Birthday
1908/06/17
Day of death
1975/12/17 (67 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Also know as
Francis Thomas Sullivan, Frank Sullivan
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).
(1940) The Grapes of Wrath
as Noah
(1936) Theodora Goes Wild
as Clarence (uncredited)
(1963) Bye Bye Birdie
as Bartender
(1942) My Sister Eileen
as Jenson
(1954) Silver Lode
as Paul Herbert, Telegrapher
(1952) Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
as Harry, the Projectionist
(1943) Thousands Cheer
as Alan
(1950) Blondie's Hero
as Mike McClusky, the Snorer (uncredited)
(1952) With a Song in My Heart
as Soldier
(1953) Pardon My Backfire
as Escaped Convict
(1946) A Close Call for Boston Blackie
as Sgt. Matthews
(1945) Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
as Mathews
(1945) Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
as Sgt. Matthews
(1946) Boston Blackie and the Law
as Sgt. Matthews
(1949) Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
as Sergeant Matthews
(1948) Trapped by Boston Blackie
as Sgt. Matthews
(1941) Nice Girl?
as ---
(1946) Talk About a Lady
as Rocky Jordan
(1944) Two Girls and a Sailor
as Private Adams
(1944) Secret Command
as Shawn
(1945) Along Came Jones
as Avery de Longpre
(1953) Bad for Each Other
as Tippy Kashko, Townsman
(1946) Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
as Henchman 'Rigger'
(1940) Young People
as Jeb
(1946) The Phantom Thief
as Detective Sergeant Matthews
(1943) Pitchin' in the Kitchen
as Albert, the Neighbor
(1939) The Night of Nights
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
(1952) No Room for the Groom
as Cousin Luke
(1955) Fling in the Ring
as Big Mike
(1952) Night Stage to Galveston
as Policeman Kelly
(1949) Trapped
as Sam the Bartender (uncredited)
(1939) Some Like It Hot
as Sailor Burke / The Living Corpse
(1956) Frontier Gambler
as Bartender
(1941) A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
as Salty
(1942) Inside the Law
as Jim Burke
(1955) Apache Ambush
as ---
(1955) Seminole Uprising
as ---
(1946) Renegades
as Link
(1938) Hold That Co-ed
as Steve Wurgerski
(1942) All Through the Night
as Spence
(1943) There's Something About a Soldier
as Alex Grybinski
(1943) The More the Merrier
as FBI Agent Pike
(1941) Let's Go Collegiate
as Hercules 'Herk' Bevans
(1957) A Merry Mix-Up
as (uncredited)
(1940) Cross-Country Romance
as Mike
(1946) One Way to Love
as Hopkins
(1960) Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
(1944) Bachelor Daze
as Ezra's neighbor
(1941) Private Nurse
as Eddie
(1940) The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Slapcovitch
(1938) Youth Takes a Fling
as Jim
(1937) Radio Patrol
as Flynn
(1937) They Gave Him a Gun
as Comedy Soldier (uncredited)
(1937) Live, Love and Learn
as Marine (uncredited)
(1939) Sorority House
as The Caterer
(1942) The Daring Young Man
as Luke
(1945) I Love a Bandleader
as Dan Benson
(1946) Dangerous Business
as Bert
(1938) Start Cheering
as Jimmy
(1939) The Great Man Votes
as Policeman at Parade
(1951) Man in the Saddle
as Lee Repp
(1934) Caravan
as Hungarian Soldier (Uncredited)
(1939) Another Thin Man
as Pete (uncredited)
(1939) Second Fiddle
as Townsman
(1962) Gypsy
as Wichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)
(1955) Jungle Moon Men
as Max
(1954) Battle of Rogue River
as Pvt. Kohler
(1953) Spies and Guys
as Enemy Soldier (uncredited)
(1936) Fury
as Dynamiter (uncredited)
(1940) Spring Parade
as Bert - Shawl Salesman
(1957) Domino Kid
as ---
(1958) The Last Hurrah
as Fire Lieutenant (uncredited)
(1951) Father's Little Dividend
as Infant Service Diaper Man (uncredited)
(1946) Throw a Saddle on a Star
as Lawyer
(1942) Parachute Nurse
as Sgt. Peters
(1942) Laugh Your Blues Away
as Buck
(1940) The Fighting 69th
as Sergeant (uncredited)
(1937) Life Begins in College
as Football Player
(1950) The Good Humor Man
as Cop (uncredited)
(1952) Pat and Mike
as Photographer (uncredited)
