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Liam Sullivan (May 18, 1923 – April 19, 1998)〔(Variety obituary )〕 was an American actor, singer, and comedian, originally from Jacksonville in west central Illinois. He began acting while a student at Illinois College and continued in theater at Harvard University.〔(LA Times obituary: "Liam Sullivan; Actor Best Known for Many TV Roles" )〕 In 1951 he began his career on Broadway appearing in ''The Constant Nymph''.〔(First role on Broadway )〕 ==Career== Sullivan appeared mostly in television roles during his career. In the mid-1950s, he appeared on the religion anthology series, ''Crossroads''. Sullivan and Angie Dickinson appeared together in the episode "Point of Honor" of the syndicated American Civil War drama series, ''The Gray Ghost''. He guest starred as Jason Douglas in the 1960 episode "The Target" of the syndicated western series ''Tombstone Territory'', with fellow guest star Warren Oates. In 1961 & 1962 Sullivan made three guest appearances on ''Perry Mason'', and in each episode played the murder victim: Lloyd Farrell in "The Case of the Fickle Fortune," Tom Gilrain in "The Case of the Crying Comedian," and title character 'Dickie' Durham in "The Case of the Unsuitable Uncle." He also played "Merodach" in Adam-12 in Season 2, in the episode "Shoplift"〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0505318/fullcredits/ )〕 He portrayed Patrick Henry in the ''Daniel Boone'' episode "Love and Equity", scientist Anthony Sterling in the ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' episode "Levithan" , Nexus in the ''Lost in Space'' episode "His Majesty Smith, an Army Lieutenant in the episode "The Winter Soldier" on ''Rawhide'', Mr. Willis in ''Knots Landing'', Dr. Burt Hammond in ''St. Elsewhere'', and Mr. Plenn in ''Falcon Crest''. He played the prosecuting attorney in the Hill 256 Episode of ''Combat!''. In the ''Dragnet'' episode "The Big Prophet" (1968) Sullivan gave a tour de force performance as his character, "Brother William" (a thinly disguised portrayal of Timothy Leary) held forth for the entire half-hour on the benefits of LSD and marijuana, while Joe Friday argued the opposing view. In the 1966–1967 season, Sullivan appeared as Major Mapoy in all twenty-six episodes of the ABC Western series ''The Monroes'' with Michael Anderson, Jr., and Barbara Hershey. He also appeared in films such as ''That Darn Cat!'' (1965) as Graham and ''The Magic Sword'' (1962). Sullivan performed the role of Parmen, a supremely arrogant and cruel telepathic alien, in the ''Star Trek'' episode "Plato's Stepchildren" (1968). He was also featured in the ''Twilight Zone'' episodes "The Changing of the Guard" and "The Silence".〔(Roles and career at All Movies )〕 Telepathy was also the subject of experiments Sullivan conducted in the documentary film from 1977 called ''The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena'' hosted by Raymond Burr. Sullivan often portrayed villains throughout his acting career. He once said, "Playing truly evil people is a great way to release tension and anger and disgust with humanity. Show bad people what they really look and act like and maybe they'll recognize themselves and change. Who knows?"〔(Sullivan quote )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Liam Sullivan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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