Terry Sullivan

Infobox soap character
name = Terry Sullivan
series = Brookside
colour = #F0E68C
portrayer = Brian Regan
first = 17 November 1982
last = 12 February 1997
gender = Male
spouse = Sue Harper (1991)
children = Danny
creator = Phil Redmond

Terry Sullivan is a fictional character in the British Soap opera Brookside, played by Brian Regan.

Terry first appeared a few episodes after the series made its debut in 1982. He was the best friend of Barry Grant having grown up with him, and in many ways Barry's mother Sheila was the mother that Terry never had. In the early days Barry and Terry got up to numerous scams, including selling dodgy video recorders and driving Barry's car into the sea to claim the insurance. Indeed in an interview the actor Brian Regan described the duo as the "likely lads of the 80s".

In 1984 Terry and Barry got involved with the Liverpool gangster Tommy McArdle, who later beat them up. Terry took many months to recover and after this time Barry did one of his numerous disappearances from the close. Terry meanwhile started a relatiosnhip with Michelle. When the relationship ended, Terry moved in with Pat Hancock, a former hospital porter originally from London, and his girlfriend, nurse Sandra Maghie. Terry and Pat embarked on a new venture - a van-hire business - but the business falls foul of dirty tricks from competitors the Cleary brothers. Nevertheless, this doesn't prevent Terry from dating the Cleary's sister Vicki.

Following Sandra and Pat's (separate) departure from the Close, Terry became the lodger of solicitor Jonathan Gordon Davies at No.9. Terry then married Sue Harper (Jonathan's former secretary), although in 1990 he learned he was not the father of her child Danny.

Sue later had a fling with Barry Grant who was now something of a gangster and Terry was devastated when she fell off the scaffolding of the Brookside shop parade, then under construction. Terry was a suspect in the murder although Barry later admitted that he killed them, although he claimed it was an accident.

Terry did not take the opportunity to kill Barry with a shotgun that Barry passed to him. Instead he went into a gradual mental decline, culminating in him joining a religious cult. He then left the close for a year before returning as Barry's new club manager in 1995.

After learning that his mother was in fact still alive and she had only left when Terry's dad had killed another person, Terry left once more moving to the Wirral, where he became a regular in the Bowler Hat pub. His final appearance was the special Brookside Lost weekend video in 1997. Despite everything Barry had put him through, Terry was seemingly happy to come and help his old mate.