Frank Sully

Acting

Born June 17, 1908, 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

• 1963Bye Bye Birdie — Bartender
• 1962Gypsy — Wichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)
• The Beverly Hillbillies
• The Virginian — Waiter, Bartender, Danny
• The Investigators
• 1960Let No Man Write My Epitaph — Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
• The Tall Man
• Johnny Staccato
• 1958Man from God's Country — Trail Cook (uncredited)
• 1958The Female Animal — Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
• 1958The Last Hurrah — Fire Lieutenant (uncredited)
• The Rifleman
• Wanted: Dead or Alive — Townsman (uncredited)
• 1957A Merry Mix-Up — (uncredited)
• 1957Domino Kid
• Leave It to Beaver — Cab Driver
• M Squad — Officer Ed Grady
• Maverick
• Perry Mason — Newspaper Delivery Man, Cop
• 1957Rockabilly Baby — Bum
• 1957Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses — Cop
• Sugarfoot — Frank the Bartender (uncredited)
• 1957The Buckskin Lady — Jed
• 1957The Helen Morgan Story — Vendor (scenes deleted)
• 1956Friendly Persuasion — Rebel Looter (uncredited)
• 1956Frontier Gambler — Bartender
• Hey, Jeannie! — Officer, Expressman
• 1956So You Want to Be Pretty — Harry (uncredited)
• 1956The Desperados Are in Town — Carl Branch
• 1956You Can't Run Away from It — Red
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Desk Clerk, The Piano Player
• 1955Apache Ambush
• 1955Blunder Boys — Dean Watts D. Matter (uncredited)
• 1955Fling in the Ring — Big Mike
• 1955Jungle Moon Men — Max
• 1955Last of the Desperados — Murder Victim Tim (bit)
• Navy Log
• Screen Director's Playhouse — Diner Patron
• 1955Seminole Uprising
• The 20th Century Fox Hour — Sergeant
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp — Mr. Miller (uncredited)
• 1955The Naked Street
• 1955Women's Prison
• 1954Ain't It Aggravatin' — Neighbor (uncredited)
• 1954Battle of Rogue River — Pvt. Kohler
• Father Knows Best — Waiter
• 1954Silver Lode — Paul Herbert, Telegrapher
• The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
• 1953Bad for Each Other — Tippy Kashko, Townsman
• 1953Northern Patrol — Bartender
• 1953Pardon My Backfire — Escaped Convict
• 1953Spies and Guys — Enemy Soldier (uncredited)
• 1952A Fool and His Honey
• Gang Busters
• Mr. & Mrs. North
• 1952Night Stage to Galveston — Policeman Kelly
• 1952No Room for the Groom — Cousin Luke
• 1952Pat and Mike — Photographer (uncredited)
• 1952Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder — Harry, the Projectionist
• 1952Strop, Look and Listen — Waiter
• The Ford Television Theatre — Policeman
• 1952With a Song in My Heart — Soldier (uncredited)
• 1952Young Man with Ideas — Salesman (uncredited)
• Dragnet
• 1951Father's Little Dividend — Infant Service Diaper Man (uncredited)
• I Love Lucy — Delivery Man
• 1951Let's Make It Legal — Laborer (uncredited)
• 1951Man in the Saddle — Lee Repp
• 1951Rhubarb — Big Head Charlie - Bookie (uncredited)
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Coots Larkin
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
• 1951The Big Gusher — Barfly
• 1951The Red Badge of Courage — Veteran (uncredited)
• 1951The Tall Target — Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
• 1950Beauty on Parade — Murph
• 1950Blondie's Hero — Mike McClusky, the Snorer (uncredited)
• 1950Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey — Looie
• 1950Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance — Looie
• 1950Killer Shark
• 1950Nursie Behave — Officer Murphy
• 1950Rookie Fireman — Charlie
• 1950The Good Humor Man — Cop (uncredited)
• 1950The Reformer and the Redhead — Joe (uncredited)
• 1949Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture — Sergeant Matthews
• 1949Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch — Looie
• 1949Trapped — Sam the Bartender (uncredited)
