Irving "Sully" Boyar (December 14, 1923 – March 23, 2001) was an American actor of Russian-Jewish descent.
A life member of the Actors Studio,[1] he worked with Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon (1975) as the bank manager Mulvaney.
His many other film credits included The Panic in Needle Park (1971), The King of Marvin Gardens (1972), The Gambler (1974), Car Wash (1976), The Deadliest Season (1977), Oliver's Story (1978), Night of the Juggler (1980), The Jazz Singer (1980), Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981), The Entity (1982), Too Scared to Scream (1985), Prizzi's Honor (1985), Best Seller (1987), The Lemon Sisters (1989), Betsy's Wedding (1990), In the Soup (1992), and Just the Ticket (1999).
On television, he regularly appeared in the first 4 seasons of Law & Order, mostly in a cameo role as an arraignment judge.
On March 23, 2001, Boyar died of a heart attack at age 77 while waiting for a bus in Queens.