Portrait of Frank Sully

Frank Sully

Acting

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).

Born: June 17, 1908

Place of Birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Filmography

1963
Bye Bye Birdie

as Bartender

1962
Gypsy

as Wichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)

1962
The Virginian

as Waiter

1962
The Virginian

as Bartender

1962
1960
Let No Man Write My Epitaph

as Drunk at Bar (uncredited)

1958
The Last Hurrah

as Fire Lieutenant (uncredited)

1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Townsman (uncredited)

1958
Man from God's Country

as Trail Cook (uncredited)

1958
The Female Animal

as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

1957
1957
Leave It to Beaver

as Cab Driver

1957
Perry Mason

as Newspaper Delivery Man

1957
M Squad

as Officer Ed Grady

1957
A Merry Mix-Up

as (uncredited)

1956
1956
Friendly Persuasion

as Rebel Looter (uncredited)

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
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as The Piano Player

1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as Mr. Miller (uncredited)

1955
1955
1954
Silver Lode

as Paul Herbert, Telegrapher

1954
Battle of Rogue River

as Pvt. Kohler

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
Pat and Mike

as Photographer (uncredited)

1952
No Room for the Groom

as Cousin Luke

1952
Young Man with Ideas

as Salesman (uncredited)

1952
With a Song in My Heart

as Soldier (uncredited)

1952
Night Stage to Galveston

as Policeman Kelly

1952
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

as Harry, the Projectionist

1951
1951
Let's Make It Legal

as Laborer (uncredited)

1951
I Love Lucy

as Delivery Man

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
Father's Little Dividend

as Infant Service Diaper Man (uncredited)

1950
The Reformer and the Redhead

as Joe (uncredited)

1950
1950
The Good Humor Man

as Cop (uncredited)

1950
Blondie's Hero

as Mike McClusky, the Snorer (uncredited)

1949
Trapped

as Sam the Bartender (uncredited)

1949
1948
Gun Smugglers

as Corporal Clancy

1948
Blondie's Reward

as Officer Carney

1948
1947
1946
1946
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

as Henchman 'Rigger'

1946
Renegades

as Link

1946
The Phantom Thief

as Detective Sergeant Matthews

1946
Talk About a Lady

as Rocky Jordan

1946
1946
One Way to Love

as Hopkins

1945
I Love a Bandleader

as Dan Benson

1945
Along Came Jones

as Avery de Longpre

1944
1944
Two Girls and a Sailor

as Private Adams

1943
Dangerous Blondes

as Detective Joe Henderson

1943
1943
Pitchin' in the Kitchen

as Albert, the Neighbor

1943
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
The Boogie Man Will Get You

as Officer Joe Starrett

1942
Lucky Legs

as Mugg

1942
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
Sleepytime Gal

as Dimples

1941
Let's Go Collegiate

as Hercules 'Herk' Bevans

1941
1941
Golden Hoofs

as Ed Muckle

1940
1940
Spring Parade

as Bert - Shawl Salesman

1940
City for Conquest

as Radio Listener (uncredited)

1940
1940
1940
Escape to Glory

as Tommy Malone

1940
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
Hold That Co-ed

as Steve Wurgerski

1938
1937
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
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

1934
Caravan

as Hungarian Soldier (Uncredited)

1934
Murder at the Vanities

as Chorus Boy (uncredited)