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