Frank Sully

from St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Artwork for Bye Bye BirdieImage of 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).

Timeline

1963Aged 55

  • Poster for Bye Bye Birdie

    Bartender

1962Aged 54

  • Poster for Gypsy

    Wichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)

1960Aged 52

  • Poster for Let No Man Write My Epitaph

    Drunk at Bar (uncredited)

1958Aged 50

  • Poster for The Female Animal

    Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

  • Poster for Man from God's Country

    Trail Cook (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Last Hurrah

    Fire Lieutenant (uncredited)

1957Aged 49

  • Poster for Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses

    Cop

  • Poster for A Merry Mix-Up

    (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Buckskin Lady

    Jed

  • Poster for Domino Kid

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Helen Morgan Story

    Vendor (scenes deleted)

  • Poster for Rockabilly Baby

    Bum

1956Aged 48

  • Poster for So You Want to Be Pretty

    Harry (uncredited)

  • Poster for Frontier Gambler

    Bartender

  • Poster for You Can't Run Away from It

    Red

  • Poster for Friendly Persuasion

    Rebel Looter (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Desperados Are in Town

    Carl Branch

1955Aged 47

  • Poster for Fling in the Ring

    Big Mike

  • Poster for Women's Prison

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Jungle Moon Men

    Max

  • Poster for Seminole Uprising

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Naked Street

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Apache Ambush

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Last of the Desperados

    Murder Victim Tim (bit)

  • Poster for Blunder Boys

    Dean Watts D. Matter (uncredited)

1954Aged 46

  • Poster for Ain't It Aggravatin'

    Neighbor (uncredited)

  • Poster for Battle of Rogue River

    Pvt. Kohler

  • Poster for Silver Lode

    Paul Herbert, Telegrapher

1953Aged 45

  • Poster for Spies and Guys

    Enemy Soldier (uncredited)

  • Poster for Northern Patrol

    Bartender

  • Poster for Pardon My Backfire

    Escaped Convict

  • Poster for Bad for Each Other

    Tippy Kashko, Townsman

1952Aged 44

  • Poster for A Fool and His Honey

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

    Harry, the Projectionist

  • Poster for Night Stage to Galveston

    Policeman Kelly

  • Poster for With a Song in My Heart

    Soldier (uncredited)

  • Poster for Young Man with Ideas

    Salesman (uncredited)

  • Poster for Pat and Mike

    Photographer (uncredited)

  • Poster for No Room for the Groom

    Cousin Luke

  • Strop, Look and Listen

    Waiter

1951Aged 43

  • Poster for Father's Little Dividend

    Infant Service Diaper Man (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Big Gusher

    Barfly

  • Poster for The Tall Target

    Telegram Messenger (uncredited)

  • Poster for Rhubarb

    Big Head Charlie - Bookie (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Red Badge of Courage

    Veteran (uncredited)

  • Poster for Let's Make It Legal

    Laborer (uncredited)

  • Poster for Man in the Saddle

    Lee Repp

1950Aged 42

  • Poster for Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey

    Looie

  • Poster for Blondie's Hero

    Mike McClusky, the Snorer (uncredited)

  • Poster for Killer Shark

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Good Humor Man

    Cop (uncredited)

  • Poster for Beauty on Parade

    Murph

  • Poster for The Reformer and the Redhead

    Joe (uncredited)

  • Nursie Behave

    Officer Murphy

  • Poster for Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance

    Looie

  • Poster for Rookie Fireman

    Charlie

1949Aged 41

  • Poster for Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

    Sergeant Matthews

  • Poster for Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch

    Looie

  • Poster for Trapped

    Sam the Bartender (uncredited)

1948Aged 40

  • Poster for Trapped by Boston Blackie

    Sgt. Matthews

  • Poster for Blondie's Reward

    Officer Carney

  • Poster for Gun Smugglers

    Corporal Clancy

1947Aged 39

  • Poster for Wild Harvest

    Nick

1946Aged 38

  • Poster for One Way to Love

    Hopkins

  • Poster for A Close Call for Boston Blackie

    Sgt. Matthews

  • Poster for The Gentleman Misbehaves

    Taxi Driver

  • Poster for Throw a Saddle on a Star

    Lawyer

  • Poster for Talk About a Lady

    Rocky Jordan

  • Poster for The Phantom Thief

    Detective Sergeant Matthews

  • Poster for Renegades

    Link

  • Poster for Dangerous Business

    Bert

  • It's Great to Be Young

    Burkett

  • Poster for Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

    Henchman 'Rigger'

