Frank Sully

Born: 1908-06-17, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Died: 1975-12-17

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).

Filmography

• Perry Mason (1957)
• The Rifleman (1958)
• Father Knows Best (1954)
• I Love Lucy (1951)
• The Virginian (1962)
• Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
• Leave It to Beaver (1957)
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
• The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
• Sugarfoot (1957)
• The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
• M Squad (1957)
• The Tall Man (1960)
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
• Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)
• Johnny Staccato (1959)
• The Investigators (1961)
• The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
• Start Cheering (1938)
• Captains Courageous (1937)
• Friendly Persuasion (1956)
• Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
• Nice Girl? (1941)
• Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
• Gypsy (1962)
• Father's Little Dividend (1951)
• Young People (1940)
• Live, Love and Learn (1937)
• The Return of Frank James (1940)