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name: "Sully Boyar"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sully-boyar"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 December 1923"
died: "23 March 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T10:09:01.651682+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Sully Boyar

Actor. Born 14 December 1923 in Williamsburg. Died 23 March 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 December 1923, Williamsburg
- **Died:** 23 March 2001

## Biography

Sully Boyar (born Irving Boyar, 14 December 1923 – 23 March 2001) was an American character actor of stage, film and television. Raised in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, he was one of seven children in a Russian-Jewish family and worked as a lawyer before taking acting classes in his early forties. He was a life member of the Actors Studio and began his career in off-Broadway and experimental theatre.

Boyar appeared in numerous films, including *The Panic in Needle Park* (1971), *The Gambler* (1974), *Dog Day Afternoon* (1975) as bank manager Mulvaney, *Car Wash* (1976), *The Entity* (1982), *Prizzi's Honor* (1985), *Best Seller* (1987) and *In the Soup* (1992). On television he had recurring roles as judges in *Law & Order* and *The Equalizer*, and appeared in *The Sopranos* (2001) as Dr Krakower. He also performed on Broadway in the 1977 revival of *The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel*.

Boyar died of a heart attack on 23 March 2001 while waiting for a bus in Queens, New York.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dog Day Afternoon* (1975), Fi1m 90, as Mulvaney — [page](https://film.one/film/dog-day-afternoon.md)

## Also known for

- *The Sopranos* (1999), Dr. Krakower — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), Judge Harvey Sirkin, Swersky
- *The Entity* (1982), Mr. Reisz
- *Prizzi's Honor* (1985), Casco Vascone
- *The Panic in Needle Park* (1971), Doctor
- *Charlie's Angels* (1976), Stiles
- *Kojak* (1973), Louie Rindone
- *Best Seller* (1987), Monks

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