  • Poster for Boston Blackie and the Law

    Sgt. Matthews

1945Aged 37

1944Aged 36

1943Aged 35

  • Poster for One Dangerous Night

    Hertzog - Henchman

  • Poster for Power of the Press

    Mack Gibbons (uncredited)

  • Poster for Murder in Times Square

    Benny the Baboon

  • Poster for The More the Merrier

    FBI Agent Pike

  • Poster for It's a Great Life

    Elevator Starter (uncredited)

  • Poster for Good Luck, Mr. Yates

    Joe Briggs

  • Poster for Pitchin' in the Kitchen

    Albert, the Neighbor

  • Poster for Thousands Cheer

    Alan

  • Poster for Dangerous Blondes

    Detective Joe Henderson

  • Poster for There's Something About a Soldier

    Alex Grybinski

1942Aged 34

  • Poster for All Through the Night

    Spence

  • Poster for Sleepytime Gal

    Dimples

  • Poster for Rings on Her Fingers

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Two Yanks in Trinidad

    Mike Paradise

  • Poster for Inside the Law

    Jim Burke

  • Poster for Parachute Nurse

    Sgt. Peters

  • Poster for A Man's World

    Sammy Collins

  • Poster for My Sister Eileen

    Jenson

  • Poster for Lucky Legs

    Mugg

  • Poster for The Daring Young Man

    Luke

  • Poster for The Boogie Man Will Get You

    Officer Joe Starrett

  • Poster for Laugh Your Blues Away

    Buck

1941Aged 33

  • Poster for Golden Hoofs

    Ed Muckle

  • Poster for Nice Girl?

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

    Salty

  • Poster for She Knew All the Answers

    Cop

  • Poster for Private Nurse

    Eddie

  • Poster for Let's Go Collegiate

    Hercules 'Herk' Bevans

1940Aged 32

  • Poster for The Fighting 69th

    Sergeant (uncredited)

  • Poster for Castle on the Hudson

    Second Prisoner (uncredited)

  • Poster for Women Without Names

    Friendly Motorist

  • Poster for The Grapes of Wrath

    Noah

  • Poster for The Doctor Takes a Wife

    Slapcovitch

  • Poster for Escape to Glory

    Tommy Malone

  • Poster for Lillian Russell

    Hank

  • Poster for Cross-Country Romance

    Mike

  • Poster for The Return of Frank James

    Actor

  • Poster for Young People

    Jeb

  • Poster for He Stayed for Breakfast

    Butcher

  • Poster for Yesterday's Heroes

    Curly Walsh

  • Poster for City for Conquest

    Radio Listener (uncredited)

  • Poster for Spring Parade

    Bert - Shawl Salesman

  • Poster for Dr. Kildare's Crisis

    John Root

1939Aged 31

  • Poster for The Great Man Votes

    Policeman at Parade

  • Poster for Sorority House

    The Caterer (uncredited)

  • Poster for Some Like It Hot

    Sailor Burke / The Living Corpse

  • Poster for Second Fiddle

    Townsman

  • Poster for Another Thin Man

    Pete (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Night of Nights

    Taxi Driver (uncredited)

1938Aged 30

  • Poster for Start Cheering

    Jimmy

  • Poster for Hold That Co-ed

    Steve Wurgerski

  • Poster for Youth Takes a Fling

    Jim

1937Aged 29

  • Poster for Black Legion

    Truck Driver's Helper (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Romance Of Robert Burns

    Jock Wilson (uncredited)

  • Poster for Criminals of the Air

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for They Gave Him a Gun

    Comedy Soldier (uncredited)

  • Poster for Captains Courageous

    Taxi Driver (uncredited)

  • Poster for White Bondage

    Man in Pool Room

  • Poster for Life Begins in College

    Football Player

  • Poster for Radio Patrol

    Flynn

  • Poster for Live, Love and Learn

    Marine (uncredited)

  • Poster for Daughter of Shanghai

    Jake Kelly

1936Aged 28

  • Poster for Gentle Julia

    Mr. Toms

  • Poster for Fury

    Dynamiter (uncredited)

  • Poster for Rhythm on the Range

    Splashed Rodeo Cowboy

  • Poster for Theodora Goes Wild

    Clarence (uncredited)

1935Aged 27

  • Poster for Mary Burns, Fugitive

    Steve

1934Aged 26

  • Poster for Murder at the Vanities

    Chorus Boy (uncredited)

  • Poster for Caravan

    Hungarian Soldier (Uncredited)