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Frank Sully

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: Acting

Born: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, 1908-06-17

Died: 1975-12-17

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1934	Murder at the Vanities	Chorus Boy (uncredited)	55
2	1934	Caravan	Hungarian Soldier (Uncredited)	50
3	1935	Mary Burns, Fugitive	Steve	0
4	1936	Gentle Julia	Mr. Toms	0
5	1936	Fury	Dynamiter (uncredited)	74
6	1936	Rhythm on the Range	Splashed Rodeo Cowboy	40
7	1936	Theodora Goes Wild	Clarence (uncredited)	65
8	1937	Black Legion	Truck Driver's Helper (uncredited)	66
9	1937	The Romance Of Robert Burns	Jock Wilson (uncredited)	55
10	1937	Criminals of the Air		55
11	1937	They Gave Him a Gun	Comedy Soldier (uncredited)	62
12	1937	Captains Courageous	Taxi Driver (uncredited)	74
13	1937	White Bondage	Man in Pool Room	60
14	1937	Life Begins in College	Football Player	0
15	1937	Radio Patrol	Flynn	0
16	1937	Live, Love and Learn	Marine (uncredited)	58
17	1937	Daughter of Shanghai	Jake Kelly	54
18	1938	Start Cheering	Jimmy	70
19	1938	Hold That Co-ed	Steve Wurgerski	63
20	1938	Youth Takes a Fling	Jim	10
21	1939	The Great Man Votes	Policeman at Parade	61
22	1939	Sorority House	The Caterer	68
23	1939	Some Like It Hot	Sailor Burke / The Living Corpse	72
24	1939	Second Fiddle	Townsman	49
25	1939	Another Thin Man	Pete (uncredited)	71
26	1939	The Night of Nights	Taxi Driver (uncredited)	0
27	1940	The Fighting 69th	Sergeant (uncredited)	54
28	1940	Castle on the Hudson	Second Prisoner (uncredited)	68
29	1940	Women Without Names	Friendly Motorist	48
30	1940	The Grapes of Wrath	Noah	78
31	1940	The Doctor Takes a Wife	Slapcovitch	64
32	1940	Escape to Glory	Tommy Malone	60
33	1940	Lillian Russell	Hank	61
34	1940	Cross-Country Romance	Mike	64
35	1940	The Return of Frank James	Actor	63
36	1940	Young People	Jeb	46
37	1940	He Stayed for Breakfast	Butcher	0
38	1940	City for Conquest	Radio Listener (uncredited)	68
39	1940	Spring Parade	Bert - Shawl Salesman	67
40	1940	Dr. Kildare's Crisis	John Root	60
41	1941	Golden Hoofs	Ed Muckle	70
42	1941	Nice Girl?		53
43	1941	A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob	Salty	47
44	1941	She Knew All the Answers	Cop	63
45	1941	Private Nurse	Eddie	0
46	1941	Let's Go Collegiate	Hercules 'Herk' Bevans	50
47	1942	All Through the Night	Spence	70
48	1942	Sleepytime Gal	Dimples	0
49	1942	Rings on Her Fingers		65
50	1942	Two Yanks in Trinidad	Mike Paradise	20
51	1942	Inside the Law	Jim Burke	50
52	1942	Parachute Nurse	Sgt. Peters	50
53	1942	A Man's World	Sammy Collins	60
54	1942	My Sister Eileen	Jenson	67
55	1942	Lucky Legs	Mugg	0
56	1942	The Daring Young Man	Luke	43
57	1942	The Boogie Man Will Get You	Officer Joe Starrett	63
58	1942	Laugh Your Blues Away	Buck	0
59	1943	One Dangerous Night	Hertzog - Henchman	50
60	1943	Power of the Press	Mack Gibbons (uncredited)	62
61	1943	Murder in Times Square	Benny the Baboon	46
62	1943	The More the Merrier	FBI Agent Pike	68
63	1943	Good Luck, Mr. Yates	Joe Briggs	58
64	1943	Pitchin' in the Kitchen	Albert, the Neighbor	0
65	1943	Thousands Cheer	Alan	64
66	1943	Dangerous Blondes	Detective Joe Henderson	60
67	1943	There's Something About a Soldier	Alex Grybinski	48
68	1944	The Ghost That Walks Alone	Beppo	37
69	1944	Bachelor Daze	Ezra's neighbor	0
70	1944	Two Girls and a Sailor	Private Adams	57
71	1944	Secret Command	Shawn	68
72	1945	Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion	Sgt. Matthews	55
73	1945	Boston Blackie's Rendezvous	Mathews	47
74	1945	Along Came Jones	Avery de Longpre	57
75	1945	I Love a Bandleader	Dan Benson	0
76	1945	Out of the Depths	'Speed' Brogan	0
77	1946	One Way to Love	Hopkins	70
78	1946	A Close Call for Boston Blackie	Sgt. Matthews	49
79	1946	The Gentleman Misbehaves	Taxi Driver	0
80	1946	Throw a Saddle on a Star	Lawyer	0
81	1946	Talk About a Lady	Rocky Jordan	30
82	1946	The Phantom Thief	Detective Sergeant Matthews	53
83	1946	Renegades	Link	58
84	1946	Dangerous Business	Bert	0
