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
Movies
- The Grapes of Wrath
1940
- Theodora Goes Wild
1936
- Bye Bye Birdie
1963
- My Sister Eileen
1942
- Silver Lode
1954
- Rainbow 'Round My Shoul...
1952
- Thousands Cheer
1943
- Blondie's Hero
1950
- With a Song in My Heart
1952
- Pardon My Backfire
1953
- A Close Call for Boston...
1946
- Boston Blackie's Rendez...
1945
- Boston Blackie and the ...
1946
- Boston Blackie's Chines...
1949
- Boston Blackie Booked o...
1945
- Trapped by Boston Black...
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...
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 Epi...
1960
- Bachelor Daze
1944
- Private Nurse
1941
- The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
- Radio Patrol
1937
- Youth Takes a Fling
1938
- 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 Al...
1944
- Captains Courageous
1937
- Gun Smugglers
1948
- The Return of Frank Jam...
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 T...
1956
- Beauty on Parade
1950
- Last of the Desperados
1955
- The Reformer and the Re...
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 B...
1937
- Joe Palooka in the Coun...
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
- A Man's World
1942
- It's Great to Be Young
1946
- Rhubarb
1951
- One Dangerous Night
1943
- So You Want to Be Pretty
1956
- Joe Palooka Meets Humph...
1950
- Joe Palooka in Humphrey...
1950
- Blondie's Reward
1948
- You Can't Run Away from...
1956
- The Female Animal
1958
- The Naked Street
1955
- Women's Prison
1955
- Let's Make It Legal
1951
- The Boogie Man Will Get...
1942
- Gentle Julia
1936
- Criminals of the Air
1937
- Man from God's Country
1958
- Blunder Boys
1955
- Snowshoes: A Comedy of ...
1957
TV Shows
- 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 Presen...
1955
- The Virginian
1962
- Schlitz Playhouse of St...
1951
- M Squad
1957
- The 20th Century Fox Ho...
1955
- The Adventures of Rin T...
1954
- The Adventures of Wild ...
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 Presen...
1955
- Screen Director's Playh...
1955
- The Virginian
1962
- The Life and Legend of ...
1955