
Frank Sully
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).
Notable Appearances
Movies

The Grapes of Wrath

Friendly Persuasion

Bye Bye Birdie

The Return of Frank James

Two Girls and a Sailor

Fury

All Through the Night

Father's Little Dividend

Gypsy

Talk About a Lady

The More the Merrier

The Last Hurrah

Let's Make It Legal

The Red Badge of Courage

Young Man with Ideas

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

Captains Courageous

Pat and Mike

Murder in Times Square

You Can't Run Away from It

The Tall Target

The Helen Morgan Story
TV Shows

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Dragnet

The Beverly Hillbillies

Wanted: Dead or Alive

I Love Lucy

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Leave It to Beaver

Father Knows Best

The Ford Television Theatre

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Sugarfoot

M Squad

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Navy Log

The Tall Man

Screen Director's Playhouse

Mr. & Mrs. North

Johnny Staccato

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

Hey, Jeannie!

The Investigators

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
More Movies

Along Came Jones

With a Song in My Heart

Rings on Her Fingers

Murder at the Vanities

Man in the Saddle

Silver Lode

Start Cheering

They Gave Him a Gun

The Great Man Votes

The Fighting 69th

No Room for the Groom

Another Thin Man

The Reformer and the Redhead

The Naked Street

Some Like It Hot

Bad for Each Other

The Doctor Takes a Wife

City for Conquest

Live, Love and Learn

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

Thousands Cheer

A Man's World

Two Yanks in Trinidad

Youth Takes a Fling

The Good Humor Man

Apache Ambush

Last of the Desperados

The Night of Nights

A Close Call for Boston Blackie

Battle of Rogue River

Trapped by Boston Blackie

She Knew All the Answers

Man from God's Country

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

Fling in the Ring

Rhythm on the Range

Castle on the Hudson

Young People

Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

Nice Girl?

Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance

The Boogie Man Will Get You

The Ghost That Walks Alone

Power of the Press

One Way to Love

There's Something About a Soldier

Hold That Co-ed

Second Fiddle

He Stayed for Breakfast

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

Life Begins in College

Women's Prison

My Sister Eileen

The Desperados Are in Town

Night Stage to Galveston

Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey

Radio Patrol

Trapped

Renegades

Boston Blackie's Rendezvous

Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion

Let's Go Collegiate

Boston Blackie and the Law

Spring Parade

Sorority House

Lucky Legs

Criminals of the Air

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses

Black Legion

A Merry Mix-Up

The Female Animal

I Love a Bandleader

Secret Command

Daughter of Shanghai

Lillian Russell

The Daring Young Man

Laugh Your Blues Away

Throw a Saddle on a Star

A Fool and His Honey

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

Rhubarb

So You Want to Be Pretty

Pitchin' in the Kitchen

Seminole Uprising

Dangerous Blondes

Blondie's Reward

Theodora Goes Wild

Inside the Law

The Buckskin Lady

Rockabilly Baby

Mary Burns, Fugitive

Blondie's Hero

Caravan

Cross-Country Romance

Killer Shark

Escape to Glory

The Romance Of Robert Burns

The Big Gusher

Frontier Gambler

Women Without Names

Ain't It Aggravatin'

Northern Patrol

Domino Kid

Golden Hoofs

Wild Harvest

Pardon My Backfire

Parachute Nurse

The Phantom Thief

The Gentleman Misbehaves

Jungle Moon Men

Rookie Fireman

White Bondage

Dangerous Business

Gentle Julia

Beauty on Parade

Gun Smugglers

One Dangerous Night

Blunder Boys

Yesterday's Heroes

Sleepytime Gal

Private Nurse