85	1946	It's Great to Be Young	Burkett	0
86	1946	Crime Doctor's Man Hunt	Henchman 'Rigger'	58
87	1946	Boston Blackie and the Law	Sgt. Matthews	60
88	1947	Wild Harvest	Nick	0
89	1948	Trapped by Boston Blackie	Sgt. Matthews	65
90	1948	Blondie's Reward	Officer Carney	65
91	1948	Gun Smugglers	Corporal Clancy	0
92	1949	Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture	Sergeant Matthews	56
93	1949	Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch	Looie	0
94	1949	Trapped	Sam the Bartender (uncredited)	58
95	1950	Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey	Looie	40
96	1950	Blondie's Hero	Mike McClusky, the Snorer (uncredited)	63
97	1950	The Good Humor Man	Cop (uncredited)	60
98	1950	Beauty on Parade	Murph	0
99	1950	The Reformer and the Redhead	Joe (uncredited)	63
100	1950	Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance	Looie	0
101	1951	Father's Little Dividend	Infant Service Diaper Man (uncredited)	64
102	1951	The Tall Target	Telegram Messenger (uncredited)	68
103	1951	Rhubarb	Big Head Charlie - Bookie (uncredited)	55
104	1951	The Red Badge of Courage	Veteran (uncredited)	64
105	1951	Let's Make It Legal	Laborer (uncredited)	63
106	1951	Man in the Saddle	Lee Repp	64
107	1952	A Fool and His Honey		0
108	1952	Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder	Harry, the Projectionist	0
109	1952	Night Stage to Galveston	Policeman Kelly	47
110	1952	With a Song in My Heart	Soldier	59
111	1952	Young Man with Ideas	Salesman (uncredited)	47
112	1952	No Room for the Groom	Cousin Luke	55
113	1952	Pat and Mike	Photographer (uncredited)	63
114	1953	Spies and Guys	Enemy Soldier (uncredited)	0
115	1953	Northern Patrol	Bartender	55
116	1953	Pardon My Backfire	Escaped Convict	56
117	1953	Bad for Each Other	Tippy Kashko, Townsman	57
118	1954	Ain't It Aggravatin'	Neighbor (uncredited)	60
119	1954	Battle of Rogue River	Pvt. Kohler	57
120	1954	Silver Lode	Paul Herbert, Telegrapher	62
121	1955	Fling in the Ring	Big Mike	52
122	1955	Women's Prison		57
123	1955	Jungle Moon Men	Max	47
124	1955	Seminole Uprising		49
125	1955	The Naked Street		61
126	1955	Apache Ambush		56
127	1955	Last of the Desperados	Murder Victim Tim (bit)	60
128	1955	Blunder Boys	Dean Watts D. Matter (uncredited)	78
129	1956	So You Want to Be Pretty	Harry (uncredited)	20
130	1956	Frontier Gambler	Bartender	60
131	1956	Friendly Persuasion	Rebel Looter (uncredited)	66
132	1956	You Can't Run Away from It	Red	47
133	1956	The Desperados Are in Town	Carl Branch	0
134	1957	A Merry Mix-Up	(uncredited)	53
135	1957	The Buckskin Lady	Jed	38
136	1957	Domino Kid		57
137	1957	Rockabilly Baby	Bum	60
138	1958	The Female Animal	Taxicab Driver (uncredited)	56
139	1958	Man from God's Country	Trail Cook (uncredited)	48
140	1958	The Last Hurrah	Fire Lieutenant (uncredited)	71
141	1960	Let No Man Write My Epitaph	Drunk at Bar (uncredited)	61
142	1962	Gypsy	Wichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)	64
143	1963	Bye Bye Birdie	Bartender	59

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok		45
2	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Coots Larkin	73
3	1951	I Love Lucy	Delivery Man	79
4	1951	Dragnet		64
5	1952	Gang Busters		0
6	1952	Mr. & Mrs. North		43
7	1954	The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin		69
8	1955	Navy Log		45
9	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Desk Clerk	77
10	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	The Piano Player	77
11	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour		54
12	1955	Screen Director's Playhouse	Diner Patron	65
13	1956	Hey, Jeannie!	Officer	55
14	1956	Hey, Jeannie!	Expressman	55
15	1957	M Squad	Officer Ed Grady	52
16	1957	Perry Mason	Newspaper Delivery Man	77
17	1957	Maverick		68
18	1957	Leave It to Beaver	Cab Driver	70
19	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Townsman (uncredited)	69
20	1958	The Rifleman		70
21	1959	Johnny Staccato		56
22	1960	The Tall Man		63
23	1962	The Virginian	Waiter	65
24	1962	The Virginian	Bartender	65
25	1962	The Beverly Hillbillies		69