Actor
Frank Sully
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). ...

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