Daniel Sully (1855–1910), born Daniel Sullivan,Hartford Courant June 27, 1910 was an American circus performer, stage actor and playwright, who gained popularity during the latter years of the nineteenth century.

Life and career

Daniel Sully was born on September 6, 1855, in

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. He began as a circus performer before moving on to the theater where he would find success as both an actor and writer. Sully was most remembered for his 1884 play, ''The Corner Grocery'', that had its genesis in

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's ''The Chimney Corner''. In 1900 Sully found success with Daniel J. Hart’s play ''The Parish Priest'', a dramatic comedy in which he played the central character, Father John Whalen. By 1902,New York Dramatic Mirror June 28, 1902 he was associated with (John) Fitzgerald Murphy (a noted actor, playwright, and political activist of the time). During 1904, Sully was the principal actor for several of Fitzgerald Murphy's plays, namely, ''The Irish Statesman'', a role originally played by Carroll Johnson as early as 1892 and ''The Old Mill Stream'' at the California Theatre in San Francisco on respectively 6–7 March and the 13 March of that year.San Francisco Call March 7, 1904 He also starred in Fitzgerald's play "The Chief Justice" in Salt Lake City, Utah.Salt Lake Tribune April 3, 1904 Sully remained active on the legitimate stage and vaudeville until shortly before his death. Sully was a member of the

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in Baltimore, Maryland.The Players Blue Book 1901 pg. 224 Daniel Sully died on June 25, 1910, at his farm near

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. He was survived by his wife, Louisa A. Fox, the daughter of

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, a famous pantomime artist remembered for the show ''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sully, Daniel American dramatists and playwrights 19th-century American male actors American male stage actors Vaudeville performers Male actors from Providence, Rhode Island 1855 births 1910 deaths