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Frank Sully

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedJun 17, 1908 (Died at 67)
Zodiac Sign♊Gemini
Place of BirthSaint Louis, Missouri, USA
Career Span1934 – 1975
Known Credits172 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 0.7

Frank Sully

Also known as:Francis Thomas SullivanFrank Sullivan
Total Works

172

146 movies • 26 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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).

Signature Roles & Milestones

The Grapes of Wrath
7.8
as Noah
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.8
as Desk Clerk
I Love Lucy
7.9
I Love Lucy
1951•series
as Delivery Man
Fury
7.5
Fury
1936•movie
as Dynamiter (uncredited)

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 172 titles featuring Frank Sully

The Grapes of Wrath
7.8

as Noah

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.8
1 eps

as Desk Clerk

I Love Lucy
7.9
1 eps
I Love Lucy
1951•series

as Delivery Man

Fury
7.5
Fury
1936•movie

as Dynamiter (uncredited)

Captains Courageous
7.4

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Friendly Persuasion
6.6

as Rebel Looter (uncredited)

Another Thin Man
7.1
Another Thin Man
1939•movie

as Pete (uncredited)

The Return of Frank James
6.4

as Actor

Perry Mason
7.7
1 eps
Perry Mason
1957•series

as Newspaper Delivery Man

The Beverly Hillbillies
6.9
1 eps
Bye Bye Birdie
5.9
Bye Bye Birdie
1963•movie

as Bartender

The More the Merrier
6.9

as FBI Agent Pike

Leave It to Beaver
6.9
3 eps
Leave It to Beaver
1957•series

as Cab Driver

Gypsy
6.4
Gypsy
1962•movie

as Wichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)

All Through the Night
6.7

as Spence

Pat and Mike
6.4
Pat and Mike
1952•movie

as Photographer (uncredited)

Father's Little Dividend
6.5

as Infant Service Diaper Man (uncredited)

The Red Badge of Courage
6.4

as Veteran (uncredited)

Silver Lode
6.2
Silver Lode
1954•movie

as Paul Herbert, Telegrapher

The Last Hurrah
7.2
The Last Hurrah
1958•movie

as Fire Lieutenant (uncredited)

Black Legion
6.6
Black Legion
1937•movie

as Truck Driver's Helper (uncredited)

The Rifleman
7.1
1 eps
The Rifleman
1958•series
Theodora Goes Wild
6.6
Theodora Goes Wild
1936•movie

as Clarence (uncredited)

The Tall Target
6.8
The Tall Target
1951•movie

as Telegram Messenger (uncredited)

Maverick
7.0
1 eps
Maverick
1957•series
Along Came Jones
5.8
Along Came Jones
1945•movie

as Avery de Longpre

City for Conquest
6.9
City for Conquest
1940•movie

as Radio Listener (uncredited)

Wanted: Dead or Alive
7.1
2 eps

as Townsman (uncredited)

Dragnet
6.5
2 eps
Dragnet
1951•series
The Virginian
6.5
1 eps
The Virginian
1962•series

as Waiter

Trapped
6.0
Trapped
1949•movie

as Sam the Bartender (uncredited)

The Boogie Man Will Get You
6.2

as Officer Joe Starrett

The Fighting 69th
5.9
The Fighting 69th
1940•movie

as Sergeant (uncredited)

Father Knows Best
6.6
1 eps
Father Knows Best
1954•series

as Waiter

Let's Make It Legal
5.6

as Laborer (uncredited)

Man in the Saddle
6.6
Man in the Saddle
1951•movie

as Lee Repp

My Sister Eileen
6.8
My Sister Eileen
1942•movie

as Jenson

The Naked Street
6.2
The Naked Street
1955•movie
Thousands Cheer
6.4
Thousands Cheer
1943•movie

as Alan

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
7.0
1 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
6.8
1 eps

as Mr. Miller (uncredited)

Women's Prison
5.8
Women's Prison
1955•movie
With a Song in My Heart
6.1

as Soldier (uncredited)

Rings on Her Fingers
6.7
Daughter of Shanghai
5.4

as Jake Kelly

The Female Animal
6.0
The Female Animal
1958•movie

as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

Murder at the Vanities
5.7

as Chorus Boy (uncredited)

Castle on the Hudson
7.0

as Second Prisoner (uncredited)

