
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

Bye Bye Birdie

The Grapes of Wrath

My Sister Eileen

Friendly Persuasion

Start Cheering

Gypsy

Captains Courageous

Fury

Man in the Saddle

The Return of Frank James

Father's Little Dividend

Along Came Jones

You Can't Run Away from It

Another Thin Man

Pat and Mike

The Last Hurrah

One Dangerous Night

All Through the Night

Criminals of the Air

Silver Lode

Two Girls and a Sailor

Young People
TV Shows

The Virginian

Father Knows Best

The Beverly Hillbillies

Leave It to Beaver

Wanted: Dead or Alive

I Love Lucy

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Navy Log

Sugarfoot

The Ford Television Theatre

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The 20th Century Fox Hour

M Squad

The Tall Man

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Screen Director's Playhouse

Johnny Staccato

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

The Investigators

Hey, Jeannie!

Mr. & Mrs. North

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
More Movies

The Helen Morgan Story

City for Conquest

They Gave Him a Gun

The Red Badge of Courage

The Fighting 69th

Nice Girl?

The More the Merrier

Man from God's Country

Let's Make It Legal

Black Legion

Young Man with Ideas

The Tall Target

The Naked Street

The Reformer and the Redhead

The Female Animal

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

Secret Command

Trapped

She Knew All the Answers

Fling in the Ring

The Good Humor Man

Lillian Russell

Some Like It Hot

Thousands Cheer

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

Rookie Fireman

The Buckskin Lady

The Big Gusher

Rings on Her Fingers

Rhubarb

The Doctor Takes a Wife

With a Song in My Heart

No Room for the Groom

Women's Prison

Bad for Each Other

Domino Kid

A Man's World

Renegades

He Stayed for Breakfast

Seminole Uprising

Theodora Goes Wild

Murder at the Vanities

Rhythm on the Range

Blondie's Reward

Live, Love and Learn

Second Fiddle

Daughter of Shanghai

Talk About a Lady

Apache Ambush

Trapped by Boston Blackie

A Close Call for Boston Blackie

Battle of Rogue River

Caravan

Two Yanks in Trinidad

Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion

Cross-Country Romance

Pardon My Backfire

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

Sorority House

Golden Hoofs

Pitchin' in the Kitchen

Women Without Names

Parachute Nurse

Murder in Times Square

Laugh Your Blues Away

Gentle Julia

One Way to Love

The Boogie Man Will Get You

Last of the Desperados

Castle on the Hudson

Hold That Co-ed

Frontier Gambler

The Gentleman Misbehaves

Escape to Glory

Mary Burns, Fugitive

The Night of Nights

Ain't It Aggravatin'

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

Wild Harvest

Life Begins in College

Inside the Law

Spies and Guys

The Great Man Votes

Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

There's Something About a Soldier

The Daring Young Man

Gun Smugglers

Killer Shark

Boston Blackie's Rendezvous

Dangerous Business

So You Want to Be Pretty

The Phantom Thief

Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey

A Fool and His Honey

The Desperados Are in Town

Yesterday's Heroes

Dangerous Blondes

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

Youth Takes a Fling

Power of the Press

White Bondage

Blondie's Hero

Lucky Legs

Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance

Night Stage to Galveston

Private Nurse

Jungle Moon Men

The Ghost That Walks Alone

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

Let's Go Collegiate

Radio Patrol

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

Spring Parade

Blunder Boys

Rockabilly Baby

Throw a Saddle on a Star

I Love a Bandleader

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses

Northern Patrol

Sleepytime Gal

Boston Blackie and the Law

A Merry Mix-Up

Beauty on Parade




