Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

168

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-06-17

Deathday

1975-12-17 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

Francis Thomas Sullivan
Frank Sullivan

Frank Sully

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

7.8%

The Grapes of Wrath

Mar 15, 1940

7.4%

Fury

Jun 5, 1936

7.7%

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Oct 2, 1955

7.7%

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Oct 2, 1955

7.9%

I Love Lucy

Oct 15, 1951

7.4%

Captains Courageous

Jun 25, 1937

6.3%

The Return of Frank James

Aug 10, 1940

7.7%

Perry Mason

Sep 21, 1957

7.1%

Another Thin Man

Nov 17, 1939

6.6%

Friendly Persuasion

Nov 25, 1956

6.8%

The Beverly Hillbillies

Sep 26, 1962

5.9%

Bye Bye Birdie

Apr 4, 1963

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Acting

1963

Bye Bye Birdie as Bartender

1962		Gypsy as Wichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)
1962		The Beverly Hillbillies
1962		The Virginian as Waiter
1962		The Virginian as Bartender

1960		Let No Man Write My Epitaph as Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
1960		The Tall Man

1959

Johnny Staccato

1958		The Last Hurrah as Fire Lieutenant (uncredited)
1958		The Rifleman
1958		Wanted: Dead or Alive as Townsman (uncredited)
1958		Man from God's Country as Trail Cook (uncredited)
1958		The Female Animal as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

1957		Rockabilly Baby as Bum
1957		Leave It to Beaver as Cab Driver
1957		Domino Kid
1957		Maverick
1957		Perry Mason as Newspaper Delivery Man
1957		M Squad as Officer Ed Grady
1957		The Buckskin Lady as Jed
1957		A Merry Mix-Up as (uncredited)

1956		Friendly Persuasion as Rebel Looter (uncredited)
1956		The Desperados Are in Town as Carl Branch
1956		You Can't Run Away from It as Red
1956		Hey, Jeannie! as Officer
1956		Hey, Jeannie! as Expressman
1956		Frontier Gambler as Bartender
1956		So You Want to Be Pretty as Harry (uncredited)

1955		Blunder Boys as Dean Watts D. Matter (uncredited)
1955		Last of the Desperados as Murder Victim Tim (bit)
1955		The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955		Screen Director's Playhouse as Diner Patron
1955		Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Desk Clerk
1955		Alfred Hitchcock Presents as The Piano Player
1955		Navy Log
1955		Apache Ambush
1955		The Naked Street
1955		Seminole Uprising
1955		Jungle Moon Men as Max
1955		Women's Prison
1955		Fling in the Ring as Big Mike

1954		The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954		Silver Lode as Paul Herbert, Telegrapher
1954		Battle of Rogue River as Pvt. Kohler
1954		Ain't It Aggravatin' as Neighbor (uncredited)

1953		Bad for Each Other as Tippy Kashko, Townsman
1953		Pardon My Backfire as Escaped Convict
1953		Northern Patrol as Bartender
1953		Spies and Guys as Enemy Soldier (uncredited)

1952		Mr. & Mrs. North
1952		Pat and Mike as Photographer (uncredited)
1952		No Room for the Groom as Cousin Luke
1952		Young Man with Ideas as Salesman (uncredited)
1952		With a Song in My Heart as Soldier
1952		Gang Busters
1952		Night Stage to Galveston as Policeman Kelly
1952		Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder as Harry, the Projectionist
1952		A Fool and His Honey

1951		Dragnet
1951		Man in the Saddle as Lee Repp
1951		Let's Make It Legal as Laborer (uncredited)
1951		I Love Lucy as Delivery Man
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Coots Larkin
1951		The Red Badge of Courage as Veteran (uncredited)
1951		Rhubarb as Big Head Charlie - Bookie (uncredited)
1951		The Tall Target as Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
1951		The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951		Father's Little Dividend as Infant Service Diaper Man (uncredited)

1950		Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance as Looie
1950		The Reformer and the Redhead as Joe (uncredited)
1950		Beauty on Parade as Murph
1950		The Good Humor Man as Cop (uncredited)
1950		Blondie's Hero as Mike McClusky, the Snorer (uncredited)
1950		Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey as Looie

1949		Trapped as Sam the Bartender (uncredited)
1949		Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch as Looie
1949		Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture as Sergeant Matthews

1948		Gun Smugglers as Corporal Clancy
1948		Blondie's Reward as Officer Carney
1948		Trapped by Boston Blackie as Sgt. Matthews

