Frank Sully
151 movies · 27 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 17, 1908
- Died
- Dec 17, 1975 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
- Also known as
- Francis Thomas Sullivan · Frank Sullivan
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).
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Frank Sully: movies and TV shows
Acting (178)
- 1963 Bye Bye Birdie
as Bartender
- 1962 Gypsy
as Wichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961
- 1960 Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
- 1960
- 1959
- 1958 The Last Hurrah
as Fire Lieutenant (uncredited)
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Man from God's Country
as Trail Cook (uncredited)
- 1958 The Female Animal
as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
- 1957 Rockabilly Baby
as Bum
- 1957
- 1957 The Helen Morgan Story
as Vendor (scenes deleted)
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 The Buckskin Lady
as Jed
- 1957 A Merry Mix-Up
as (uncredited)
- 1957
- 1956 The Desperados Are in Town
as Carl Branch
- 1956 Friendly Persuasion
as Rebel Looter (uncredited)
- 1956 You Can't Run Away from It
as Red
- 1956
- 1956 Frontier Gambler
as Bartender
- 1956 So You Want to Be Pretty
as Harry (uncredited)
- 1955 Blunder Boys
as Dean Watts D. Matter (uncredited)
- 1955 Last of the Desperados
as Murder Victim Tim (bit)
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 Jungle Moon Men
as Max
- 1955
- 1955 Fling in the Ring
as Big Mike
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 Silver Lode
as Paul Herbert, Telegrapher
- 1954 Battle of Rogue River
as Pvt. Kohler
- 1954 Ain't It Aggravatin'
as Neighbor (uncredited)
- 1953 Bad for Each Other
as Tippy Kashko, Townsman
- 1953 Pardon My Backfire
as Escaped Convict
- 1953 Northern Patrol
as Bartender
- 1953 Spies and Guys
as Enemy Soldier (uncredited)
- 1952 Strop, Look and Listen
as Waiter
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 No Room for the Groom
as Cousin Luke
- 1952 Pat and Mike
as Photographer (uncredited)
- 1952 Young Man with Ideas
as Salesman (uncredited)
- 1952 With a Song in My Heart
as Soldier (uncredited)
- 1952
- 1952 Night Stage to Galveston
as Policeman Kelly
- 1952 Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
as Harry, the Projectionist
- 1952
- 1951
- 1951 Man in the Saddle
as Lee Repp
- 1951 Let's Make It Legal
as Laborer (uncredited)
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951 The Red Badge of Courage
as Veteran (uncredited)
- 1951 Rhubarb
as Big Head Charlie - Bookie (uncredited)
- 1951 The Tall Target
as Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
- 1951 The Big Gusher
as Barfly
- 1951
- 1951 Father's Little Dividend
as Infant Service Diaper Man (uncredited)
- 1950 Rookie Fireman
as Charlie
- 1950
- 1950 Nursie Behave
as Officer Murphy
- 1950 The Reformer and the Redhead
as Joe (uncredited)
- 1950 Beauty on Parade
as Murph
- 1950 The Good Humor Man
as Cop (uncredited)
- 1950
- 1950 Blondie's Hero
as Mike McClusky, the Snorer (uncredited)
- 1950 Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
as Looie
- 1949 Trapped
as Sam the Bartender (uncredited)
- 1949 Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
as Looie
- 1949 Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Sergeant Matthews
- 1948 Gun Smugglers
as Corporal Clancy
- 1948 Blondie's Reward
as Officer Carney
- 1948 Trapped by Boston Blackie
as Sgt. Matthews
- 1947 Wild Harvest
as Nick
- 1946 Boston Blackie and the Law
as Sgt. Matthews
- 1946 Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
as Henchman 'Rigger'
- 1946 It's Great to Be Young
as Burkett
- 1946 Dangerous Business
as Bert
- 1946 Renegades
as Link
- 1946 The Phantom Thief
as Detective Sergeant Matthews
