John Cullum Net Worth
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John Cullum was born on March 2, 1930 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor, known for Northern Exposure (1990), One Life to Live (1968) and The Day After (1983). He has been married to Emily Frankel since 1959. They have one child. | Full Name | John Cullum |
| Net Worth | $600,000 |
| Date Of Birth | March 2, 1930 |
| Place Of Birth | Knoxville, Tennessee, USA |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Profession | Actor, Singer |
| Education | Knoxville High School, University of Tennessee |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Emily Frankel |
| Children | JD Cullum |
| Nicknames | John Cullum, Cullum, John |
| IMDB | |
| Awards | Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Performances |
| Nominations | Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble ... |
| Movies | The Day After, Kill Your Darlings, Held Up, 1776, The Notorious Bettie Page, All Good Things, Christine, The Night Listener, Love Is Strange, Ricochet River, Sweet Country, The Secret Life of Algernon, Inherit the Wind, Unforgivable Blackness, Hawaii, All the Way Home, Shootdown, Before We Go, Hamle... |
| TV Shows | To Have & to Hold, Northern Exposure, Buck James, The Edge of Night |
| Star Sign | Pisces |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Was the second choice for the role of Holling Vincoeur in Northern Exposure (1990), after Robert Fuller chose not to do the role. |
| 2 | Presently featured in the Roundabout Theatre production of "110 in the Shade" on Broadway. [May 2007] |
| 3 | Starring on Broadway in Urinetown The Musical. [2003] |
| 4 | John Cullum was nominated for the 2007 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actor in a Musical for "110 in the Shade". |
| 5 | He was nominated for a 1973 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Guest Artist for his performance in "The Lady's Not for Burning" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. |
| 6 | Played Bernard Cardinal Law in Michael Murphy's play "Sin (A Cardinal Deposed)," about the sex abuse scandal in the Boston Archdiocese. |
| 7 | Has won two Tony Awards as Best Actor (Musical): in 1975 for "Shenandoah," and in 1978 for "On the Twentieth Century." He also has two other nominations in the same category: in 1966 for "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever," and in 2002 for "Urinetown: The Musical.". |
| 8 | A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Cullum also was a standout tennis player, winning the 1951 Southeastern Conference doubles championship with Bill Davis. |
| 9 | Nominated for Tony award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for role in "Urinetown", May 2002. |
| 10 | Father of actor JD Cullum. |
| 11 | He won a "Best Actor" Tony in 1975 for "Shenandoah". |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Notorious Bettie Page | 2005 | Preacher in Nashville | |
| Blackwater Elegy | 2003 | Short | J.T. |
| Law & Order | 1997-2001 | TV Series | Bernard Powell, Sr. / Harold Dorning |
| Ricochet River | 2001 | Link Curren | |
| ER | 1997-2000 | TV Series | David Greene |
| Roswell | 2000 | TV Series | James Valenti Sr. |
| Held Up | 1999 | Jack | |
| Inherit the Wind | 1999 | TV Movie | Judge Merle Coffey |
| To Have & to Hold | 1998 | TV Series | Robert McGrail |
| The Magnificent Seven | 1998 | TV Series | Reverend Owen Mosley |
| The Secret Life of Algernon | 1997 | Algernon Pendleton | |
| Touched by an Angel | 1997 | TV Series | Mark Twain |
| Nothing Sacred | 1997 | TV Series | Joe |
| Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | 1996 | TV Series | Millard |
| Northern Exposure | 1990-1995 | TV Series | Holling Vincoeur / Abe |
| With a Vengeance | 1992 | TV Movie | Fred Mitchell |
| Mattie's Waltz | 1992 | TV Movie | Clyde |
| Money, Power, Murder. | 1989 | TV Movie | Rev. Endicott |
| Shootdown | 1988 | TV Movie | Robert Allardyce |
| Buck James | 1987-1988 | TV Series | Henry Carliner |
| Sweet Country | 1987 | Ben | |
| The Equalizer | 1986-1987 | TV Series | Judge Howard Tainey / Stuart Cane |
| Spenser: For Hire | 1986 | TV Series | Anthony Bennett |
| Marie | 1985 | Deputy Attorney General | |
| The Act | 1984 | The President | |
| The Day After | 1983 | TV Movie | Jim Dahlberg |
| The Prodigal | 1983 | Elton Stuart | |
| American Playhouse | 1982 | TV Series | Carl Sandburg |
| Great Performances | 1981 | TV Series | Lawyer Royall / Walter |
| Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | 1978 | TV Movie | Mr. Jamison |
| The Man Without a Country | 1973 | TV Movie | Aaron Burr |
| 1776 | 1972 | Edward Rutledge (SC) | |
| You Are There | 1971 | TV Series | William Clark |
| The Outcasts | 1969 | TV Series | Pale Hands |
| One Life to Live | 1968 | TV Series | Artie Duncan (1969) |
| Androcles and the Lion | 1967 | TV Movie | Roman Captain |
| Hawaii | 1966 | Rev. Immanuel Quigley | |
| The Defenders | 1963-1965 | TV Series | Michael Yager / Angel Mauru / Jeremiah |
