Frank Sully
Department: Acting
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
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
Theodora Goes Wild
1936
Bye Bye Birdie
1963
My Sister Eileen
1942
Silver Lode
1954
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
1952
Thousands Cheer
1943
Blondie's Hero
1950
With a Song in My Heart
1952
Pardon My Backfire
1953
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
1946
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
1945
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
1945
Boston Blackie and the Law
1946
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949
Trapped by Boston Blackie
1948
Nice Girl?
1941
Talk About a Lady
1946
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
Secret Command
1944
Along Came Jones
1945
Bad for Each Other
1953
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
1946
Young People
1940
The Phantom Thief
1946
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
1943
The Night of Nights
1939
No Room for the Groom
1952
Fling in the Ring
1955
Night Stage to Galveston
1952
Trapped
1949
Some Like It Hot
1939
Frontier Gambler
1956
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
Inside the Law
1942
Apache Ambush
1955
Seminole Uprising
1955
Renegades
1946
Hold That Co-ed
1938
All Through the Night
1942
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
The More the Merrier
1943
Let's Go Collegiate
1941
A Merry Mix-Up
1957
Cross-Country Romance
1940
One Way to Love
1946
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960
Bachelor Daze
1944
Private Nurse
1941
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
Youth Takes a Fling
1938
Radio Patrol
1937
They Gave Him a Gun
1937
Live, Love and Learn
1937
Sorority House
1939
The Daring Young Man
1942
I Love a Bandleader
1945
Dangerous Business
1946
Start Cheering
1938
The Great Man Votes
1939
Man in the Saddle
1951
Caravan
1934
Another Thin Man
1939
Second Fiddle
1939
Gypsy
1962
Jungle Moon Men
1955
Battle of Rogue River
1954
Spies and Guys
1953
Fury
1936
Spring Parade
1940
Domino Kid
1957
The Last Hurrah
1958
Father's Little Dividend
1951
Throw a Saddle on a Star
1946
Parachute Nurse
1942
Laugh Your Blues Away
1942
The Fighting 69th
1940
Life Begins in College
1937
The Good Humor Man
1950
Pat and Mike
1952
Ain't It Aggravatin'
1954
Power of the Press
1943
The Ghost That Walks Alone
1944
Captains Courageous
1937
Gun Smugglers
1948
The Return of Frank James
1940
Friendly Persuasion
1956
The Red Badge of Courage
1951
White Bondage
1937
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
Lillian Russell
1940
City for Conquest
1940
Castle on the Hudson
1940
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942
Women Without Names
1940
Murder at the Vanities
1934
Rhythm on the Range
1936
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1943
Lucky Legs
1942
Out of the Depths
1945
Escape to Glory
1940
Rockabilly Baby
1957
Northern Patrol
1953
The Desperados Are in Town
1956
Beauty on Parade
1950
Last of the Desperados
1955
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950
Golden Hoofs
1941
The Buckskin Lady
1957
Dangerous Blondes
1943
She Knew All the Answers
1941
Wild Harvest
1947
Sleepytime Gal
1942
The Romance Of Robert Burns
1937
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
1949
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
Young Man with Ideas
1952
The Tall Target
1951
Black Legion
1937
Murder in Times Square
1943
A Fool and His Honey
1952
The Gentleman Misbehaves
1946
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
It's Great to Be Young
1946
A Man's World
1942
Rhubarb
1951
One Dangerous Night
1943
So You Want to Be Pretty
1956
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
1950
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
1950
Blondie's Reward
1948
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
The Female Animal
1958
The Naked Street
1955
Women's Prison
1955
Let's Make It Legal
1951
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942
Gentle Julia
1936
Criminals of the Air
1937
Man from God's Country
1958
Blunder Boys
1955
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
1957
Yesterday's Heroes
1940
The Big Gusher
1951
Rookie Fireman
1950
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
I Love Lucy
1951
Dragnet
1951
Perry Mason
1957
Johnny Staccato
1959
The Tall Man
1960
Leave It to Beaver
1957
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
The Virginian
1962
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
M Squad
1957
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Navy Log
1955
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
The Rifleman
1958
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
Gang Busters
1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Maverick
1957
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
The Virginian
1962
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
The Virginian
1962
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
The Investigators
1961
Sugarfoot
1957
Perry Mason
1957