Actor · Acting

Frank Sully

Born 1908-06-17

Died 1975-12-17

📍 Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

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 173

as Wichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Investigators

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

as Drunk at Bar (uncredited)

Johnny Staccato

The Last Hurrah

as Fire Lieutenant (uncredited)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Townsman (uncredited)

Man from God's Country

as Trail Cook (uncredited)

The Female Animal

as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

Rockabilly Baby

Leave It to Beaver

The Helen Morgan Story

as Vendor (scenes deleted)

as Newspaper Delivery Man

as Officer Ed Grady

as Frank the Bartender (uncredited)

The Buckskin Lady

as (uncredited)

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses

The Desperados Are in Town

Friendly Persuasion

as Rebel Looter (uncredited)

You Can't Run Away from It

Frontier Gambler

So You Want to Be Pretty

as Harry (uncredited)

as Dean Watts D. Matter (uncredited)

Last of the Desperados

as Murder Victim Tim (bit)

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Screen Director's Playhouse

as Diner Patron

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as The Piano Player

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as Mr. Miller (uncredited)

The Naked Street

Seminole Uprising

Jungle Moon Men

Fling in the Ring

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

Father Knows Best

as Paul Herbert, Telegrapher

Battle of Rogue River

Bad for Each Other

as Tippy Kashko, Townsman

Pardon My Backfire

as Escaped Convict

Northern Patrol

as Enemy Soldier (uncredited)

Mr. & Mrs. North

The Ford Television Theatre

No Room for the Groom

as Photographer (uncredited)

Young Man with Ideas

as Salesman (uncredited)

With a Song in My Heart

as Soldier (uncredited)

Night Stage to Galveston

as Policeman Kelly

Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

as Harry, the Projectionist

A Fool and His Honey

Man in the Saddle

Let's Make It Legal

as Laborer (uncredited)

as Delivery Man

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Coots Larkin

The Red Badge of Courage

as Veteran (uncredited)

as Big Head Charlie - Bookie (uncredited)

The Tall Target

as Telegram Messenger (uncredited)

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Father's Little Dividend

as Infant Service Diaper Man (uncredited)

Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance

The Reformer and the Redhead

as Joe (uncredited)

Beauty on Parade

The Good Humor Man

as Cop (uncredited)

as Mike McClusky, the Snorer (uncredited)

Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey

as Sam the Bartender (uncredited)

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

as Sergeant Matthews

as Corporal Clancy

Blondie's Reward

as Officer Carney

Trapped by Boston Blackie

as Sgt. Matthews

Boston Blackie and the Law

as Sgt. Matthews

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

as Henchman 'Rigger'

Dangerous Business

The Phantom Thief

as Detective Sergeant Matthews

Talk About a Lady

as Rocky Jordan

Throw a Saddle on a Star

The Gentleman Misbehaves

A Close Call for Boston Blackie

as Sgt. Matthews

One Way to Love

I Love a Bandleader

Along Came Jones

as Avery de Longpre

Boston Blackie's Rendezvous

Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion

as Sgt. Matthews

Two Girls and a Sailor

as Private Adams

The Ghost That Walks Alone

There's Something About a Soldier

as Alex Grybinski

Dangerous Blondes

as Detective Joe Henderson

Thousands Cheer

Pitchin' in the Kitchen

as Albert, the Neighbor

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

The More the Merrier

as FBI Agent Pike

Murder in Times Square

as Benny the Baboon

Power of the Press

as Mack Gibbons (uncredited)

One Dangerous Night

as Hertzog - Henchman

Laugh Your Blues Away

The Boogie Man Will Get You

as Officer Joe Starrett

The Daring Young Man

My Sister Eileen

as Sammy Collins

Parachute Nurse

Two Yanks in Trinidad

as Mike Paradise

Rings on Her Fingers

All Through the Night

Let's Go Collegiate

as Hercules 'Herk' Bevans

She Knew All the Answers

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

as Bert - Shawl Salesman

City for Conquest

as Radio Listener (uncredited)

Yesterday's Heroes

He Stayed for Breakfast

The Return of Frank James

Cross-Country Romance

Lillian Russell

Escape to Glory

as Tommy Malone

The Doctor Takes a Wife

The Grapes of Wrath

Women Without Names

as Friendly Motorist

Castle on the Hudson

as Second Prisoner (uncredited)

The Fighting 69th

as Sergeant (uncredited)

The Night of Nights

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Another Thin Man

as Pete (uncredited)

Some Like It Hot

as Sailor Burke / The Living Corpse

as The Caterer (uncredited)

The Great Man Votes

as Policeman at Parade

Youth Takes a Fling

Hold That Co-ed

as Steve Wurgerski

Daughter of Shanghai

Live, Love and Learn

as Marine (uncredited)

Life Begins in College

as Football Player

as Man in Pool Room

Captains Courageous

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

They Gave Him a Gun

as Comedy Soldier (uncredited)

Criminals of the Air

The Romance Of Robert Burns

as Jock Wilson (uncredited)

as Truck Driver's Helper (uncredited)

Theodora Goes Wild

as Clarence (uncredited)

Rhythm on the Range

as Splashed Rodeo Cowboy

as Dynamiter (uncredited)

Mary Burns, Fugitive

as Hungarian Soldier (Uncredited)

Murder at the Vanities

as Chorus Boy (uncredited)