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Frank Sully

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jun 17, 1908 (118 years old)

Place of Birth

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

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).

Known For

Acting
1963Bye Bye BirdieBartender
1962GypsyWichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)
1962The Beverly Hillbillies
1962The VirginianWaiter
1962The VirginianBartender
1962The VirginianDanny
1961The Investigators
1960Let No Man Write My EpitaphDrunk at Bar (uncredited)
1960The Tall Man
1959Johnny Staccato
1958The Last HurrahFire Lieutenant (uncredited)
1958The Female AnimalTaxicab Driver (uncredited)
1958Man from God's CountryTrail Cook (uncredited)
1958Wanted: Dead or AliveTownsman (uncredited)
1958The Rifleman
1957A Merry Mix-Up(uncredited)
1957Domino Kid
1957Rockabilly BabyBum
1957The Buckskin LadyJed
1957Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and HorsesCop
1957The Helen Morgan StoryVendor (scenes deleted)
1957Perry MasonNewspaper Delivery Man
1957Leave It to BeaverCab Driver
1957M SquadOfficer Ed Grady
1957Maverick
1957SugarfootFrank the Bartender (uncredited)
1957Perry MasonCop
1956Frontier GamblerBartender
1956Friendly PersuasionRebel Looter (uncredited)
1956The Desperados Are in TownCarl Branch
1956So You Want to Be PrettyHarry (uncredited)
1956You Can't Run Away from ItRed
1956Hey, Jeannie!Officer
1956Hey, Jeannie!Expressman
1955Fling in the RingBig Mike
1955Apache Ambush
1955Seminole Uprising
1955Jungle Moon MenMax
1955Last of the DesperadosMurder Victim Tim (bit)
1955The Naked Street
1955Women's Prison
1955Blunder BoysDean Watts D. Matter (uncredited)
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsDesk Clerk
1955The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955Navy Log
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsThe Piano Player
1955Screen Director's PlayhouseDiner Patron
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpMr. Miller (uncredited)
1954Silver LodePaul Herbert, Telegrapher
1954Battle of Rogue RiverPvt. Kohler
1954Ain't It Aggravatin'Neighbor (uncredited)
1954The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1953Pardon My BackfireEscaped Convict
1953Bad for Each OtherTippy Kashko, Townsman
1953Spies and GuysEnemy Soldier (uncredited)
1953Northern PatrolBartender
1952Rainbow 'Round My ShoulderHarry, the Projectionist
1952With a Song in My HeartSoldier (uncredited)
1952No Room for the GroomCousin Luke
1952Night Stage to GalvestonPoliceman Kelly
1952Pat and MikePhotographer (uncredited)
1952Young Man with IdeasSalesman (uncredited)
1952A Fool and His Honey
1952Gang Busters
1952Mr. & Mrs. North
1951Man in the SaddleLee Repp
1951Father's Little DividendInfant Service Diaper Man (uncredited)
1951The Red Badge of CourageVeteran (uncredited)
1951The Tall TargetTelegram Messenger (uncredited)
1951RhubarbBig Head Charlie - Bookie (uncredited)
1951Let's Make It LegalLaborer (uncredited)
1951The Big GusherBarfly
1951I Love LucyDelivery Man
1951Dragnet
1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsCoots Larkin
1951The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1950Blondie's HeroMike McClusky, the Snorer (uncredited)
1950The Good Humor ManCop (uncredited)
1950Beauty on ParadeMurph
1950The Reformer and the RedheadJoe (uncredited)
1950Joe Palooka Meets HumphreyLooie
1950Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a ChanceLooie
1950Rookie FiremanCharlie
