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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 17, 1908
Died
December 17, 1975
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
- Francis Thomas Sullivan
- Frank Sullivan
Frank Sully
0.4 Popularity
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
5.8
Bartender
Bye Bye Birdie
1963
6.3
Wichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)
Gypsy
1962
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.4
Waiter
The Virginian
1962
6.4
Bartender
The Virginian
1962
6.4
Danny
The Virginian
1962
5.0
The Investigators
1961
5.6
Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960
6.3
The Tall Man
1960
5.0
Johnny Staccato
1959
Credits
Bye Bye Birdie
as Bartender
1963
5.8
Gypsy
as Wichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)
1962
6.3
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.9
The Virginian
as Waiter
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Bartender
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Danny
1962
6.4
The Investigators
1961
5.0
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
1960
5.6
The Tall Man
1960
6.3
Johnny Staccato
1959
5.0
The Last Hurrah
as Fire Lieutenant (uncredited)
1958
7.2
The Rifleman
1958
7.1
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Townsman (uncredited)
1958
6.8
Man from God's Country
as Trail Cook (uncredited)
1958
4.8
The Female Animal
as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
1958
5.8
Rockabilly Baby
as Bum
1957
6.0
Leave It to Beaver
as Cab Driver
1957
6.9
Domino Kid
1957
5.7
Maverick
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Newspaper Delivery Man
1957
7.7
M Squad
as Officer Ed Grady
1957
5.2
The Buckskin Lady
as Jed
1957
3.8
A Merry Mix-Up
as (uncredited)
1957
5.3
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
as Cop
1957
0.0
The Desperados Are in Town
as Carl Branch
1956
0.0
Friendly Persuasion
as Rebel Looter (uncredited)
1956
6.7
You Can't Run Away from It
as Red
1956
4.7
🎬
Hey, Jeannie!
as Officer
1956
6.0
🎬
Hey, Jeannie!
as Expressman
1956
6.0
Frontier Gambler
as Bartender
1956
6.0
So You Want to Be Pretty
as Harry (uncredited)
1956
1.7
Blunder Boys
as Dean Watts D. Matter (uncredited)
1955
7.8
Last of the Desperados
as Murder Victim Tim (bit)
1955
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
5.4
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Diner Patron
1955
6.5
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Desk Clerk
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as The Piano Player
1955
7.8
🎬
Navy Log
1955
4.5
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Mr. Miller (uncredited)
1955
6.8
Apache Ambush
1955
6.0
The Naked Street
1955
6.1
Seminole Uprising
1955
5.0
Jungle Moon Men
as Max
1955
4.7
Women's Prison
1955
5.7
Fling in the Ring
as Big Mike
1955
5.2
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
6.9
Silver Lode
as Paul Herbert, Telegrapher
1954
6.1
Battle of Rogue River
as Pvt. Kohler
1954
5.7
🎬
Ain't It Aggravatin'
as Neighbor (uncredited)
1954
6.0
Bad for Each Other
as Tippy Kashko, Townsman
1953
5.7
Pardon My Backfire
as Escaped Convict
1953
5.6
Northern Patrol
as Bartender
1953
5.5
Spies and Guys
as Enemy Soldier (uncredited)
1953
0.0
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
4.3
Pat and Mike
as Photographer (uncredited)
1952
6.3
No Room for the Groom
as Cousin Luke
1952
5.5
Young Man with Ideas
as Salesman (uncredited)
1952
4.7
With a Song in My Heart
as Soldier (uncredited)
1952
5.9
🎬
Gang Busters
1952
0.0
Night Stage to Galveston
as Policeman Kelly
1952
5.0
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
as Harry, the Projectionist
1952
0.0
A Fool and His Honey
1952
0.0
Dragnet
1951
6.4
Man in the Saddle
as Lee Repp
1951
6.4
Let's Make It Legal
as Laborer (uncredited)
1951
5.4
I Love Lucy
as Delivery Man
1951
7.9
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Coots Larkin
1951
7.2
The Red Badge of Courage
as Veteran (uncredited)
1951
6.4
Rhubarb
as Big Head Charlie - Bookie (uncredited)
1951
5.3
The Tall Target
as Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
1951
6.8
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
4.5
Father's Little Dividend
as Infant Service Diaper Man (uncredited)
1951
6.5
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
as Looie
1950
0.0
The Reformer and the Redhead
as Joe (uncredited)
1950
6.3
Beauty on Parade
as Murph
1950
0.0
The Good Humor Man
as Cop (uncredited)
1950
6.0
Blondie's Hero
as Mike McClusky, the Snorer (uncredited)
1950
6.3
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
as Looie
1950
4.0
Trapped
as Sam the Bartender (uncredited)
