Frank Sully
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Perry Mason
Newspaper Delivery Man
1957
Series
Perry Mason
Cop
1957
Series
Dragnet
1951
Series
Maverick
1957
Series
The Rifleman
1958
Series
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Series
The Virginian
Waiter
1962
Series
The Virginian
Bartender
1962
Series
The Virginian
Danny
1962
Series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Mr. Miller (uncredited)
1955
Series
Leave It to Beaver
Cab Driver
1957
Series
I Love Lucy
Delivery Man
1951
Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Townsman (uncredited)
1958
Series
Father Knows Best
Waiter
1954
Series
The Ford Television Theatre
Policeman
1952
Series
Sugarfoot
Frank the Bartender (uncredited)
1957
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Desk Clerk
1955
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Piano Player
1955
Series
Screen Director's Playhouse
Diner Patron
1955
Series
M Squad
Officer Ed Grady
1957
Series
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Series
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Sergeant
1955
Series
Navy Log
1955
Series
The Tall Man
1960
Series
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Series
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Series
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
Series
Johnny Staccato
1959
Hey, Jeannie!
Officer
1956
Hey, Jeannie!
Expressman
1956
Series
The Investigators
1961
Gang Busters
1952
Film
The Grapes of Wrath
Noah
1940
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Coots Larkin
1951
Film
Bye Bye Birdie
Bartender
1963
Film
Friendly Persuasion
Rebel Looter (uncredited)
1956
Film
Fury
Dynamiter (uncredited)
1936
Film
Start Cheering
Jimmy
1938
Film
Gypsy
Wichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)
1962
Film
Captains Courageous
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1937
Film
Lillian Russell
Hank
1940
Film
Trapped
Sam the Bartender (uncredited)
1949
Film
Secret Command
Shawn
1944
Film
Young People
Jeb
1940
Film
Golden Hoofs
Ed Muckle
1941
Film
Father's Little Dividend
Infant Service Diaper Man (uncredited)
1951
Film
Dangerous Business
Bert
1946
Film
Sorority House
The Caterer (uncredited)
1939
Film
Seminole Uprising
1955
Film
The Return of Frank James
Actor
1940
Film
The More the Merrier
FBI Agent Pike
1943
Film
All Through the Night
Spence
1942
Film
Along Came Jones
Avery de Longpre
1945
Film
Man in the Saddle
Lee Repp
1951
Film
The Big Gusher
Barfly
1951
Film
Caravan
Hungarian Soldier (Uncredited)
1934
Film
The Red Badge of Courage
Veteran (uncredited)
1951
Film
Another Thin Man
Pete (uncredited)
1939
Film
No Room for the Groom
Cousin Luke
1952
Film
The Fighting 69th
Sergeant (uncredited)
1940
Film
Renegades
Link
1946
Film
The Good Humor Man
Cop (uncredited)
1950
Film
Second Fiddle
Townsman
1939
Film
Talk About a Lady
Rocky Jordan
1946
Film
Live, Love and Learn
Marine (uncredited)
1937
Film
The Helen Morgan Story
Vendor (scenes deleted)
1957
Film
Pat and Mike
Photographer (uncredited)
1952
Film
The Buckskin Lady
Jed
1957
Film
Domino Kid
1957
Film
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Officer Joe Starrett
1942
Film
Rhubarb
Big Head Charlie - Bookie (uncredited)
1951
Film
You Can't Run Away from It
Red
1956
Film
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Mike Paradise
1942
Film
Silver Lode
Paul Herbert, Telegrapher
1954
Film
City for Conquest
Radio Listener (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Romance Of Robert Burns
Jock Wilson (uncredited)
1937
Film
Blondie's Hero
Mike McClusky, the Snorer (uncredited)
1950
Film
The Tall Target
Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
1951
Film
The Last Hurrah
Fire Lieutenant (uncredited)
1958
Film
There's Something About a Soldier
Alex Grybinski
1943
Film
Black Legion
Truck Driver's Helper (uncredited)
1937
Film
Dangerous Blondes
Detective Joe Henderson
1943
Film
Blondie's Reward
Officer Carney
1948
Film
Spring Parade
Bert - Shawl Salesman
1940
Film
Man from God's Country
Trail Cook (uncredited)
1958
Film
Daughter of Shanghai
Jake Kelly
1937
Film
The Naked Street
1955
Film
A Man's World
Sammy Collins
1942
Film
Lucky Legs
Mugg
1942
Film
Battle of Rogue River
Pvt. Kohler
1954
Film
Radio Patrol
Flynn
1937
Film
The Female Animal
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
1958
Film
Women's Prison
1955
Film
Women Without Names
Friendly Motorist
1940
Film
Let's Make It Legal
Laborer (uncredited)
1951
Film
A Fool and His Honey
1952
Film
Murder at the Vanities
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
1934
Film
Nice Girl?
