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Frank Sully
Born 1908-06-17Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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).
Screen work
Movies & roles
Bye Bye BirdieBartenderGypsyWichita Burlesque Audience Member (uncredited)Let No Man Write My EpitaphDrunk at Bar (uncredited)The Last HurrahFire Lieutenant (uncredited)Man from God's CountryTrail Cook (uncredited)The Female AnimalTaxicab Driver (uncredited)Rockabilly BabyBumThe Helen Morgan StoryVendor (scenes deleted)Domino KidRoleThe Buckskin LadyJedA Merry Mix-Up(uncredited)Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and HorsesCopThe Desperados Are in TownCarl BranchFriendly PersuasionRebel Looter (uncredited)You Can't Run Away from ItRedFrontier GamblerBartenderSo You Want to Be PrettyHarry (uncredited)Blunder BoysDean Watts D. Matter (uncredited)Last of the DesperadosMurder Victim Tim (bit)Apache AmbushRoleThe Naked StreetRoleSeminole UprisingRoleJungle Moon MenMaxWomen's PrisonRole