(1954) Ain't It Aggravatin'
as Neighbor (uncredited)
(1943) Power of the Press
as Mack Gibbons (uncredited)
(1944) The Ghost That Walks Alone
as Beppo
(1937) Captains Courageous
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
(1948) Gun Smugglers
as Corporal Clancy
(1940) The Return of Frank James
as Actor
(1956) Friendly Persuasion
as Rebel Looter (uncredited)
(1951) The Red Badge of Courage
as Veteran (uncredited)
(1937) White Bondage
as Man in Pool Room
(1935) Mary Burns, Fugitive
as Steve
(1940) Lillian Russell
as Hank
(1940) City for Conquest
as Radio Listener (uncredited)
(1940) Castle on the Hudson
as Second Prisoner (uncredited)
(1940) Dr. Kildare's Crisis
as John Root
(1940) He Stayed for Breakfast
as Butcher
(1942) Two Yanks in Trinidad
as Mike Paradise
(1940) Women Without Names
as Friendly Motorist
(1934) Murder at the Vanities
as ---
(1936) Rhythm on the Range
as Splashed Rodeo Cowboy
(1943) Good Luck, Mr. Yates
as Joe Briggs
(1942) Lucky Legs
as Mugg
(1945) Out of the Depths
as 'Speed' Brogan
(1940) Escape to Glory
as Tommy Malone
(1957) Rockabilly Baby
as Bum
(1953) Northern Patrol
as Bartender
(1956) The Desperados Are in Town
as Carl Branch
(1950) Beauty on Parade
as Murph
(1955) Last of the Desperados
as Murder Victim Tim (bit)
(1950) The Reformer and the Redhead
as Joe (uncredited)
(1941) Golden Hoofs
as Ed Muckle
(1957) The Buckskin Lady
as Jed
(1943) Dangerous Blondes
as Detective Joe Henderson
(1941) She Knew All the Answers
as Cop
(1947) Wild Harvest
as Nick
(1942) Sleepytime Gal
as Dimples
(1937) The Romance Of Robert Burns
as Jock Wilson (uncredited)
(1949) Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
as Looie
(1942) Rings on Her Fingers
as ---
(1952) Young Man with Ideas
as Salesman (uncredited)
(1951) The Tall Target
as Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
(1937) Black Legion
as Truck Driver's Helper (uncredited)
(1943) Murder in Times Square
as Benny the Baboon
(1952) A Fool and His Honey
as ---
(1946) The Gentleman Misbehaves
as Taxi Driver
(1937) Daughter of Shanghai
as Jake Kelly
(1946) It's Great to Be Young
as Burkett
(1942) A Man's World
as Sammy Collins
(1951) Rhubarb
as Big Head Charlie - Bookie (uncredited)
(1943) One Dangerous Night
as Hertzog - Henchman
(1956) So You Want to Be Pretty
as Harry (uncredited)
(1950) Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
as Looie
(1950) Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
as Looie
(1948) Blondie's Reward
as Officer Carney
(1956) You Can't Run Away from It
as Red
(1958) The Female Animal
as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
(1955) The Naked Street
as ---
(1955) Women's Prison
as ---
(1951) Let's Make It Legal
as Laborer (uncredited)
(1942) The Boogie Man Will Get You
as Officer Joe Starrett
(1936) Gentle Julia
as Mr. Toms
(1937) Criminals of the Air
as ---
(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies
as ---
(1951) I Love Lucy
as Delivery Man
(1951) Dragnet
as ---
(1957) Perry Mason
as Newspaper Delivery Man
(1959) Johnny Staccato
as ---
(1960) The Tall Man
as ---
(1957) Leave It to Beaver
as Cab Driver
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Desk Clerk
(1962) The Virginian
as Waiter
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Coots Larkin
(1957) M Squad
as Officer Ed Grady
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as ---
(1954) The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
as ---
(1951) The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as ---
(1955) Navy Log
as ---
(1958) Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1958) The Rifleman
as ---
(1956) Hey, Jeannie!
as Officer
(1952) Gang Busters
as ---
(1952) Mr. & Mrs. North
as ---
(1957) Maverick
as ---
(1956) Hey, Jeannie!
as Expressman
(1962) The Virginian
as Bartender
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as The Piano Player
(1955) Screen Director's Playhouse
as Diner Patron