1941
Film
Apache Ambush
1955
Film
Castle on the Hudson
Second Prisoner (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Slapcovitch
1940
Film
My Sister Eileen
Jenson
1942
Film
Young Man with Ideas
Salesman (uncredited)
1952
Film
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
John Root
1940
Film
The Great Man Votes
Policeman at Parade
1939
Film
Thousands Cheer
Alan
1943
Film
Boston Blackie and the Law
Sgt. Matthews
1946
Film
Wild Harvest
Nick
1947
Film
Theodora Goes Wild
Clarence (uncredited)
1936
Film
Two Girls and a Sailor
Private Adams
1944
Film
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Salty
1941
Film
With a Song in My Heart
Soldier (uncredited)
1952
Film
Northern Patrol
Bartender
1953
Film
The Reformer and the Redhead
Joe (uncredited)
1950
Film
Bad for Each Other
Tippy Kashko, Townsman
1953
Film
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
Mathews
1945
Film
Criminals of the Air
1937
Film
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
Film
Throw a Saddle on a Star
Lawyer
1946
Film
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
1960
Film
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Steve
1935
Film
Youth Takes a Fling
Jim
1938
Film
The Daring Young Man
Luke
1942
Film
Private Nurse
Eddie
1941
Film
The Gentleman Misbehaves
Taxi Driver
1946
Strop, Look and Listen
Waiter
1952
Film
He Stayed for Breakfast
Butcher
1940
Film
Cross-Country Romance
Mike
1940
Film
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
Harry, the Projectionist
1952
Film
Frontier Gambler
Bartender
1956
Film
Spies and Guys
Enemy Soldier (uncredited)
1953
Film
Rhythm on the Range
Splashed Rodeo Cowboy
1936
Film
The Desperados Are in Town
Carl Branch
1956
Film
Last of the Desperados
Murder Victim Tim (bit)
1955
Film
The Night of Nights
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1939
Film
One Way to Love
Hopkins
1946
Film
One Dangerous Night
Hertzog - Henchman
1943
Film
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
Sergeant Matthews
1949
Film
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
Sgt. Matthews
1946
Film
She Knew All the Answers
Cop
1941
Film
Let's Go Collegiate
Hercules 'Herk' Bevans
1941
Film
Rockabilly Baby
Bum
1957
Film
They Gave Him a Gun
Comedy Soldier (uncredited)
1937
Film
The Phantom Thief
Detective Sergeant Matthews
1946
Film
Power of the Press
Mack Gibbons (uncredited)
1943
Film
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Joe Briggs
1943
Film
Jungle Moon Men
Max
1955
Film
Parachute Nurse
Sgt. Peters
1942
Film
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
Sgt. Matthews
1945
Film
Blunder Boys
Dean Watts D. Matter (uncredited)
1955
Film
A Merry Mix-Up
(uncredited)
1957
Film
Sleepytime Gal
Dimples
1942
Film
Pardon My Backfire
Escaped Convict
1953
Film
Some Like It Hot
Sailor Burke / The Living Corpse
1939
Film
Yesterday's Heroes
Curly Walsh
1940
Film
Escape to Glory
Tommy Malone
1940
Film
Fling in the Ring
Big Mike
1955
Film
Life Begins in College
Football Player
1937
Film
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
Looie
1949
Film
White Bondage
Man in Pool Room
1937
Film
Trapped by Boston Blackie
Sgt. Matthews
1948
Film
Hold That Co-ed
Steve Wurgerski
1938
Film
Night Stage to Galveston
Policeman Kelly
1952
Out of the Depths
'Speed' Brogan
1945
Film
Gun Smugglers
Corporal Clancy
1948
Film
So You Want to Be Pretty
Harry (uncredited)
1956
Film
Inside the Law
Jim Burke
1942
Film
Beauty on Parade
Murph
1950
It's Great to Be Young
Burkett
1946
Film
I Love a Bandleader
Dan Benson
1945
Film
Gentle Julia
Mr. Toms
1936
Bachelor Daze
Ezra's neighbor
1944
Film
Laugh Your Blues Away
Buck
1942
Film
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
Looie
1950
Ain't It Aggravatin'
Neighbor (uncredited)
1954
Nursie Behave
Officer Murphy
1950
Film
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
Albert, the Neighbor
1943
Film
Rookie Fireman
Charlie
1950
Film
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
Cop
1957
Film
The Ghost That Walks Alone
Beppo
1944
Film
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
Looie
1950
Film
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
Henchman 'Rigger'
1946
Film
Murder in Times Square
Benny the Baboon
1943