Bad for Each Other
6.2
Bad for Each Other
1953•movie

as Tippy Kashko, Townsman

Apache Ambush
6.3
Apache Ambush
1955•movie
Seminole Uprising
5.0
Seminole Uprising
1955•movie
Lillian Russell
6.6
Lillian Russell
1940•movie

as Hank

Two Girls and a Sailor
5.8

as Private Adams

Spring Parade
6.9
Spring Parade
1940•movie

as Bert - Shawl Salesman

The Helen Morgan Story
5.3

as Vendor (scenes deleted)

Power of the Press
6.5
Power of the Press
1943•movie

as Mack Gibbons (uncredited)

The Buckskin Lady
4.3
The Buckskin Lady
1957•movie

as Jed

Young People
5.2
Young People
1940•movie

as Jeb

Let No Man Write My Epitaph
5.9

as Drunk at Bar (uncredited)

The Doctor Takes a Wife
6.8

as Slapcovitch

You Can't Run Away from It
5.4

as Red

Man from God's Country
5.0

as Trail Cook (uncredited)

The 20th Century Fox Hour
6.0
2 eps
Pardon My Backfire
6.1
Pardon My Backfire
1953•movie

as Escaped Convict

A Close Call for Boston Blackie
5.4

as Sgt. Matthews

Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
5.0

as Mathews

No Room for the Groom
5.8

as Cousin Luke

Domino Kid
5.8
Domino Kid
1957•movie
Young Man with Ideas
5.2

as Salesman (uncredited)

Rhubarb
5.8
Rhubarb
1951•movie

as Big Head Charlie - Bookie (uncredited)

Johnny Staccato
5.2
1 eps
Johnny Staccato
1959•series
Live, Love and Learn
5.6

as Marine (uncredited)

Start Cheering
6.9
Start Cheering
1938•movie

as Jimmy

Second Fiddle
5.1
Second Fiddle
1939•movie

as Townsman

Jungle Moon Men
5.4
Jungle Moon Men
1955•movie

as Max

One Dangerous Night
5.1

as Hertzog - Henchman

Sugarfoot
5.1
1 eps
Sugarfoot
1957•series

as Frank the Bartender (uncredited)

Boston Blackie and the Law
6.6

as Sgt. Matthews

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
6.1

as Sergeant Matthews

Trapped by Boston Blackie
6.9

as Sgt. Matthews

Secret Command
6.6
Secret Command
1944•movie

as Shawn

Some Like It Hot
7.6
Some Like It Hot
1939•movie

as Sailor Burke / The Living Corpse

Hold That Co-ed
6.7
Hold That Co-ed
1938•movie

as Steve Wurgerski

A Merry Mix-Up
5.9
A Merry Mix-Up
1957•movie

as (uncredited)

Sorority House
7.3
Sorority House
1939•movie

as The Caterer (uncredited)

The Great Man Votes
6.4

as Policeman at Parade

Battle of Rogue River
6.0

as Pvt. Kohler

The Good Humor Man
6.3
The Good Humor Man
1950•movie

as Cop (uncredited)

Dangerous Blondes
6.3
Dangerous Blondes
1943•movie

as Detective Joe Henderson

Murder in Times Square
4.7

as Benny the Baboon

The Tall Man
6.9
1 eps
The Tall Man
1960•series
M Squad
5.4
1 eps
M Squad
1957•series

as Officer Ed Grady

Mr. & Mrs. North
5.0
1 eps
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952•series
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
5.8

as Sgt. Matthews

Fling in the Ring
6.0
Fling in the Ring
1955•movie

as Big Mike

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
5.5

as Salty

Renegades
5.8
Renegades
1946•movie

as Link

Cross-Country Romance
6.7

as Mike

They Gave Him a Gun
6.7

as Comedy Soldier (uncredited)

Dr. Kildare's Crisis
6.7

as John Root

Blondie's Reward
6.8
Blondie's Reward
1948•movie

as Officer Carney

Blunder Boys
8.2
Blunder Boys
1955•movie

as Dean Watts D. Matter (uncredited)

Blondie's Hero
6.8
Blondie's Hero
1950•movie

as Mike McClusky, the Snorer (uncredited)

Nice Girl?
6.4
Nice Girl?
1941•movie
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
6.6

as Henchman 'Rigger'