• 1948Blondie's Reward — Officer Carney
• 1948Gun Smugglers — Corporal Clancy
• 1948Trapped by Boston Blackie — Sgt. Matthews
• 1947Wild Harvest — Nick
• 1946A Close Call for Boston Blackie — Sgt. Matthews
• 1946Boston Blackie and the Law — Sgt. Matthews
• 1946Crime Doctor's Man Hunt — Henchman 'Rigger'
• 1946Dangerous Business — Bert
• 1946It's Great to Be Young — Burkett
• 1946One Way to Love — Hopkins
• 1946Renegades — Link
• 1946Talk About a Lady — Rocky Jordan
• 1946The Gentleman Misbehaves — Taxi Driver
• 1946The Phantom Thief — Detective Sergeant Matthews
• 1946Throw a Saddle on a Star — Lawyer
• 1945Along Came Jones — Avery de Longpre
• 1945Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion — Sgt. Matthews
• 1945Boston Blackie's Rendezvous — Mathews
• 1945I Love a Bandleader — Dan Benson
• 1945Out of the Depths — 'Speed' Brogan
• 1944Bachelor Daze — Ezra's neighbor
• 1944Secret Command — Shawn
• 1944The Ghost That Walks Alone — Beppo
• 1944Two Girls and a Sailor — Private Adams
• 1943Dangerous Blondes — Detective Joe Henderson
• 1943Good Luck, Mr. Yates — Joe Briggs
• 1943Murder in Times Square — Benny the Baboon
• 1943One Dangerous Night — Hertzog - Henchman
• 1943Pitchin' in the Kitchen — Albert, the Neighbor
• 1943Power of the Press — Mack Gibbons (uncredited)
• 1943The More the Merrier — FBI Agent Pike
• 1943There's Something About a Soldier — Alex Grybinski
• 1943Thousands Cheer — Alan
• 1942A Man's World — Sammy Collins
• 1942All Through the Night — Spence
• 1942Inside the Law — Jim Burke
• 1942Laugh Your Blues Away — Buck
• 1942Lucky Legs — Mugg
• 1942My Sister Eileen — Jenson
• 1942Parachute Nurse — Sgt. Peters
• 1942Rings on Her Fingers
• 1942Sleepytime Gal — Dimples
• 1942The Boogie Man Will Get You — Officer Joe Starrett
• 1942The Daring Young Man — Luke
• 1942Two Yanks in Trinidad — Mike Paradise
• 1941A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob — Salty
• 1941Golden Hoofs — Ed Muckle
• 1941Let's Go Collegiate — Hercules 'Herk' Bevans
• 1941Nice Girl?
• 1941Private Nurse — Eddie
• 1941She Knew All the Answers — Cop
• 1940Castle on the Hudson — Second Prisoner (uncredited)
• 1940City for Conquest — Radio Listener (uncredited)
• 1940Cross-Country Romance — Mike
• 1940Dr. Kildare's Crisis — John Root
• 1940Escape to Glory — Tommy Malone
• 1940He Stayed for Breakfast — Butcher
• 1940Lillian Russell — Hank
• 1940Spring Parade — Bert - Shawl Salesman
• 1940The Doctor Takes a Wife — Slapcovitch
• 1940The Fighting 69th — Sergeant (uncredited)
• 1940The Grapes of Wrath — Noah
• 1940The Return of Frank James — Actor
• 1940Women Without Names — Friendly Motorist
• 1940Yesterday's Heroes — Curly Walsh
• 1940Young People — Jeb
• 1939Another Thin Man — Pete (uncredited)
• 1939Second Fiddle — Townsman
• 1939Some Like It Hot — Sailor Burke / The Living Corpse
• 1939Sorority House — The Caterer (uncredited)
• 1939The Great Man Votes — Policeman at Parade
• 1939The Night of Nights — Taxi Driver (uncredited)
• 1938Hold That Co-ed — Steve Wurgerski
• 1938Start Cheering — Jimmy
• 1938Youth Takes a Fling — Jim
• 1937Black Legion — Truck Driver's Helper (uncredited)
• 1937Captains Courageous — Taxi Driver (uncredited)
• 1937Criminals of the Air
• 1937Daughter of Shanghai — Jake Kelly
• 1937Life Begins in College — Football Player
• 1937Live, Love and Learn — Marine (uncredited)
• 1937Radio Patrol — Flynn
• 1937The Romance Of Robert Burns — Jock Wilson (uncredited)
• 1937They Gave Him a Gun — Comedy Soldier (uncredited)
• 1937White Bondage — Man in Pool Room
• 1936Fury — Dynamiter (uncredited)
• 1936Gentle Julia — Mr. Toms
• 1936Rhythm on the Range — Splashed Rodeo Cowboy
• 1936Theodora Goes Wild — Clarence (uncredited)
• 1935Mary Burns, Fugitive — Steve
• 1934Caravan — Hungarian Soldier (Uncredited)
• 1934Murder at the Vanities — Chorus Boy (uncredited)