Frank Sully
- Acting
- June 17, 1908 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
- December 17, 1975
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
Filmography
- Bye Bye Birdie · Bartender
- Gypsy · Wichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- The Virginian · Waiter, Bartender
- The Investigators
- Let No Man Write My Epitaph · Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
- The Tall Man
- Johnny Staccato
- The Last Hurrah · Fire Lieutenant (uncredited)
- The Rifleman
- Wanted: Dead or Alive · Townsman (uncredited)
- Man from God's Country · Trail Cook (uncredited)
- The Female Animal · Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
- Rockabilly Baby · Bum
- Leave It to Beaver · Cab Driver
- The Helen Morgan Story · Vendor (scenes deleted)
- Domino Kid
- Maverick
- Perry Mason · Newspaper Delivery Man, Cop
- M Squad · Officer Ed Grady
- Sugarfoot · Frank the Bartender (uncredited)
- The Buckskin Lady · Jed
- A Merry Mix-Up · (uncredited)
- Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses · Cop
- The Desperados Are in Town · Carl Branch
- Friendly Persuasion · Rebel Looter (uncredited)
- You Can't Run Away from It · Red
- Hey, Jeannie! · Officer, Expressman
- Frontier Gambler · Bartender
- So You Want to Be Pretty · Harry (uncredited)
- Blunder Boys · Dean Watts D. Matter (uncredited)
- Last of the Desperados · Murder Victim Tim (bit)
- The 20th Century Fox Hour · Sergeant
- Screen Director's Playhouse · Diner Patron
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents · Desk Clerk, The Piano Player
- Navy Log
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp · Mr. Miller (uncredited)
- Apache Ambush
- The Naked Street
- Seminole Uprising
- Jungle Moon Men · Max
- Women's Prison
- Fling in the Ring · Big Mike
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
- Father Knows Best · Waiter
- Silver Lode · Paul Herbert, Telegrapher
- Battle of Rogue River · Pvt. Kohler
- Ain't It Aggravatin' · Neighbor (uncredited)
- Bad for Each Other · Tippy Kashko, Townsman
- Pardon My Backfire · Escaped Convict
- Northern Patrol · Bartender
- Spies and Guys · Enemy Soldier (uncredited)
- Strop, Look and Listen · Waiter
- Mr. & Mrs. North
- The Ford Television Theatre · Policeman
- No Room for the Groom · Cousin Luke
- Pat and Mike · Photographer (uncredited)
- Young Man with Ideas · Salesman (uncredited)
- With a Song in My Heart · Soldier (uncredited)
- Gang Busters
- Night Stage to Galveston · Policeman Kelly
- Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder · Harry, the Projectionist
- A Fool and His Honey
- Dragnet
- Man in the Saddle · Lee Repp
- Let's Make It Legal · Laborer (uncredited)
- I Love Lucy · Delivery Man
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · Coots Larkin
- The Red Badge of Courage · Veteran (uncredited)
- Rhubarb · Big Head Charlie - Bookie (uncredited)
- The Tall Target · Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
- The Big Gusher · Barfly
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
- Father's Little Dividend · Infant Service Diaper Man (uncredited)
- Rookie Fireman · Charlie
- Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance · Looie
- Nursie Behave · Officer Murphy
- The Reformer and the Redhead · Joe (uncredited)
- Beauty on Parade · Murph
- The Good Humor Man · Cop (uncredited)