Actor. He is best remembered for his role as 'Warren Sheffield' in the 1944 film, "Meet Me in St. Louis." Born in New York, New York, but raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sully received his Masters Degree and his Ph.D from the Claremont Graduate School. During the 1930s, he moved to Hollywood, California, and began acting in films. He gradually appeared in movies such as "Million Dollar Legs" (1939), "A Guy Named Joe" (1943), "Whistling In Brooklyn" (1943), and "The Heavenly Body" (1944), before signing a contract with MGM to appear in more noted roles such as "Meet Me In St. Louis" (1944), and "Love Letters" (1945). His last film was "When Worlds Collide" in 1951. Also a successful businessman, he owned and operated Sully Engineering from 1944 to 1949, he worked as an executive with Raymond Loewy Associates, U.S. and International Design from 1951 to 1953, and as an Associate Designer at Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall from 1953 to 1961. In 1961, he also founded the Argonaut Company, which specialized in design and planning for commercial, industrial and residential projects. His later years were spent working as a teacher in Santa Barbara, California, specializing in courses at UCSB's College of Creative Studies. He died of natural causes.
Actor. He is best remembered for his role as 'Warren Sheffield' in the 1944 film, "Meet Me in St. Louis." Born in New York, New York, but raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sully received his Masters Degree and his Ph.D from the Claremont Graduate School. During the 1930s, he moved to Hollywood, California, and began acting in films. He gradually appeared in movies such as "Million Dollar Legs" (1939), "A Guy Named Joe" (1943), "Whistling In Brooklyn" (1943), and "The Heavenly Body" (1944), before signing a contract with MGM to appear in more noted roles such as "Meet Me In St. Louis" (1944), and "Love Letters" (1945). His last film was "When Worlds Collide" in 1951. Also a successful businessman, he owned and operated Sully Engineering from 1944 to 1949, he worked as an executive with Raymond Loewy Associates, U.S. and International Design from 1951 to 1953, and as an Associate Designer at Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall from 1953 to 1961. In 1961, he also founded the Argonaut Company, which specialized in design and planning for commercial, industrial and residential projects. His later years were spent working as a teacher in Santa Barbara, California, specializing in courses at UCSB's College of Creative Studies. He died of natural causes.
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