1947

Wild Harvest as Nick

1946		Boston Blackie and the Law as Sgt. Matthews
1946		Crime Doctor's Man Hunt as Henchman 'Rigger'
1946		It's Great to Be Young as Burkett
1946		Dangerous Business as Bert
1946		Renegades as Link
1946		The Phantom Thief as Detective Sergeant Matthews
1946		Talk About a Lady as Rocky Jordan
1946		Throw a Saddle on a Star as Lawyer
1946		The Gentleman Misbehaves as Taxi Driver
1946		A Close Call for Boston Blackie as Sgt. Matthews
1946		One Way to Love as Hopkins

1945		Out of the Depths as 'Speed' Brogan
1945		I Love a Bandleader as Dan Benson
1945		Along Came Jones as Avery de Longpre
1945		Boston Blackie's Rendezvous as Mathews
1945		Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion as Sgt. Matthews

1944		Secret Command as Shawn
1944		Two Girls and a Sailor as Private Adams
1944		Bachelor Daze as Ezra's neighbor
1944		The Ghost That Walks Alone as Beppo

1943		There's Something About a Soldier as Alex Grybinski
1943		Dangerous Blondes as Detective Joe Henderson
1943		Thousands Cheer as Alan
1943		Pitchin' in the Kitchen as Albert, the Neighbor
1943		Good Luck, Mr. Yates as Joe Briggs
1943		The More the Merrier as FBI Agent Pike
1943		Murder in Times Square as Benny the Baboon
1943		Power of the Press as Mack Gibbons (uncredited)
1943		One Dangerous Night as Hertzog - Henchman

1942		Laugh Your Blues Away as Buck
1942		The Boogie Man Will Get You as Officer Joe Starrett
1942		The Daring Young Man as Luke
1942		Lucky Legs as Mugg
1942		My Sister Eileen as Jenson
1942		A Man's World as Sammy Collins
1942		Parachute Nurse as Sgt. Peters
1942		Inside the Law as Jim Burke
1942		Two Yanks in Trinidad as Mike Paradise
1942		Rings on Her Fingers
1942		Sleepytime Gal as Dimples
1942		All Through the Night as Spence

1941		Let's Go Collegiate as Hercules 'Herk' Bevans
1941		Private Nurse as Eddie
1941		She Knew All the Answers as Cop
1941		A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob as Salty
1941		Nice Girl?
1941		Golden Hoofs as Ed Muckle

1940		Dr. Kildare's Crisis as John Root
1940		Spring Parade as Bert - Shawl Salesman
1940		City for Conquest as Radio Listener (uncredited)
1940		He Stayed for Breakfast as Butcher
1940		Young People as Jeb
1940		The Return of Frank James as Actor
1940		Cross-Country Romance as Mike
1940		Lillian Russell as Hank
1940		Escape to Glory as Tommy Malone
1940		The Doctor Takes a Wife as Slapcovitch
1940		The Grapes of Wrath as Noah
1940		Women Without Names as Friendly Motorist
1940		Castle on the Hudson as Second Prisoner (uncredited)
1940		The Fighting 69th as Sergeant (uncredited)

1939		The Night of Nights as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1939		Another Thin Man as Pete (uncredited)
1939		Second Fiddle as Townsman
1939		Some Like It Hot as Sailor Burke / The Living Corpse
1939		Sorority House as The Caterer
1939		The Great Man Votes as Policeman at Parade

1938		Youth Takes a Fling as Jim
1938		Hold That Co-ed as Steve Wurgerski
1938		Start Cheering as Jimmy

1937		Daughter of Shanghai as Jake Kelly
1937		Live, Love and Learn as Marine (uncredited)
1937		Radio Patrol as Flynn
1937		Life Begins in College as Football Player
1937		White Bondage as Man in Pool Room
1937		Captains Courageous as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1937		They Gave Him a Gun as Comedy Soldier (uncredited)
1937		Criminals of the Air
1937		The Romance Of Robert Burns as Jock Wilson (uncredited)
1937		Black Legion as Truck Driver's Helper (uncredited)

1936		Theodora Goes Wild as Clarence (uncredited)
1936		Rhythm on the Range as Splashed Rodeo Cowboy
1936		Fury as Dynamiter (uncredited)
1936		Gentle Julia as Mr. Toms

1935

Mary Burns, Fugitive as Steve

1934		Caravan as Hungarian Soldier (Uncredited)
1934		Murder at the Vanities