
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

Fury

The More the Merrier

Captains Courageous

The Return of Frank James

Two Girls and a Sailor

Gypsy

Let's Make It Legal

Silver Lode

Pat and Mike

The Red Badge of Courage

Father's Little Dividend

Trapped

All Through the Night

Thousands Cheer

Live, Love and Learn

The Last Hurrah

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

Another Thin Man

With a Song in My Heart
TV Shows

Dragnet

The Virginian

Father Knows Best

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Beverly Hillbillies

I Love Lucy

Wanted: Dead or Alive

The Ford Television Theatre

Leave It to Beaver

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Sugarfoot

M Squad

The Tall Man

Navy Log

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Mr. & Mrs. North

Screen Director's Playhouse

Johnny Staccato

The Investigators

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

Hey, Jeannie!

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
More Movies

They Gave Him a Gun

Murder at the Vanities

The Tall Target

Nice Girl?

Rings on Her Fingers

Start Cheering

Young People

The Naked Street

Some Like It Hot

Along Came Jones

City for Conquest

The Helen Morgan Story

Man in the Saddle

Battle of Rogue River

Castle on the Hudson

Wild Harvest

The Female Animal

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

The Doctor Takes a Wife

Young Man with Ideas

She Knew All the Answers

No Room for the Groom

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

Fling in the Ring

Bad for Each Other

Theodora Goes Wild

Apache Ambush

Dangerous Blondes

He Stayed for Breakfast

The Fighting 69th

Caravan

Seminole Uprising

Women's Prison

Talk About a Lady

You Can't Run Away from It

Youth Takes a Fling

Rockabilly Baby

Murder in Times Square

Second Fiddle

Man from God's Country

Night Stage to Galveston

Domino Kid

Last of the Desperados

A Man's World

A Fool and His Honey

The Desperados Are in Town

Daughter of Shanghai

Pardon My Backfire

My Sister Eileen

There's Something About a Soldier

The Boogie Man Will Get You

The Daring Young Man

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

Lillian Russell

Rhythm on the Range

Black Legion

The Night of Nights

Rookie Fireman

A Close Call for Boston Blackie

The Reformer and the Redhead

Renegades

The Great Man Votes

Killer Shark

Boston Blackie's Rendezvous

The Good Humor Man

One Way to Love

Spring Parade

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance

Two Yanks in Trinidad

Rhubarb

The Phantom Thief

One Dangerous Night

Life Begins in College

Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

Blondie's Reward

Hold That Co-ed

Boston Blackie and the Law

Criminals of the Air

Trapped by Boston Blackie

Frontier Gambler

Blondie's Hero

Lucky Legs

Sleepytime Gal

The Buckskin Lady

Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses

So You Want to Be Pretty

Power of the Press

Women Without Names

Parachute Nurse

Mary Burns, Fugitive

Throw a Saddle on a Star

Sorority House

White Bondage

Radio Patrol

Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion

The Ghost That Walks Alone

Jungle Moon Men

The Big Gusher

Laugh Your Blues Away

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

Secret Command

Ain't It Aggravatin'

Cross-Country Romance

Northern Patrol

The Gentleman Misbehaves

Let's Go Collegiate

A Merry Mix-Up

The Romance Of Robert Burns

I Love a Bandleader

Pitchin' in the Kitchen

Golden Hoofs

Dangerous Business

Inside the Law

Blunder Boys

Gentle Julia

Spies and Guys

Escape to Glory

Private Nurse

Beauty on Parade

Yesterday's Heroes




