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).
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Filmography
all 161
Movies 139
TV Shows 22
Stage driver MacArdle / Tom Lynch
Legends of the Old West: Stories of the Century (2004)
Movie
Bartender
Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Movie
Wichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)
Gypsy (1962)
Movie
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
TV
6
Waiter / Bartender
The Virginian (1962)
TV
Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
Movie
The Tall Man (1960)
TV
Johnny Staccato (1959)
TV
Fire Lieutenant (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah (1958)
Movie
The Rifleman (1958)
TV
6.67
Townsman (uncredited)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
TV
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
The Female Animal (1958)
Movie
Bum
Rockabilly Baby (1957)
Movie
Cab Driver
Leave It to Beaver (1957)
TV
Maverick (1957)
TV
5.33
Newspaper Delivery Man
Perry Mason (1957)
TV
4.33
Officer Ed Grady
M Squad (1957)
TV
Jed
The Buckskin Lady (1957)
Movie
Sheriff
Guns A Poppin (1957)
Movie
(uncredited)
A Merry Mix-Up (1957)
Movie
Carl Branch
The Desperados Are in Town (1956)
Movie
Red
You Can't Run Away from It (1956)
Movie
Cop / Expressman No. 1 / Officer
Hey, Jeannie! (1956)
TV
Bartender
Frontier Gambler (1956)
Movie
Harry (uncredited)
So You Want to Be Pretty (1956)
Movie
Murder Victim Tim (bit)
Last of the Desperados (1955)
Movie
Jake / Scrub White / Sergeant
The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
TV
Desk Clerk / The Piano Player
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Navy Log (1955)
TV
Apache Ambush (1955)
Movie
The Naked Street (1955)
Movie
5.89
Seminole Uprising (1955)
Movie
Max
Jungle Moon Men (1955)
Movie
Women's Prison (1955)
Movie
Big Mike
Fling in the Ring (1955)
Movie
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954)
TV
6
Paul Herbert, Telegrapher
Silver Lode (1954)
Movie
Pvt. Kohler
Battle of Rogue River (1954)
Movie
Neighbor
Ain't It Aggravatin' (1954)
Movie
Stage driver MacArdle / Tom Lynch
Stories of the Century (1954)
TV
Tippy Kashko, Townsman
Bad for Each Other (1953)
Movie
Algernon, Escaped Convict
Pardon My Backfire (1953)
Movie
Bartender
Northern Patrol (1953)
Movie
Enemy Soldier (uncredited)
Spies and Guys (1953)
Movie
Mr. & Mrs. North (1952)
TV
Cousin Luke
No Room for the Groom (1952)
Movie
Albert, the Neighbor
The Gink at the Sink (1952)
Movie
Salesman (uncredited)
Young Man with Ideas (1952)
Movie
Soldier
With a Song in My Heart (1952)
Movie
Gang Busters (1952)
TV
Policeman Kelly
Night Stage to Galveston (1952)
Movie
Harry, the Projectionist
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1952)
Movie
Herman - Jealous Boyfriend
A Fool and His Honey (1952)
Movie
Dragnet (1951)
TV
7
Lee Repp
Man in the Saddle (1951)
Movie
Laborer (uncredited)
Let's Make It Legal (1951)
Movie
Delivery Man
I Love Lucy (1951)
TV
7.33
Coots Larkin
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
TV
Big Head Charlie - Bookie (uncredited)
Rhubarb (1951)
Movie
Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
The Tall Target (1951)
Movie
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
TV
Looie
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950)
Movie
Joe (uncredited)
The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)
Movie
Murph
Beauty on Parade (1950)
Movie
Cop (uncredited)
The Good Humor Man (1950)
Movie
Mike McClusky, the Snorer (uncredited)
Blondie's Hero (1950)
Movie
Looie
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (1950)
Movie
Sam the Bartender (uncredited)
Trapped (1949)
Movie
Looie
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch (1949)
Movie
Sergeant Matthews
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)
Movie
Corporal Clancy
Gun Smugglers (1948)
Movie
Officer Carney
Blondie's Reward (1948)
Movie
Sgt. Matthews
Trapped by Boston Blackie (1948)
Movie
Nick
Wild Harvest (1947)
Movie
Sgt. Matthews
Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
Movie
Rigger
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt (1946)
Movie
Burkett
It's Great to Be Young (1946)
Movie
Bert
Dangerous Business (1946)
Movie
Link
Renegades (1946)
Movie
Detective Sergeant Matthews
The Phantom Thief (1946)
Movie
Rocky Jordan
Talk About a Lady (1946)
Movie
Lawyer
Throw a Saddle on a Star (1946)
Movie
Taxi Driver
The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946)
Movie
Sergeant Matthews
