Frank Sully

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-06-17 (67 years old)

Deathday

1975-12-17

Place of Birth

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Frank Sully

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).

Acting

1936

Theodora Goes Wild

as Clarence (uncredited)

1963

Bye Bye Birdie

as Bartender

1942

1954

Silver Lode

as Paul Herbert, Telegrapher

1952

Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

as Harry, the Projectionist

1943

1950

Blondie's Hero

as Mike McClusky, the Snorer (uncredited)

1953

Pardon My Backfire

as Escaped Convict

1946

1949

1948

1946

Talk About a Lady

as Rocky Jordan

1944

Two Girls and a Sailor

as Private Adams

1944

1945

Along Came Jones

as Avery de Longpre

1953

Bad for Each Other

as Tippy Kashko, Townsman

1946

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

as Henchman 'Rigger'

1940

1946

The Phantom Thief

as Detective Sergeant Matthews

1943

Pitchin' in the Kitchen

as Albert, the Neighbor

1939

The Night of Nights

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

1952

No Room for the Groom

as Cousin Luke

1955

1952

Night Stage to Galveston

as Policeman Kelly

1949

Trapped

as Sam the Bartender (uncredited)

1939

Some Like It Hot

as Sailor Burke / The Living Corpse

1956

Frontier Gambler

as Bartender

1942

Inside the Law

as Jim Burke

1946

Renegades

as Link

1938

Hold That Co-ed

as Steve Wurgerski

1943

The More the Merrier

as FBI Agent Pike

1941

Let's Go Collegiate

as Hercules 'Herk' Bevans

1957

A Merry Mix-Up

as (uncredited)

1946

One Way to Love

as Hopkins

1960

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

as Drunk at Bar (uncredited)

1944

Bachelor Daze

as Ezra's neighbor

1941

1940

1937

Radio Patrol

as Flynn

1937

They Gave Him a Gun

as Comedy Soldier (uncredited)

1937

Live, Love and Learn

as Marine (uncredited)

1939

Sorority House

as The Caterer

1945

I Love a Bandleader

as Dan Benson

1938

1939

The Great Man Votes

as Policeman at Parade

1951

1934

Caravan

as Hungarian Soldier (Uncredited)

1939

Another Thin Man

as Pete (uncredited)

1939

Second Fiddle

as Townsman

1962

Gypsy

as Wichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)

1955

1954

Battle of Rogue River

as Pvt. Kohler

1953

Spies and Guys

as Enemy Soldier (uncredited)

1936

Fury

as Dynamiter (uncredited)

1940

Spring Parade

as Bert - Shawl Salesman

1958

The Last Hurrah

as Fire Lieutenant (uncredited)

1951

Father's Little Dividend

as Infant Service Diaper Man (uncredited)

1942

Parachute Nurse

as Sgt. Peters

1940

The Fighting 69th

as Sergeant (uncredited)

1937

Life Begins in College

as Football Player

1950

The Good Humor Man

as Cop (uncredited)

1952

Pat and Mike

as Photographer (uncredited)

1954

Ain't It Aggravatin'

as Neighbor (uncredited)

1943

Power of the Press

as Mack Gibbons (uncredited)

1937

Captains Courageous

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

1948

Gun Smugglers

as Corporal Clancy

1956

Friendly Persuasion

as Rebel Looter (uncredited)

1951

The Red Badge of Courage

as Veteran (uncredited)

1937

White Bondage

as Man in Pool Room

1940

1940

City for Conquest

as Radio Listener (uncredited)

1940

Castle on the Hudson

as Second Prisoner (uncredited)

1940

1942

Two Yanks in Trinidad

as Mike Paradise

1940

Women Without Names

as Friendly Motorist

1934

Murder at the Vanities

as Chorus Boy (uncredited)

1936

Rhythm on the Range

as Splashed Rodeo Cowboy

1943

1942

Lucky Legs

as Mugg

1945

Out of the Depths

as 'Speed' Brogan

1940

Escape to Glory

as Tommy Malone

1957

1953

Northern Patrol

as Bartender

1956

1950

1955

Last of the Desperados

as Murder Victim Tim (bit)

1950

The Reformer and the Redhead

as Joe (uncredited)

1941

Golden Hoofs

as Ed Muckle

1943

Dangerous Blondes

as Detective Joe Henderson

1947

1942

Sleepytime Gal

as Dimples

1937

The Romance Of Robert Burns

as Jock Wilson (uncredited)

1952

Young Man with Ideas

as Salesman (uncredited)

1951

The Tall Target

as Telegram Messenger (uncredited)

1937

Black Legion

as Truck Driver's Helper (uncredited)

1943

Murder in Times Square

as Benny the Baboon

1946

1937

1942

A Man's World

as Sammy Collins

1951

Rhubarb

as Big Head Charlie - Bookie (uncredited)

1943

One Dangerous Night

as Hertzog - Henchman

1956

So You Want to Be Pretty

as Harry (uncredited)

1948

Blondie's Reward

as Officer Carney

1958

The Female Animal

as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

1951

Let's Make It Legal

as Laborer (uncredited)

1942

The Boogie Man Will Get You

as Officer Joe Starrett

1936

Gentle Julia

as Mr. Toms

1958

Man from God's Country

as Trail Cook (uncredited)

1955

Blunder Boys

as Dean Watts D. Matter (uncredited)

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