Frank Sully
Acting • Born 1908-06-17 – Died 1975-12-17
Biography
Francis Thomas Sullivan, aka Frank Sully, was an American character actor. Beefy and square-jawed, he was usually cast as rustic types or dumb heavies. He was a regular feature in Three Stooges shorts. Sully started his career as a comedian in vaudeville and appeared on Broadway from the late 1920s. He is known for the films The Grapes of Wrath (1940), The More the Merrier (1943) and Bye Bye Birdie (1963).
Filmography
178 credits
The Grapes of Wrath
Movie • 1940
Noah
Theodora Goes Wild
Movie • 1936
Clarence (uncredited)
Bye Bye Birdie
Movie • 1963
Bartender
My Sister Eileen
Movie • 1942
Jenson
Silver Lode
Movie • 1954
Paul Herbert, Telegrapher
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
Movie • 1952
Harry, the Projectionist
Thousands Cheer
Movie • 1943
Alan
Blondie's Hero
Movie • 1950
Mike McClusky, the Snorer (uncredited)
With a Song in My Heart
Movie • 1952
Soldier (uncredited)
Pardon My Backfire
Movie • 1953
Escaped Convict
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
Movie • 1946
Sgt. Matthews
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
Movie • 1945
Mathews
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
Movie • 1949
Sergeant Matthews
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
Movie • 1945
Sgt. Matthews
Boston Blackie and the Law
Movie • 1946
Sgt. Matthews
Trapped by Boston Blackie
Movie • 1948
Sgt. Matthews
Nice Girl?
Movie • 1941
Talk About a Lady
Movie • 1946
Rocky Jordan
Two Girls and a Sailor
Movie • 1944
Private Adams
Secret Command
Movie • 1944
Shawn
Along Came Jones
Movie • 1945
Avery de Longpre
Bad for Each Other
Movie • 1953
Tippy Kashko, Townsman
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
Movie • 1946
Henchman 'Rigger'
Young People
Movie • 1940
Jeb
The Phantom Thief
Movie • 1946
Detective Sergeant Matthews
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
Movie • 1943
Albert, the Neighbor
The Night of Nights
Movie • 1939
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
No Room for the Groom
Movie • 1952
Cousin Luke
Fling in the Ring
Movie • 1955
Big Mike
Night Stage to Galveston
Movie • 1952
Policeman Kelly
Trapped
Movie • 1949
Sam the Bartender (uncredited)
Some Like It Hot
Movie • 1939
Sailor Burke / The Living Corpse
Frontier Gambler
Movie • 1956
Bartender
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Movie • 1941
Salty
Inside the Law
Movie • 1942
Jim Burke
Apache Ambush
Movie • 1955
Seminole Uprising
Movie • 1955
Renegades
Movie • 1946
Link
Hold That Co-ed
Movie • 1938
Steve Wurgerski
All Through the Night
Movie • 1942
Spence
There's Something About a Soldier
Movie • 1943
Alex Grybinski
The More the Merrier
Movie • 1943
FBI Agent Pike
Let's Go Collegiate
Movie • 1941
Hercules 'Herk' Bevans
A Merry Mix-Up
Movie • 1957
(uncredited)
Cross-Country Romance
Movie • 1940
Mike
One Way to Love
Movie • 1946
Hopkins
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Movie • 1960
Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
Bachelor Daze
Movie • 1944
Ezra's neighbor
Private Nurse
Movie • 1941
Eddie
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Movie • 1940
Slapcovitch
Youth Takes a Fling
Movie • 1938
Jim
Radio Patrol
Movie • 1937
Flynn
Live, Love and Learn
Movie • 1937
Marine (uncredited)
They Gave Him a Gun
Movie • 1937
Comedy Soldier (uncredited)
Sorority House
Movie • 1939
The Caterer (uncredited)
The Daring Young Man
Movie • 1942
Luke
I Love a Bandleader
Movie • 1945
Dan Benson
Dangerous Business
Movie • 1946
Bert
Start Cheering
Movie • 1938
Jimmy
The Great Man Votes
Movie • 1939
Policeman at Parade
Man in the Saddle
Movie • 1951
Lee Repp
Caravan
Movie • 1934
Hungarian Soldier (Uncredited)
Another Thin Man
Movie • 1939
Pete (uncredited)
Second Fiddle
Movie • 1939
Townsman
Gypsy
Movie • 1962
Wichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)
Jungle Moon Men
Movie • 1955
Max
Battle of Rogue River
Movie • 1954
Pvt. Kohler
Spies and Guys
Movie • 1953
Enemy Soldier (uncredited)
Fury
Movie • 1936
Dynamiter (uncredited)
Spring Parade
Movie • 1940
Bert - Shawl Salesman
Domino Kid
Movie • 1957
The Last Hurrah
Movie • 1958
Fire Lieutenant (uncredited)
Father's Little Dividend
Movie • 1951
Infant Service Diaper Man (uncredited)
Throw a Saddle on a Star
Movie • 1946
Lawyer
Parachute Nurse
Movie • 1942
Sgt. Peters
Laugh Your Blues Away
Movie • 1942
Buck
The Fighting 69th
Movie • 1940
Sergeant (uncredited)
Life Begins in College
Movie • 1937
Football Player
The Good Humor Man
Movie • 1950
Cop (uncredited)
Pat and Mike
Movie • 1952
Photographer (uncredited)
Ain't It Aggravatin'
Movie • 1954
Neighbor (uncredited)
Power of the Press
Movie • 1943
Mack Gibbons (uncredited)
The Ghost That Walks Alone
Movie • 1944
Beppo
Captains Courageous
Movie • 1937