A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)
Movie
5.63
Hopkins
One Way to Love (1946)
Movie
'Speed' Brogan
Out of the Depths (1945)
Movie
Jerry Knox
Calling All Fibbers (1945)
Movie
Dan Benson
I Love a Bandleader (1945)
Movie
Avery de Longpre
Along Came Jones (1945)
Movie
Mathews
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous (1945)
Movie
Sergeant Matthews
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion (1945)
Movie
Shawn
Secret Command (1944)
Movie
Private Adams
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Movie
Ezra's neighbor
Bachelor Daze (1944)
Movie
Beppo
The Ghost That Walks Alone (1944)
Movie
Alex Grybinski
There's Something About a Soldier (1943)
Movie
Detective Joe Henderson
Dangerous Blondes (1943)
Movie
Alan
Thousands Cheer (1943)
Movie
Albert, the Neighbor
Pitchin' in the Kitchen (1943)
Movie
Joe Briggs
Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943)
Movie
FBI Agent Pike
The More the Merrier (1943)
Movie
6
Benny the Baboon
Murder in Times Square (1943)
Movie
Mack Gibbons (uncredited)
Power of the Press (1943)
Movie
6.5
Hertzog - Henchman
One Dangerous Night (1943)
Movie
Buck
Laugh Your Blues Away (1942)
Movie
Officer Joe Starrett
The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
Movie
6
Luke
The Daring Young Man (1942)
Movie
Johnny's Friend
Kiss and Wake Up (1942)
Movie
Mugg
Lucky Legs (1942)
Movie
Jenson
My Sister Eileen (1942)
Movie
Sammy Collins
A Man's World (1942)
Movie
Sgt. Peters
Parachute Nurse (1942)
Movie
Jim Burke
Inside the Law (1942)
Movie
Mike Paradise
Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942)
Movie
Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
Movie
Dimples
Sleepytime Gal (1942)
Movie
Spence
All Through the Night (1942)
Movie
Hercules 'Herk' Bevans
Let's Go Collegiate (1941)
Movie
Eddie
Private Nurse (1941)
Movie
Cop
She Knew All the Answers (1941)
Movie
Salty
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941)
Movie
Nice Girl? (1941)
Movie
Ed Muckle
Golden Hoofs (1941)
Movie
John Root
Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940)
Movie
Bert - Shawl Salesman
Spring Parade (1940)
Movie
Radio Listener (uncredited)
City for Conquest (1940)
Movie
Butcher
He Stayed for Breakfast (1940)
Movie
Jeb
Young People (1940)
Movie
Actor
The Return of Frank James (1940)
Movie
Mike
Cross-Country Romance (1940)
Movie
Hank
Lillian Russell (1940)
Movie
Tommy Malone
Escape to Glory (1940)
Movie
Slapcovitch
The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
Movie
Noah
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Movie
5.42
Friendly Motorist
Women Without Names (1940)
Movie
Second Prisoner (uncredited)
Castle on the Hudson (1940)
Movie
Sergeant (uncredited)
The Fighting 69th (1940)
Movie
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
The Night of Nights (1939)
Movie
Pete (uncredited)
Another Thin Man (1939)
Movie
5.6
Townsman
Second Fiddle (1939)
Movie
Sailor Burke / The Living Corpse
Some Like It Hot (1939)
Movie
The Caterer
Sorority House (1939)
Movie
Policeman at Parade
The Great Man Votes (1939)
Movie
Jim
Youth Takes a Fling (1938)
Movie
Steve Wurgerski
Hold That Co-ed (1938)
Movie
Jimmy
Start Cheering (1938)
Movie
Jake Kelly
Daughter of Shanghai (1937)
Movie
Marine (uncredited)
Live, Love and Learn (1937)
Movie
Flynn
Radio Patrol (1937)
Movie
Football Player
Life Begins in College (1937)
Movie
Man in Pool Room
White Bondage (1937)
Movie
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Movie
5
Comedy Soldier (uncredited)
They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
Movie
Jock Wilson (uncredited)
The Romance Of Robert Burns (1937)
Movie
Truck Driver's Helper (uncredited)
Black Legion (1937)
Movie
6
Clarence (uncredited)
Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
Movie
6
Splashed Rodeo Cowboy
Rhythm on the Range (1936)
Movie
Dynamiter (uncredited)
Fury (1936)
Movie
3.67
Mr. Toms
Gentle Julia (1936)
Movie
Steve
Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
Movie
Hungarian Soldier (Uncredited)
Caravan (1934)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.45
Based on 331 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1934
1941
1946
1942
2004
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1908-06-17
Deathday1975-12-17 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceSt. Louis, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsFrancis Thomas Sullivan, Frank Sullivan
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