1949Boston Blackie's Chinese VentureSergeant Matthews
1949TrappedSam the Bartender (uncredited)
1949Joe Palooka in the CounterpunchLooie
1948Trapped by Boston BlackieSgt. Matthews
1948Gun SmugglersCorporal Clancy
1948Blondie's RewardOfficer Carney
1947Wild HarvestNick
1946A Close Call for Boston BlackieSgt. Matthews
1946Boston Blackie and the LawSgt. Matthews
1946Talk About a LadyRocky Jordan
1946Crime Doctor's Man HuntHenchman 'Rigger'
1946The Phantom ThiefDetective Sergeant Matthews
1946RenegadesLink
1946One Way to LoveHopkins
1946Dangerous BusinessBert
1946Throw a Saddle on a StarLawyer
1946The Gentleman MisbehavesTaxi Driver
1946It's Great to Be YoungBurkett
1945Boston Blackie's RendezvousMathews
1945Boston Blackie Booked on SuspicionSgt. Matthews
1945Along Came JonesAvery de Longpre
1945I Love a BandleaderDan Benson
1945Out of the Depths'Speed' Brogan
1944Two Girls and a SailorPrivate Adams
1944Secret CommandShawn
1944Bachelor DazeEzra's neighbor
1944The Ghost That Walks AloneBeppo
1943Thousands CheerAlan
1943Pitchin' in the KitchenAlbert, the Neighbor
1943There's Something About a SoldierAlex Grybinski
1943The More the MerrierFBI Agent Pike
1943Power of the PressMack Gibbons (uncredited)
1943Good Luck, Mr. YatesJoe Briggs
1943Dangerous BlondesDetective Joe Henderson
1943Murder in Times SquareBenny the Baboon
1943One Dangerous NightHertzog - Henchman
1942My Sister EileenJenson
1942Inside the LawJim Burke
1942All Through the NightSpence
1942The Daring Young ManLuke
1942Parachute NurseSgt. Peters
1942Laugh Your Blues AwayBuck
1942Two Yanks in TrinidadMike Paradise
1942Lucky LegsMugg
1942Sleepytime GalDimples
1942Rings on Her Fingers
1942A Man's WorldSammy Collins
1942The Boogie Man Will Get YouOfficer Joe Starrett
1941Nice Girl?
1941A Girl, a Guy, and a GobSalty
1941Let's Go CollegiateHercules 'Herk' Bevans
1941Private NurseEddie
1941Golden HoofsEd Muckle
1941She Knew All the AnswersCop
1940The Grapes of WrathNoah
1940Young PeopleJeb
1940Cross-Country RomanceMike
1940The Doctor Takes a WifeSlapcovitch
1940Spring ParadeBert - Shawl Salesman
1940The Fighting 69thSergeant (uncredited)
1940The Return of Frank JamesActor
1940Lillian RussellHank
1940City for ConquestRadio Listener (uncredited)
1940Castle on the HudsonSecond Prisoner (uncredited)
1940Dr. Kildare's CrisisJohn Root
1940He Stayed for BreakfastButcher
1940Women Without NamesFriendly Motorist
1940Escape to GloryTommy Malone
1940Yesterday's HeroesCurly Walsh
1939The Night of NightsTaxi Driver (uncredited)
1939Some Like It HotSailor Burke / The Living Corpse
1939Sorority HouseThe Caterer (uncredited)
1939The Great Man VotesPoliceman at Parade
1939Another Thin ManPete (uncredited)
1939Second FiddleTownsman
1938Hold That Co-edSteve Wurgerski
1938Youth Takes a FlingJim
1938Start CheeringJimmy
1937Radio PatrolFlynn
1937They Gave Him a GunComedy Soldier (uncredited)
1937Live, Love and LearnMarine (uncredited)
1937Life Begins in CollegeFootball Player
1937Captains CourageousTaxi Driver (uncredited)
1937White BondageMan in Pool Room
1937The Romance Of Robert BurnsJock Wilson (uncredited)
1937Black LegionTruck Driver's Helper (uncredited)
1937Daughter of ShanghaiJake Kelly
1937Criminals of the Air
1936Theodora Goes WildClarence (uncredited)
1936FuryDynamiter (uncredited)
1936Rhythm on the RangeSplashed Rodeo Cowboy
1936Gentle JuliaMr. Toms
1935Mary Burns, FugitiveSteve
1934CaravanHungarian Soldier (Uncredited)
1934Murder at the VanitiesChorus Boy (uncredited)