Dessinateur dans des revues en Australie, il se rend en Angleterre en 1908 avant de se fixer aux Etats-Unis en 1914. Comédien et dessinateur, il propose ses dessins dans différentes revues. Il fonde ses propres studios et reprend ses personnages comme PA Perkins dans des séries sous le nom de Sullivan Cartoon Comedies. Il crée Félix le Chat dont le succès est immédiat. Avec la collaboration d'Otto Messmer qui en revendique la paternité (la même polémique naîtra entre Ub Iwerks et Walt Disney pour la naissance de Mickey), il enchaîne une centaine de courts métrages entre 1916 et 1930. Après la mort de Sullivan, ce personnage modernisé par différentes équipes connaît encore une grande popularité.
Pat Sullivan est décédé à Los Angeles, le 15 février 1933.
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FELIX CARTOONS, près de 100 films de durée variable
FELIX SAVES THE DAY, FELIX AT THE FAIR, FELIX MAKES GOOD,
FELIX ALL AT SEA, FELIX IN LOVE, FELIX IN THE SWIM,
FELIX FINDS A WAY, FELIX GETS REVENGE, FELIX WAKES UP,
FELIX MINDS THE KID, FELIX TURNS THE TIDE, FIFTY-FIFTY,
FELIX COMES BACK, FELIX ON THE TRAIL, FELIX LENDS A HAND,
FELIX GETS LEFT, FELIX THE STONE AGE, FELIX REVOLTS
FELIX THE GHOST BREAKER, IN DUTCH, WITH THE COWBOYS,
FELIX WINS OUT, FELIX TRIES FOR TREASURE, FELIX GLOBE TROTTER,
FELIX CALMS HIS CONSCIENCE, FELIX GETS BROADCASTED,
FELIX STRIKES IT RICH, FELIX IN FAIRYLAND, FELIX IN HOLLYWOOD,
FELIX LAUGHS LAST, FELIX AND THE RADIO, FELIX OUT OF LUCK,
FELIX THE GOAT GETTER, FELIX FILLS A SHORTAGE,
FELIX GOES A-HUNTING, FÉLIX CHEVALIER ERRANT (Felix Knight Errant)
FELIX LOSES OUT, FELIX HYPS THE HIPPO, FELIX TRIES TO REST,
FELIX CROSSES THE CROOKS, FELIX GOES WEST, FELIX FINDS OUT,
FELIX DOUBLES FOR DARWIN, FELIX CASHES IN, FELIX FAIRY TALES,
FELIX GRABS HIS GRUB, FELIX PINCHES THE POLE, A FRIEND IN NEED,
FELIX PUTS IT OVER, FELIX BAFFLED BY BANJOS, FELIX FLOOZLED,
FELIX GOES HUNGRY, FINDS 'EM FICKLE, FELIX ALL BALLED UP,
FELIX MINDS HIS BUSINESS, FELIX BRINGS HOME THE BACON
FELIX FINISHES FIRST, FELIX WINS AND LOSES, FELIX ALL PUZZLED,
FELIX FOLLOWS SWALLOWS, FELIX RESTS IN PEACE,
FELIX GETS HIS FILL, FELIX FULL O'FIGHT, FELIX OUTWITS CUPID,
FELIX MONKEYS WITH MAGIC, FELIX COPS THE PRIZE,
FELIX GETS THE CAN, FELIX DOPES IT OUT, FELIX TRIFLES WITH TIME,
FELIX BUSTS INTO THE BUSINESS, FELIX SHATTERS THE SHEIK,
FELIX TRIPS THRU TOYLAND, FELIX ON THE FARM, FELIX ON THE JOB,
FELIX IN THE COLD RUSH, FELIX EATS ARE WEST, FELIX TRIES THE TRADE,
FELIX KEPT ON WALKING, FELIX AT THE RAINBOW'S END
FELIX SPOTS THE SPOOK, FELIX FLIRTS WITH FATE, FELIX IN BLUNDERLAND,
FELIX FANS THE FLAMES, FELIX LAUGHS IT OFF,
FELIX WEATHERS THE WEATHER, FELIX USES HIS HEAD, FELIX BRAVES THE BRINY,
FELIX IN A TALE OF TWO KITTIES, FELIX MISSES THE CUE,
FELIX SCOOTS THRU SCOTLAND, FELIX RINGS THE RINGER,
FELIX IN SCHOOL DAZE, FELIX SEEKS SOLITUDE, FELIX IN GYM GEMS,
FELIX MISSES HIS SWISS, FELIX IN TWO-LIP TIME, FELIX IN SCRAMBLED YEGG,
FELIX HUNTS THE HUNTER, FELIX IN LAND O'FANCY, FELIX BUTTS A BUBBLE,
FELIX IN REVERSE ENGLISH, FELIX TRUMPS THE ACE,
FELIX COLLARS IN THE BUTTON, FELIX IN ZOO LOGIC
FELIX DINES AND PINES, FELIX IN PEDIGREEDY, FELIX IN ICY EYES,
FELIX STARS IN STRIPES, FELIX SEES'EM IN SEASON, SAX APPEAL,
FELIX IN GERM MANIA, FELIX IN BARN YAMS, FELIX IN EYE JINKS,
FELIX THE CAT AS ROMEEOW, FELIX DUCKS HIS DUTY,
FELIX IN DOUGH-NUTTY, FELIX IN LOCO MOTIVE, FELIX IN THE TRAVEL-HOG,
FELIX IN JACK FROM ALL TRADES, FELIX IN THE NON STOP FRIGHT,
FELIX IN WISE GUISE, FELIX IN FLIM FLAM FILMS, FELIX SWITCHES WITCHES,
FELIX IN NO FUELIN', FELIX IN DAZE AND KNIGHTS
FELIX IN UNCLE TOM'S CRABBIN, FELIX IN WHYS AND OTHER-WHYS,
FELIX HITS THE DECK, FELIX BEHIND IN FRONT, WOOS WHOOPEE,
THE SMOKE SCREEN, DRAGGIN' THE DRAGON, THE OILY BIRD, OHM SWEET OHM,
JAPANICKY, POLLY-TICS, COMICALAMITIES, SURE LOCKED HOMES,
FELIX IN ESKIMOTIVE, FELIX IN ARABIANTICS IN AND OUTLAWS,
OUTDOOR INDORE, FELIX IN FUTURITZY, FELIX IN ASTRONOMEUS,
JUNGLE BUNGLES, FELIX IN THE LAST LIFE
FELIX VASES, FORTY WINKS, ONE GOOD TURN
APRIL MAZE, HOOTCHY KOOTCHY PARLAIS VOUS, TEE TIME,
FELIX IN OCEANTICS, SKULLS AND SCULLS