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