- 1946 Talk About a Lady
as Rocky Jordan
- 1946 Throw a Saddle on a Star
as Lawyer
- 1946 The Gentleman Misbehaves
as Taxi Driver
- 1946 A Close Call for Boston Blackie
as Sgt. Matthews
- 1946 One Way to Love
as Hopkins
- 1945 Out of the Depths
as 'Speed' Brogan
- 1945 I Love a Bandleader
as Dan Benson
- 1945 Along Came Jones
as Avery de Longpre
- 1945 Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
as Mathews
- 1945 Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
as Sgt. Matthews
- 1944 Secret Command
as Shawn
- 1944 Two Girls and a Sailor
as Private Adams
- 1944 Bachelor Daze
as Ezra's neighbor
- 1944 The Ghost That Walks Alone
as Beppo
- 1943 There's Something About a Soldier
as Alex Grybinski
- 1943 Dangerous Blondes
as Detective Joe Henderson
- 1943 Thousands Cheer
as Alan
- 1943 Pitchin' in the Kitchen
as Albert, the Neighbor
- 1943 Good Luck, Mr. Yates
as Joe Briggs
- 1943 The More the Merrier
as FBI Agent Pike
- 1943 Murder in Times Square
as Benny the Baboon
- 1943 Power of the Press
as Mack Gibbons (uncredited)
- 1943 One Dangerous Night
as Hertzog - Henchman
- 1942 Laugh Your Blues Away
as Buck
- 1942 The Boogie Man Will Get You
as Officer Joe Starrett
- 1942 The Daring Young Man
as Luke
- 1942 Lucky Legs
as Mugg
- 1942 My Sister Eileen
as Jenson
- 1942 A Man's World
as Sammy Collins
- 1942 Parachute Nurse
as Sgt. Peters
- 1942 Inside the Law
as Jim Burke
- 1942 Two Yanks in Trinidad
as Mike Paradise
- 1942
- 1942 Sleepytime Gal
as Dimples
- 1942 All Through the Night
as Spence
- 1941 Let's Go Collegiate
as Hercules 'Herk' Bevans
- 1941 Private Nurse
as Eddie
- 1941 She Knew All the Answers
as Cop
- 1941 A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Salty
- 1941
- 1941 Golden Hoofs
as Ed Muckle
- 1940 Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as John Root
- 1940 Spring Parade
as Bert - Shawl Salesman
- 1940 City for Conquest
as Radio Listener (uncredited)
- 1940 Yesterday's Heroes
as Curly Walsh
- 1940 He Stayed for Breakfast
as Butcher
- 1940 Young People
as Jeb
- 1940 The Return of Frank James
as Actor
- 1940 Cross-Country Romance
as Mike
- 1940 Lillian Russell
as Hank
- 1940 Escape to Glory
as Tommy Malone
- 1940 The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Slapcovitch
- 1940 The Grapes of Wrath
as Noah
- 1940 Women Without Names
as Friendly Motorist
- 1940 Castle on the Hudson
as Second Prisoner (uncredited)
- 1940 The Fighting 69th
as Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1939 The Night of Nights
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- 1939 Another Thin Man
as Pete (uncredited)
- 1939 Second Fiddle
as Townsman
- 1939 Some Like It Hot
as Sailor Burke / The Living Corpse
- 1939 Sorority House
as The Caterer (uncredited)
- 1939 The Great Man Votes
as Policeman at Parade
- 1938 Youth Takes a Fling
as Jim
- 1938 Hold That Co-ed
as Steve Wurgerski
- 1938 Start Cheering
as Jimmy
- 1937 Daughter of Shanghai
as Jake Kelly
- 1937 Live, Love and Learn
as Marine (uncredited)
- 1937 Radio Patrol
as Flynn
- 1937 Life Begins in College
as Football Player
- 1937 White Bondage
as Man in Pool Room
- 1937 Captains Courageous
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- 1937 They Gave Him a Gun
as Comedy Soldier (uncredited)
- 1937
- 1937 The Romance Of Robert Burns
as Jock Wilson (uncredited)
- 1937 Black Legion
as Truck Driver's Helper (uncredited)
- 1936 Theodora Goes Wild
as Clarence (uncredited)
- 1936 Rhythm on the Range
as Splashed Rodeo Cowboy
- 1936 Fury
as Dynamiter (uncredited)
- 1936 Gentle Julia
as Mr. Toms
- 1935 Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Steve
- 1934 Caravan
as Hungarian Soldier (Uncredited)
- 1934 Murder at the Vanities
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)