| Hamlet | 1964/I | Laertes | |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | 1964 | TV Series | Hugh |
| All the Way Home | 1963 | Andrew | |
| The Edge of Night | 1956 | TV Series | David "Giddy" Gideon #1 (1966-1967) |
| Thanksgiving | 2016 | TV Series | Walter Morgan |
| Christine | 2016/I | Bob Andersen | |
| The Middle | 2009-2015 | TV Series | Big Mike |
| Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | 2015 | TV Series | Daddy's Daddy |
| Members Only | 2015 | TV Movie | Winston Holmes III |
| Before We Go | 2014/I | Harry | |
| The Historian | 2014 | Brigston Hadley | |
| Love Is Strange | 2014 | Father Raymond | |
| Adult World | 2013 | Stan | |
| Nurse Jackie | 2013 | TV Series | Wally |
| Live from Lincoln Center | 2013 | TV Series | The Starkeeper Dr. Selden |
| The Good Wife | 2013 | TV Series | Cardinal James |
| Kilimanjaro | 2013/I | Milton Sr | |
| Kill Your Darlings | 2013 | Professor Steeves | |
| Royal Pains | 2012 | TV Series | Andres Bochinski |
| 30 Rock | 2012 | TV Series | Mysterious Man |
| Damages | 2011 | TV Series | Ed O'Malley |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 2003-2011 | TV Series | Barry Moredock Judge Barry Moredock |
| All Good Things | 2010 | Richard Panatierre | |
| The Conspirator | 2010 | Justice Wylie | |
| Mad Men | 2007 | TV Series | Lee Garner, Sr. |
| The Night Listener | 2006 | Pap Noone |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live from Lincoln Center | 2013 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The 61st Annual Tony Awards | 2007 | TV Special performer: "Raunchy" | |
| Northern Exposure | 1991-1995 | TV Series performer - 5 episodes | |
| Quantum Leap | 1989 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The 32nd Annual Tony Awards | 1978 | TV Special performer: "On The Twentieth Century" | |
| 1776 | 1972 | performer: "Cool, Cool, Considerate Men", "Molasses to Rum" | |
| Our American Musical Heritage | 1971 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quantum Leap | 1990 | TV Series 1 episode |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Secret Life of Algernon | 1997 |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| From Broadway to Syracuse: The Journey of Arthur Storch | 2014 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Lafayette: The Lost Hero | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator |
| Some Assembly Required | 2009 | Documentary | |
| Working in the Theatre | 1996-2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| E! True Hollywood Story | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Secrets of the Soul | 2007 | Video documentary voice | |
| The 61st Annual Tony Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Himself - Performer & Nominee: Best Featured Actor in a Musical |
| Secrets of Angels, Demons and Masons | 2005 | Video documentary | Narrator |
| Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson | 2004 | Documentary | Other Voices (voice) |
| Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Other Voices (voice) |
| The 56th Annual Tony Awards | 2002 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical |
| The West | 1996 | TV Series documentary | |
| The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series |
| Great Performances | 1982-1989 | TV Series | Himself |
| Victorian Days | 1984 | TV Series | Himself / host |
| Broadway Plays Washington on Kennedy Center Tonight | 1982 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 32nd Annual Tony Awards | 1978 | TV Special | Himself - Performer & Winner: Best Actor in a Musical |
| The Annual Theatre World Awards | 1976 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The 29th Annual Tony Awards | 1975 | TV Special | Himself |
| Mayakovsky: The Poetry of Action | 1973 | Documentary short | Himself - Narrator |
| Our American Musical Heritage | 1971 | TV Series | Himself / Performer |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1970 | TV Series | Edward Rutledge - scene from '1776' |
| The Bell Telephone Hour | 1966 | TV Series | Himself - Singer |
Archive Footage
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Festival Prize | Long Island International Film Expo | Best Supporting Actor | The Historian (2014) |
| 1992 | Q Award | Viewers for Quality Television Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series | Northern Exposure (1990) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Northern Exposure (1990) |
| 1994 | Q Award | Viewers for Quality Television Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series | Northern Exposure (1990) |
| 1993 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Northern Exposure (1990) |
| 1993 | Q Award | Viewers for Quality Television Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series | Northern Exposure (1990) |
Known for movies
Northern Exposure (1990-1995)
as Holling Vincoeur / Abe
One Life to Live (1968)
as Artie Duncan (1969)
The Day After (1983)
as Jim Dahlberg
Before We Go (2014)
as Harry
