Frank Sully
Acting

Frank Sully

Born 17 June 1908 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA · Died 17 December 1975

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

The Grapes of Wrath
The Return of Frank James
Bye Bye Birdie
The More the Merrier
Leave It to Beaver
All Through the Night
Silver Lode
Along Came Jones
Dragnet
The Virginian
The Boogie Man Will Get You
My Sister Eileen
Bye Bye Birdie
Domino Kid
Rockabilly Baby
The Buckskin Lady
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
The Helen Morgan Story
Frontier Gambler
The Desperados Are in Town
You Can't Run Away from It
Fling in the Ring
Apache Ambush
Seminole Uprising
Jungle Moon Men
Last of the Desperados
The Naked Street
Women's Prison
Silver Lode
Battle of Rogue River
Pardon My Backfire
Bad for Each Other
Northern Patrol
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
No Room for the Groom
Night Stage to Galveston
A Fool and His Honey
Man in the Saddle
The Big Gusher
Beauty on Parade
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
Rookie Fireman
Killer Shark
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
Trapped by Boston Blackie
Gun Smugglers
Blondie's Reward
Wild Harvest
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
Boston Blackie and the Law
Talk About a Lady
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
The Phantom Thief
Renegades
One Way to Love
Dangerous Business
Throw a Saddle on a Star
The Gentleman Misbehaves
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
Along Came Jones
I Love a Bandleader
Two Girls and a Sailor
Secret Command
The Ghost That Walks Alone
Thousands Cheer
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
There's Something About a Soldier
The More the Merrier
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Dangerous Blondes
Murder in Times Square
One Dangerous Night
My Sister Eileen
Inside the Law
All Through the Night
The Daring Young Man
Parachute Nurse
Laugh Your Blues Away
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Lucky Legs
Sleepytime Gal
Rings on Her Fingers
A Man's World
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Nice Girl?
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Let's Go Collegiate
Private Nurse
Golden Hoofs
She Knew All the Answers
The Grapes of Wrath
Young People
Cross-Country Romance
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Spring Parade
The Return of Frank James
Lillian Russell
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
He Stayed for Breakfast
Women Without Names
Escape to Glory
Yesterday's Heroes
Some Like It Hot
The Great Man Votes
Second Fiddle
Hold That Co-ed
Youth Takes a Fling
Start Cheering
Radio Patrol
Life Begins in College
White Bondage
Daughter of Shanghai
Criminals of the Air
Rhythm on the Range
Gentle Julia
Mary Burns, Fugitive
Frank Sully · Midrow