Frank Sully

Frank Sully

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).

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Movies starring Frank Sully (149)

Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

Bartender

Gypsy (1962)

Wichita Burlesque Audience Member (Uncredited)

Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)

Drunk At Bar (Uncredited)

The Last Hurrah (1958)

Fire Lieutenant (Uncredited)

Man from God's Country (1958)

Trail Cook (Uncredited)

The Female Animal (1958)

Taxicab Driver (Uncredited)

Rockabilly Baby (1957)

Bum

The Helen Morgan Story (1957)

Vendor (Scenes Deleted)

Domino Kid (1957)
The Buckskin Lady (1957)

Jed

A Merry Mix-Up (1957)

(Uncredited)

The Desperados Are in Town (1956)

Carl Branch

You Can't Run Away from It (1956)

Red

Friendly Persuasion (1956)

Rebel Looter (Uncredited)

Frontier Gambler (1956)

Bartender

So You Want to Be Pretty (1956)

Harry (Uncredited)

Blunder Boys (1955)

Dean Watts D. Matter (Uncredited)

Last of the Desperados (1955)

Murder Victim Tim (Bit)

Apache Ambush (1955)
The Naked Street (1955)
Seminole Uprising (1955)
Jungle Moon Men (1955)

Max

Women's Prison (1955)
Fling in the Ring (1955)

Big Mike

Silver Lode (1954)

Paul Herbert, Telegrapher

Battle of Rogue River (1954)

Pvt. Kohler

Ain't It Aggravatin' (1954)

Neighbor (Uncredited)

Bad for Each Other (1953)

Tippy Kashko, Townsman

Pardon My Backfire (1953)

Escaped Convict

Northern Patrol (1953)

Bartender

Spies and Guys (1953)

Enemy Soldier (Uncredited)

Strop, Look and Listen (1952)

Waiter

No Room for the Groom (1952)

Cousin Luke

Pat and Mike (1952)

Photographer (Uncredited)

Young Man with Ideas (1952)

Salesman (Uncredited)

With a Song in My Heart (1952)

Soldier (Uncredited)

Night Stage to Galveston (1952)

Policeman Kelly

Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1952)

Harry, The Projectionist

A Fool and His Honey (1952)
Man in the Saddle (1951)

Lee Repp

Let's Make It Legal (1951)

Laborer (Uncredited)

The Red Badge of Courage (1951)

Veteran (Uncredited)

Rhubarb (1951)

Big Head Charlie - Bookie (Uncredited)

The Tall Target (1951)

Telegram Messenger (Uncredited)

The Big Gusher (1951)

Barfly

Father's Little Dividend (1951)

Infant Service Diaper Man (Uncredited)

Rookie Fireman (1950)

Charlie

Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950)

Looie

Nursie Behave (1950)

Officer Murphy

The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)

Joe (Uncredited)

Beauty on Parade (1950)

Murph

The Good Humor Man (1950)

Cop (Uncredited)

Blondie's Hero (1950)

Mike Mcclusky, The Snorer (Uncredited)

Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (1950)

Looie

Trapped (1949)

Sam The Bartender (Uncredited)

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch (1949)

Looie

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)

Sergeant Matthews

Gun Smugglers (1948)

Corporal Clancy

Blondie's Reward (1948)

Officer Carney

Trapped by Boston Blackie (1948)

Sgt. Matthews

Wild Harvest (1947)

Nick

Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)

Sgt. Matthews

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt (1946)

Henchman 'Rigger'

It's Great to Be Young (1946)

Burkett

Dangerous Business (1946)

Bert

Renegades (1946)

Link

The Phantom Thief (1946)

Detective Sergeant Matthews

Talk About a Lady (1946)

Rocky Jordan

Throw a Saddle on a Star (1946)

Lawyer

The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946)

Taxi Driver

A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)

Sgt. Matthews

One Way to Love (1946)

Hopkins

Out of the Depths (1945)

'Speed' Brogan

I Love a Bandleader (1945)

Dan Benson

Along Came Jones (1945)

Avery De Longpre

Boston Blackie's Rendezvous (1945)

Mathews

Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion (1945)

Sgt. Matthews

Secret Command (1944)

Shawn

Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)

Private Adams

Bachelor Daze (1944)

Ezra's Neighbor

The Ghost That Walks Alone (1944)

Beppo

There's Something About a Soldier (1943)

Alex Grybinski

Dangerous Blondes (1943)

Detective Joe Henderson

Thousands Cheer (1943)

Alan

Pitchin' in the Kitchen (1943)

Albert, The Neighbor

Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943)

Joe Briggs

The More the Merrier (1943)

Fbi Agent Pike

Murder in Times Square (1943)

Benny The Baboon

Power of the Press (1943)

Mack Gibbons (Uncredited)

One Dangerous Night (1943)

Hertzog - Henchman

Laugh Your Blues Away (1942)

Buck

The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)

Officer Joe Starrett

The Daring Young Man (1942)

Luke

Lucky Legs (1942)

Mugg

My Sister Eileen (1942)

Jenson

A Man's World (1942)

Sammy Collins

Parachute Nurse (1942)

Sgt. Peters

Inside the Law (1942)

Jim Burke

Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942)

Mike Paradise

Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
Sleepytime Gal (1942)

Dimples

All Through the Night (1942)

Spence

Let's Go Collegiate (1941)

Hercules 'Herk' Bevans

Private Nurse (1941)

Eddie

She Knew All the Answers (1941)

Cop

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941)

Salty

Nice Girl? (1941)
Golden Hoofs (1941)

Ed Muckle

Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940)

John Root

Spring Parade (1940)

Bert - Shawl Salesman

City for Conquest (1940)

Radio Listener (Uncredited)

Yesterday's Heroes (1940)

Curly Walsh

He Stayed for Breakfast (1940)

Butcher

Young People (1940)

Jeb

The Return of Frank James (1940)

Actor

Cross-Country Romance (1940)

Mike

Lillian Russell (1940)

Hank

Escape to Glory (1940)

Tommy Malone

The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)

Slapcovitch

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Noah

Women Without Names (1940)

Friendly Motorist

Castle on the Hudson (1940)

Second Prisoner (Uncredited)

The Fighting 69th (1940)

Sergeant (Uncredited)

The Night of Nights (1939)

Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

Another Thin Man (1939)

Pete (Uncredited)

Second Fiddle (1939)

Townsman

Some Like It Hot (1939)

Sailor Burke / The Living Corpse

Sorority House (1939)

The Caterer (Uncredited)

The Great Man Votes (1939)

Policeman At Parade

Youth Takes a Fling (1938)

Jim

Hold That Co-ed (1938)

Steve Wurgerski

Start Cheering (1938)

Jimmy

Daughter of Shanghai (1937)

Jake Kelly

Live, Love and Learn (1937)

Marine (Uncredited)

Radio Patrol (1937)

Flynn

Life Begins in College (1937)

Football Player

White Bondage (1937)

Man In Pool Room

Captains Courageous (1937)

Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

They Gave Him a Gun (1937)

Comedy Soldier (Uncredited)

Criminals of the Air (1937)
The Romance Of Robert Burns (1937)

Jock Wilson (Uncredited)

Black Legion (1937)

Truck Driver's Helper (Uncredited)

Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

Clarence (Uncredited)

Rhythm on the Range (1936)

Splashed Rodeo Cowboy

Fury (1936)

Dynamiter (Uncredited)

Gentle Julia (1936)

Mr. Toms

Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)

Steve

Caravan (1934)

Hungarian Soldier (Uncredited)

Murder at the Vanities (1934)

Chorus Boy (Uncredited)

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