Frank Sully
Born on June 17th, 1908
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Died on December 17th, 1975
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).
Filmography Bye Bye Birdie
1963
Bartender
Details Gypsy
1962
Wichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)
Details Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960
Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
Details The Last Hurrah
1958
Fire Lieutenant (uncredited)
Details Man from God's Country
1958
Trail Cook (uncredited)
Details The Female Animal
1958
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Details Domino Kid
1957
Character TBA
Details A Merry Mix-Up
1957
(uncredited)
Details Friendly Persuasion
1956
Rebel Looter (uncredited)
Details The Desperados Are in Town
1956
Carl Branch
Details You Can't Run Away from It
1956
Red
Details Frontier Gambler
1956
Bartender
Details So You Want to Be Pretty
1956
Harry (uncredited)
Details Blunder Boys
1955
Dean Watts D. Matter (uncredited)
Details Last of the Desperados
1955
Murder Victim Tim (bit)
Details Apache Ambush
1955
Character TBA
Details The Naked Street
1955
Character TBA
Details Seminole Uprising
1955
Character TBA
Details Women's Prison
1955
Character TBA
Details Fling in the Ring
1955
Big Mike
Details Silver Lode
1954
Paul Herbert, Telegrapher
Details Battle of Rogue River
1954
Pvt. Kohler
Details Ain't It Aggravatin'
1954
Neighbor (uncredited)
Details Bad for Each Other
1953
Tippy Kashko, Townsman
Details Pardon My Backfire
1953
Escaped Convict
Details Northern Patrol
1953
Bartender
Details Spies and Guys
1953
Enemy Soldier (uncredited)
Details No Room for the Groom
1952
Cousin Luke
Details Pat and Mike
1952
Photographer (uncredited)
Details Young Man with Ideas
1952
Salesman (uncredited)
Details With a Song in My Heart
1952
Soldier
Details Night Stage to Galveston
1952
Policeman Kelly
Details Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
1952
Harry, the Projectionist
Details A Fool and His Honey
1952
Character TBA
Details Man in the Saddle
1951
Lee Repp
Details Let's Make It Legal
1951
Laborer (uncredited)
Details The Red Badge of Courage
1951
Veteran (uncredited)
Details Rhubarb
1951
Big Head Charlie - Bookie (uncredited)
Details The Tall Target
1951
Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
Details Father's Little Dividend
1951
Infant Service Diaper Man (uncredited)
Details Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
1950
Looie
Details The Reformer and the Redhead
1950
Joe (uncredited)
Details The Good Humor Man
1950
Cop (uncredited)
Details Blondie's Hero
1950
Mike McClusky, the Snorer (uncredited)
Details Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
1950
Looie
Details Trapped
1949
Sam the Bartender (uncredited)
Details Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
1949
Looie
Details Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949
Sergeant Matthews
Details Gun Smugglers
1948
Corporal Clancy
Details Blondie's Reward
1948
Officer Carney
Details Trapped by Boston Blackie
1948
Sgt. Matthews
Details Boston Blackie and the Law
1946
Sgt. Matthews
Details Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
1946
Henchman 'Rigger'
Details It's Great to Be Young
1946
Burkett
Details The Phantom Thief
1946
Detective Sergeant Matthews
Details Talk About a Lady
1946
Rocky Jordan
Details Throw a Saddle on a Star
1946
Lawyer
Details The Gentleman Misbehaves
1946
Taxi Driver
Details A Close Call for Boston Blackie
1946
Sgt. Matthews
Details Out of the Depths
1945
'Speed' Brogan
Details I Love a Bandleader
1945
Dan Benson
Details Along Came Jones
1945
Avery de Longpre
Details Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
1945
Mathews
Details Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
1945
Sgt. Matthews
Details Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
Private Adams
Details Bachelor Daze
1944
Ezra's neighbor
Details The Ghost That Walks Alone
1944
Beppo
Details There's Something About a Soldier
1943
Alex Grybinski
Details Dangerous Blondes
1943
Detective Joe Henderson
Details Pitchin' in the Kitchen
1943
Albert, the Neighbor
Details Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1943
Joe Briggs
Details The More the Merrier
1943
FBI Agent Pike
Details Murder in Times Square
1943
Benny the Baboon
Details Power of the Press
1943
Mack Gibbons (uncredited)
Details One Dangerous Night
1943
Hertzog - Henchman
Details Laugh Your Blues Away
1942
Buck
Details The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942
Officer Joe Starrett
Details The Daring Young Man
1942
Luke
Details A Man's World
1942
Sammy Collins
Details Parachute Nurse
1942
Sgt. Peters
Details Inside the Law
1942
Jim Burke
Details Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942
Mike Paradise
Details Rings on Her Fingers
1942
Character TBA
Details All Through the Night
1942
Spence
Details Let's Go Collegiate
1941
Hercules 'Herk' Bevans
Details She Knew All the Answers
1941
Cop
Details A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
Salty
Details Nice Girl?
1941
Character TBA
Details Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940
John Root
Details Spring Parade
1940
Bert - Shawl Salesman
Details City for Conquest
1940
Radio Listener (uncredited)
Details He Stayed for Breakfast
1940
Butcher
Details The Return of Frank James
1940
Actor
Details Cross-Country Romance
1940
Mike
Details Escape to Glory
1940
Tommy Malone
Details The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
Slapcovitch
Details The Grapes of Wrath
1940
Noah
Details Women Without Names
1940
Friendly Motorist
Details Castle on the Hudson
1940
Second Prisoner (uncredited)
Details The Fighting 69th
1940
Sergeant (uncredited)
Details The Night of Nights
1939
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Details Another Thin Man
1939
Pete (uncredited)
Details Some Like It Hot
1939
Sailor Burke / The Living Corpse
Details Sorority House
1939
The Caterer
Details The Great Man Votes
1939
Policeman at Parade
Details Hold That Co-ed
1938
Steve Wurgerski
Details Daughter of Shanghai
1937
Jake Kelly
Details Live, Love and Learn
1937
Marine (uncredited)
Details Life Begins in College
1937
Football Player
Details White Bondage
1937
Man in Pool Room
Details Captains Courageous
1937
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Details They Gave Him a Gun
1937
Comedy Soldier (uncredited)
Details Criminals of the Air
1937
Character TBA
Details The Romance Of Robert Burns
1937
Jock Wilson (uncredited)
Details Black Legion
1937
Truck Driver's Helper (uncredited)
Details Theodora Goes Wild
1936
Clarence (uncredited)
Details Rhythm on the Range
1936
Splashed Rodeo Cowboy
Details Fury
1936
Dynamiter (uncredited)
Details Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
Steve
Details Caravan
1934
Hungarian Soldier (Uncredited)
Details Murder at the Vanities
1934
Character TBA
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