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