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Frank Sully

Actor

Frank Sully

Born June 17, 1908 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USADied December 17, 1975151 films

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).

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The Grapes of Wrath posterFirst watchThe Grapes of Wrath19407.8as NoahTom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day…View film

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Fury poster7.5Fury1936Captains Courageous poster7.4Captains Courageous1937Another Thin Man poster7.1Another Thin Man1939Friendly Persuasion poster6.6Friendly Persuasion1956The More the Merrier poster7.0The More the Merrier1943The Return of Frank James poster6.4The Return of Frank James1940The Last Hurrah poster7.2The Last Hurrah1958All Through the Night poster6.7All Through the Night1942

Filmography

151 films as actor
  1. 1963Bye Bye BirdieBartender
  2. 1962GypsyWichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)
  3. 1960Let No Man Write My EpitaphDrunk at Bar (uncredited)
  4. 1958The Last HurrahFire Lieutenant (uncredited)
  5. 1958Man from God's CountryTrail Cook (uncredited)
  6. 1958The Female AnimalTaxicab Driver (uncredited)
  7. 1957Rockabilly BabyBum
  8. 1957The Helen Morgan StoryVendor (scenes deleted)
  9. 1957Domino Kid
  10. 1957The Buckskin LadyJed
  11. 1957A Merry Mix-Up(uncredited)
  12. 1957Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and HorsesCop
  13. 1956The Desperados Are in TownCarl Branch
  14. 1956Friendly PersuasionRebel Looter (uncredited)
  15. 1956You Can't Run Away from ItRed
  16. 1956Frontier GamblerBartender
  17. 1956So You Want to Be PrettyHarry (uncredited)
  18. 1955Blunder BoysDean Watts D. Matter (uncredited)
  19. 1955Last of the DesperadosMurder Victim Tim (bit)
  20. 1955Apache Ambush
  21. 1955The Naked Street
  22. 1955Seminole Uprising
  23. 1955Jungle Moon MenMax
  24. 1955Women's Prison
  25. 1955Fling in the RingBig Mike
  26. 1954Silver LodePaul Herbert, Telegrapher
  27. 1954Battle of Rogue RiverPvt. Kohler
  28. 1954Ain't It Aggravatin'Neighbor (uncredited)
  29. 1953Bad for Each OtherTippy Kashko, Townsman
  30. 1953Pardon My BackfireEscaped Convict
  31. 1953Northern PatrolBartender
  32. 1953Spies and GuysEnemy Soldier (uncredited)
  33. 1952Strop, Look and ListenWaiter
  34. 1952No Room for the GroomCousin Luke
  35. 1952Pat and MikePhotographer (uncredited)
  36. 1952Young Man with IdeasSalesman (uncredited)
  37. 1952With a Song in My HeartSoldier (uncredited)
  38. 1952Night Stage to GalvestonPoliceman Kelly
  39. 1952Rainbow 'Round My ShoulderHarry, the Projectionist
  40. 1952A Fool and His Honey
  41. 1951Man in the SaddleLee Repp
  42. 1951Let's Make It LegalLaborer (uncredited)
  43. 1951The Red Badge of CourageVeteran (uncredited)
  44. 1951RhubarbBig Head Charlie - Bookie (uncredited)
  45. 1951The Tall TargetTelegram Messenger (uncredited)
  46. 1951The Big GusherBarfly
  47. 1951Father's Little DividendInfant Service Diaper Man (uncredited)
  48. 1950Rookie FiremanCharlie
  49. 1950Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a ChanceLooie
  50. 1950Nursie BehaveOfficer Murphy
  51. 1950The Reformer and the RedheadJoe (uncredited)
  52. 1950Beauty on ParadeMurph
  53. 1950The Good Humor ManCop (uncredited)
  54. 1950Killer Shark
  55. 1950Blondie's HeroMike McClusky, the Snorer (uncredited)
  56. 1950Joe Palooka Meets HumphreyLooie
  57. 1949TrappedSam the Bartender (uncredited)
  58. 1949Joe Palooka in the CounterpunchLooie
  59. 1949Boston Blackie's Chinese VentureSergeant Matthews
  60. 1948Gun SmugglersCorporal Clancy
  61. 1948Blondie's RewardOfficer Carney
  62. 1948Trapped by Boston BlackieSgt. Matthews
  63. 1947Wild HarvestNick
  64. 1946Boston Blackie and the LawSgt. Matthews
  65. 1946Crime Doctor's Man HuntHenchman 'Rigger'
  66. 1946It's Great to Be YoungBurkett
  67. 1946Dangerous BusinessBert
  68. 1946RenegadesLink
  69. 1946The Phantom ThiefDetective Sergeant Matthews
  70. 1946Talk About a LadyRocky Jordan
  71. 1946Throw a Saddle on a StarLawyer
  72. 1946The Gentleman MisbehavesTaxi Driver
  73. 1946A Close Call for Boston BlackieSgt. Matthews
  74. 1946One Way to LoveHopkins
  75. 1945Out of the Depths'Speed' Brogan
  76. 1945I Love a BandleaderDan Benson
  77. 1945Along Came JonesAvery de Longpre
  78. 1945Boston Blackie's RendezvousMathews
  79. 1945Boston Blackie Booked on SuspicionSgt. Matthews
  80. 1944Secret CommandShawn
  81. 1944Two Girls and a SailorPrivate Adams
  82. 1944Bachelor DazeEzra's neighbor
  83. 1944The Ghost That Walks AloneBeppo
  84. 1943There's Something About a SoldierAlex Grybinski
  85. 1943Dangerous BlondesDetective Joe Henderson
  86. 1943Thousands CheerAlan
  87. 1943Pitchin' in the KitchenAlbert, the Neighbor
  88. 1943Good Luck, Mr. YatesJoe Briggs
  89. 1943The More the MerrierFBI Agent Pike
  90. 1943Murder in Times SquareBenny the Baboon
  91. 1943Power of the PressMack Gibbons (uncredited)
  92. 1943One Dangerous NightHertzog - Henchman
  93. 1942Laugh Your Blues AwayBuck
  94. 1942The Boogie Man Will Get YouOfficer Joe Starrett
  95. 1942The Daring Young ManLuke
  96. 1942Lucky LegsMugg
  97. 1942My Sister EileenJenson
  98. 1942A Man's WorldSammy Collins
  99. 1942Parachute NurseSgt. Peters
  100. 1942Inside the LawJim Burke
  101. 1942Two Yanks in TrinidadMike Paradise
  102. 1942Rings on Her Fingers
  103. 1942Sleepytime GalDimples
  104. 1942All Through the NightSpence
  105. 1941Let's Go CollegiateHercules 'Herk' Bevans
  106. 1941Private NurseEddie
  107. 1941She Knew All the AnswersCop
  108. 1941A Girl, a Guy, and a GobSalty
  109. 1941Nice Girl?
  110. 1941Golden HoofsEd Muckle
  111. 1940Dr. Kildare's CrisisJohn Root
  112. 1940Spring ParadeBert - Shawl Salesman
  113. 1940City for ConquestRadio Listener (uncredited)
  114. 1940Yesterday's HeroesCurly Walsh
  115. 1940He Stayed for BreakfastButcher
  116. 1940Young PeopleJeb
  117. 1940The Return of Frank JamesActor
  118. 1940Cross-Country RomanceMike
  119. 1940Lillian RussellHank
  120. 1940Escape to GloryTommy Malone