1949
5.9
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
as Looie
1949
0.0
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Sergeant Matthews
1949
5.6
Gun Smugglers
as Corporal Clancy
1948
0.0
Blondie's Reward
as Officer Carney
1948
6.5
Trapped by Boston Blackie
as Sgt. Matthews
1948
6.5
Wild Harvest
as Nick
1947
0.0
Boston Blackie and the Law
as Sgt. Matthews
1946
6.0
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
as Henchman 'Rigger'
1946
5.8
🎬
It's Great to Be Young
as Burkett
1946
0.0
Dangerous Business
as Bert
1946
0.0
Renegades
as Link
1946
5.2
The Phantom Thief
as Detective Sergeant Matthews
1946
5.3
Talk About a Lady
as Rocky Jordan
1946
3.0
Throw a Saddle on a Star
as Lawyer
1946
0.0
The Gentleman Misbehaves
as Taxi Driver
1946
0.0
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
as Sgt. Matthews
1946
4.9
One Way to Love
as Hopkins
1946
7.0
🎬
Out of the Depths
as 'Speed' Brogan
1945
0.0
I Love a Bandleader
as Dan Benson
1945
0.0
Along Came Jones
as Avery de Longpre
1945
5.6
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
as Mathews
1945
4.7
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
as Sgt. Matthews
1945
5.5
Secret Command
as Shawn
1944
6.8
Two Girls and a Sailor
as Private Adams
1944
5.7
🎬
Bachelor Daze
as Ezra's neighbor
1944
0.0
The Ghost That Walks Alone
as Beppo
1944
3.7
There's Something About a Soldier
as Alex Grybinski
1943
4.8
Dangerous Blondes
as Detective Joe Henderson
1943
6.0
Thousands Cheer
as Alan
1943
6.4
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
as Albert, the Neighbor
1943
0.0
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
as Joe Briggs
1943
5.8
The More the Merrier
as FBI Agent Pike
1943
6.9
Murder in Times Square
as Benny the Baboon
1943
4.3
Power of the Press
as Mack Gibbons (uncredited)
1943
6.2
One Dangerous Night
as Hertzog - Henchman
1943
4.4
Laugh Your Blues Away
as Buck
1942
0.0
The Boogie Man Will Get You
as Officer Joe Starrett
1942
6.1
The Daring Young Man
as Luke
1942
4.3
Lucky Legs
as Mugg
1942
0.0
My Sister Eileen
as Jenson
1942
6.8
A Man's World
as Sammy Collins
1942
6.0
Parachute Nurse
as Sgt. Peters
1942
5.0
Inside the Law
as Jim Burke
1942
5.0
Two Yanks in Trinidad
as Mike Paradise
1942
2.5
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
6.5
Sleepytime Gal
as Dimples
1942
0.0
All Through the Night
as Spence
1942
6.8
Let's Go Collegiate
as Hercules 'Herk' Bevans
1941
5.0
Private Nurse
as Eddie
1941
0.0
She Knew All the Answers
as Cop
1941
6.3
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Salty
1941
4.7
Nice Girl?
1941
5.3
Golden Hoofs
as Ed Muckle
1941
7.0
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as John Root
1940
6.0
Spring Parade
as Bert - Shawl Salesman
1940
6.7
City for Conquest
as Radio Listener (uncredited)
1940
6.8
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Butcher
1940
0.0
Young People
as Jeb
1940
4.6
The Return of Frank James
as Actor
1940
6.3
Cross-Country Romance
as Mike
1940
6.4
Lillian Russell
as Hank
1940
6.1
Escape to Glory
as Tommy Malone
1940
6.0
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Slapcovitch
1940
6.4
The Grapes of Wrath
as Noah
1940
7.8
Women Without Names
as Friendly Motorist
1940
4.1
Castle on the Hudson
as Second Prisoner (uncredited)
1940
6.8
The Fighting 69th
as Sergeant (uncredited)
1940
5.5
The Night of Nights
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1939
0.0
Another Thin Man
as Pete (uncredited)
1939
7.1
Second Fiddle
as Townsman
1939
4.9
Some Like It Hot
as Sailor Burke / The Living Corpse
1939
7.2
Sorority House
as The Caterer (uncredited)
1939
6.8
The Great Man Votes
as Policeman at Parade
1939
6.1
Youth Takes a Fling
as Jim
1938
1.0
Hold That Co-ed
as Steve Wurgerski
1938
6.3
Start Cheering
as Jimmy
1938
7.0
Daughter of Shanghai
as Jake Kelly
1937
5.1
Live, Love and Learn
as Marine (uncredited)
1937
5.1
Radio Patrol
as Flynn
1937
0.0
Life Begins in College
as Football Player
1937
0.0
White Bondage
as Man in Pool Room
1937
6.0
Captains Courageous
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1937
7.5
They Gave Him a Gun
as Comedy Soldier (uncredited)
1937
6.2
Criminals of the Air
1937
5.5
🎬
The Romance Of Robert Burns
as Jock Wilson (uncredited)
1937
5.5
Black Legion
as Truck Driver's Helper (uncredited)
1937
6.6
Theodora Goes Wild
as Clarence (uncredited)
1936
6.5
Rhythm on the Range
as Splashed Rodeo Cowboy
1936
4.0
Fury
as Dynamiter (uncredited)
1936
7.4
Gentle Julia
as Mr. Toms
1936
0.0
Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Steve
1935
0.0
Caravan
as Hungarian Soldier (Uncredited)
1934
5.0
Murder at the Vanities
as Chorus Boy (uncredited)
1934
5.5