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