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Gun Smugglers
Movie • 1948
Corporal Clancy
The Return of Frank James
Movie • 1940
Actor
Friendly Persuasion
Movie • 1956
Rebel Looter (uncredited)
The Red Badge of Courage
Movie • 1951
Veteran (uncredited)
White Bondage
Movie • 1937
Man in Pool Room
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Movie • 1935
Steve
Lillian Russell
Movie • 1940
Hank
City for Conquest
Movie • 1940
Radio Listener (uncredited)
Castle on the Hudson
Movie • 1940
Second Prisoner (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Movie • 1940
John Root
He Stayed for Breakfast
Movie • 1940
Butcher
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Movie • 1942
Mike Paradise
Women Without Names
Movie • 1940
Friendly Motorist
Murder at the Vanities
Movie • 1934
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Rhythm on the Range
Movie • 1936
Splashed Rodeo Cowboy
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Movie • 1943
Joe Briggs
Lucky Legs
Movie • 1942
Mugg
Out of the Depths
Movie • 1945
'Speed' Brogan
Escape to Glory
Movie • 1940
Tommy Malone
Rockabilly Baby
Movie • 1957
Bum
Northern Patrol
Movie • 1953
Bartender
The Desperados Are in Town
Movie • 1956
Carl Branch
Beauty on Parade
Movie • 1950
Murph
Last of the Desperados
Movie • 1955
Murder Victim Tim (bit)
The Reformer and the Redhead
Movie • 1950
Joe (uncredited)
Golden Hoofs
Movie • 1941
Ed Muckle
The Buckskin Lady
Movie • 1957
Jed
Dangerous Blondes
Movie • 1943
Detective Joe Henderson
She Knew All the Answers
Movie • 1941
Cop
Wild Harvest
Movie • 1947
Nick
Sleepytime Gal
Movie • 1942
Dimples
The Romance Of Robert Burns
Movie • 1937
Jock Wilson (uncredited)
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
Movie • 1949
Looie
Rings on Her Fingers
Movie • 1942
Young Man with Ideas
Movie • 1952
Salesman (uncredited)
The Tall Target
Movie • 1951
Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
Black Legion
Movie • 1937
Truck Driver's Helper (uncredited)
Murder in Times Square
Movie • 1943
Benny the Baboon
A Fool and His Honey
Movie • 1952
The Gentleman Misbehaves
Movie • 1946
Taxi Driver
Daughter of Shanghai
Movie • 1937
Jake Kelly
It's Great to Be Young
Movie • 1946
Burkett
A Man's World
Movie • 1942
Sammy Collins
Rhubarb
Movie • 1951
Big Head Charlie - Bookie (uncredited)
One Dangerous Night
Movie • 1943
Hertzog - Henchman
So You Want to Be Pretty
Movie • 1956
Harry (uncredited)
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
Movie • 1950
Looie
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
Movie • 1950
Looie
Blondie's Reward
Movie • 1948
Officer Carney
You Can't Run Away from It
Movie • 1956
Red
The Female Animal
Movie • 1958
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
The Naked Street
Movie • 1955
Women's Prison
Movie • 1955
Let's Make It Legal
Movie • 1951
Laborer (uncredited)
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Movie • 1942
Officer Joe Starrett
Gentle Julia
Movie • 1936
Mr. Toms
Criminals of the Air
Movie • 1937
Man from God's Country
Movie • 1958
Trail Cook (uncredited)
Blunder Boys
Movie • 1955
Dean Watts D. Matter (uncredited)
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
Movie • 1957
Cop
Yesterday's Heroes
Movie • 1940
Curly Walsh
The Big Gusher
Movie • 1951
Barfly
Rookie Fireman
Movie • 1950
Charlie
The Helen Morgan Story
Movie • 1957
Vendor (scenes deleted)
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
Delivery Man
Dragnet
TV • 1951
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Newspaper Delivery Man
Johnny Staccato
TV • 1959
The Tall Man
TV • 1960
Leave It to Beaver
TV • 1957
Cab Driver
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Desk Clerk
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Waiter
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Coots Larkin
M Squad
TV • 1957
Officer Ed Grady
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
TV • 1954
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV • 1951
Navy Log
TV • 1955
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
Townsman (uncredited)
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
Hey, Jeannie!
TV • 1956
Officer
Gang Busters
TV • 1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
TV • 1952
Maverick
TV • 1957
Hey, Jeannie!
TV • 1956
Expressman
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Bartender
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
The Piano Player
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV • 1955
Diner Patron
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Danny
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
Mr. Miller (uncredited)
The Investigators
TV • 1961
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
Frank the Bartender (uncredited)
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Cop