12-19
The Young Ones
Overview: Nicky and his friends find that their youth club is in danger of being flattened to make way for a new office block unless they can come up with £1500 to pay the new owner, the ruthless property tycoon Hamilton Black. To help raise the cash, Nicky records a song and his friends broadcast it via a pirate radio station, touting him as "The Mystery Singer" - the plan works and interest in their up and coming show is heightened by this new but unknown heart-throb. But Nicky has an even bigger secret and one that he cannot share, even with his girlfriend Toni... Hamilton Black is his father.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-19
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Springhill
1972-05-05
Springhill
Overview: Docudrama about the 1958 Canadian mining disaster
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-05
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Gang War
1962-01-01
Gang War
Overview: During the early 1960s, a Chicago mobster and a Londoner try to get involved in a jukebox racket.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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