The Phantom Thief
6.4
The Phantom Thief
1946•movie

as Detective Sergeant Matthews

Night Stage to Galveston
5.8

as Policeman Kelly

Let's Go Collegiate
5.4

as Hercules 'Herk' Bevans

Two Yanks in Trinidad
4.0

as Mike Paradise

Women Without Names
4.7

as Friendly Motorist

The Reformer and the Redhead
7.6

as Joe (uncredited)

She Knew All the Answers
6.6

as Cop

So You Want to Be Pretty
4.0

as Harry (uncredited)

Killer Shark
6.4
Killer Shark
1950•movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.2
1 eps

as Coots Larkin

Navy Log
5.2
1 eps
Navy Log
1955•series
Screen Director's Playhouse
7.0
1 eps

as Diner Patron

There's Something About a Soldier
5.4

as Alex Grybinski

The Daring Young Man
5.0

as Luke

The Ghost That Walks Alone
4.8

as Beppo

White Bondage
6.8
White Bondage
1937•movie

as Man in Pool Room

The Romance Of Robert Burns
6.8

as Jock Wilson (uncredited)

Hey, Jeannie!
6.2
1 eps
Hey, Jeannie!
1956•series

as Officer

The Ford Television Theatre
7.8
1 eps

as Policeman

Talk About a Lady
5.0
Talk About a Lady
1946•movie

as Rocky Jordan

Inside the Law
6.7
Inside the Law
1942•movie

as Jim Burke

Gun Smugglers
6.7
Gun Smugglers
1948•movie

as Corporal Clancy

Good Luck, Mr. Yates
6.5

as Joe Briggs

Rockabilly Baby
6.3
Rockabilly Baby
1957•movie

as Bum

Northern Patrol
7.0
Northern Patrol
1953•movie

as Bartender

Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
5.3

as Looie

Criminals of the Air
6.3
Frontier Gambler
6.5
Frontier Gambler
1956•movie

as Bartender

One Way to Love
7.0
One Way to Love
1946•movie

as Hopkins

Youth Takes a Fling
5.5

as Jim

Caravan
6.5
Caravan
1934•movie

as Hungarian Soldier (Uncredited)

Parachute Nurse
7.0
Parachute Nurse
1942•movie

as Sgt. Peters

Ain't It Aggravatin'
6.0

as Neighbor (uncredited)

Rhythm on the Range
5.5

as Splashed Rodeo Cowboy

Escape to Glory
7.5
Escape to Glory
1940•movie

as Tommy Malone

Last of the Desperados
7.5

as Murder Victim Tim (bit)

Golden Hoofs
8.0
Golden Hoofs
1941•movie

as Ed Muckle

A Man's World
7.0
A Man's World
1942•movie

as Sammy Collins

The Big Gusher
7.0
The Big Gusher
1951•movie

as Barfly

Rookie Fireman
7.5
Rookie Fireman
1950•movie

as Charlie

The Investigators
6.0
1 eps
The Investigators
1961•series
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
10.0

as Harry, the Projectionist

Pitchin' in the Kitchen
7.0

as Albert, the Neighbor

The Night of Nights
8.0

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Private Nurse
7.0
Private Nurse
1941•movie

as Eddie

Radio Patrol
10.0
Radio Patrol
1937•movie

as Flynn

I Love a Bandleader
8.0

as Dan Benson

Dangerous Business
9.0
Dangerous Business
1946•movie

as Bert

Spies and Guys
10.0
Spies and Guys
1953•movie

as Enemy Soldier (uncredited)

Throw a Saddle on a Star
7.0

as Lawyer

Laugh Your Blues Away
10.0

as Buck

Life Begins in College
8.0

as Football Player

Mary Burns, Fugitive
9.0

as Steve

He Stayed for Breakfast
8.0

as Butcher

Lucky Legs
9.0
Lucky Legs
1942•movie

as Mugg

The Desperados Are in Town
8.0

as Carl Branch

Beauty on Parade
9.0
Beauty on Parade
1950•movie

as Murph

Wild Harvest
7.0
Wild Harvest
1947•movie

as Nick

Sleepytime Gal
9.0
Sleepytime Gal
1942•movie

as Dimples

Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
9.0
The Gentleman Misbehaves
8.0

as Taxi Driver

Gentle Julia
7.0
Gentle Julia
1936•movie

as Mr. Toms

Yesterday's Heroes
10.0
Yesterday's Heroes
1940•movie

as Curly Walsh