Frank Sully
Acting
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).
Filmography 177
Movies (150)
Bye Bye Birdie1963Bartender
Gypsy1962Wichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)
Let No Man Write My Epitaph1960Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah1958Fire Lieutenant (uncredited)
Man from God's Country1958Trail Cook (uncredited)
The Female Animal1958Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Rockabilly Baby1957Bum
The Helen Morgan Story1957Vendor (scenes deleted)
Domino Kid1957
The Buckskin Lady1957Jed
A Merry Mix-Up1957(uncredited)
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses1957Cop
The Desperados Are in Town1956Carl Branch
Friendly Persuasion1956Rebel Looter (uncredited)
You Can't Run Away from It1956Red
Frontier Gambler1956Bartender
So You Want to Be Pretty1956Harry (uncredited)
Blunder Boys1955Dean Watts D. Matter (uncredited)
Last of the Desperados1955Murder Victim Tim (bit)
Apache Ambush1955
The Naked Street1955
Seminole Uprising1955
Jungle Moon Men1955Max
Women's Prison1955
Fling in the Ring1955Big Mike
Silver Lode1954Paul Herbert, Telegrapher
Battle of Rogue River1954Pvt. Kohler
Ain't It Aggravatin'1954Neighbor (uncredited)
Bad for Each Other1953Tippy Kashko, Townsman
Pardon My Backfire1953Escaped Convict
Shows (27)
The Beverly Hillbillies1962
The Virginian1962Waiter
The Investigators1961
The Tall Man1960
Johnny Staccato1959
The Rifleman1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive1958Townsman (uncredited)
Leave It to Beaver1957Cab Driver
Maverick1957
Perry Mason1957Newspaper Delivery Man
M Squad1957Officer Ed Grady
Sugarfoot1957Frank the Bartender (uncredited)
Hey, Jeannie!1956Officer
The 20th Century Fox Hour1955
Screen Director's Playhouse1955Diner Patron
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955Desk Clerk
Navy Log1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955Mr. Miller (uncredited)
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin1954
Father Knows Best1954Waiter
Mr. & Mrs. North1952
The Ford Television Theatre1952Policeman- Gang Busters1952
Dragnet1951
I Love Lucy1951Delivery Man
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951Coots Larkin
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok1951