Frank Sully
Date of birth: 1908-06-17
Place of birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Francis Thomas Sullivan, Frank Sullivan
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).
Movie Credits
The Grapes of Wrath
1940-03-15
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due t
Theodora Goes Wild
1936-11-12
The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little
Bye Bye Birdie
1963-04-04
A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted.
My Sister Eileen
1942-09-24
Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers.
Silver Lode
1954-06-24
Dan Ballard, a respected citizen in the western town of Silver Lode, has his wedding interrupted by
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
1952-03-01
Two singers step in to help an aspiring actress whose grandmother opposes her bid to launch a show-b
Thousands Cheer
1943-09-13
Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the
Blondie's Hero
1950-03-09
Dagwood enters the Army Reserve and Blondie visits only to discover that he has caused all sorts of
With a Song in My Heart
1952-04-03
Jane Froman, an aspiring songstress, lands a job in radio with help from pianist Don Ross, whom she
Pardon My Backfire
1953-08-15
The stooges are auto mechanics who need money so they can marry their girls. When some escaped convi
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
1946-01-24
Blackie runs into a woman he formally loved who now is married with a kid. When her husband gets out
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
1945-07-05
Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.
Boston Blackie and the Law
1946-12-12
Blackie performs in a magic show at a women's prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949-03-02
Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track dow
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
1945-05-10
Blackie is implicated in a murder when he accidently sells a phony Charles Dickens first edition at
Trapped by Boston Blackie
1948-05-13
Blackie is the natural suspect when an expensive pearl necklace is stolen while he is supposed to be
Nice Girl?
1941-02-21
Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his hand-built
Talk About a Lady
1946-03-28
A country girl, wanting to break into show-business, comes to New York City and, by her actions, man
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944-06-14
A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous s
Secret Command
1944-07-30
Sam Gallagher returns home to Los Angeles as an undercover spy for the Navy, getting a job at the sh
Along Came Jones
1945-07-19
An easy-going cowboy is mistaken by the townsfolk for a notorious gunman. The cowboy decides it woul
Bad for Each Other
1953-12-24
A doctor returned from the Korean War must choose between joining a glamorous practice and helping t
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
1946-10-24
A criminal psychologist investigates the murder of a veteran with amnesia.
Young People
1940-08-30
Wendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are un
The Phantom Thief
1946-05-02
Boston Blackie, in the 11th film of the Columbia series, indulges in some wit-trading with a squirmy
Pitchin' in the Kitchen
1943-09-10
While his wife works at a defense plant, Hugh stays home and tries to do the housework.
The Night of Nights
1939-12-01
A playwright has his career ruined when he is drunk on the first night. His wife dies having left hi
No Room for the Groom
1952-06-13
A young GI elopes to Las Vegas with his housekeeper’s daughter, but delays to their wedding night ar
Fling in the Ring
1955-01-06
The stooges are the trainers of "Chopper", a beefy boxer, and they bet their bankroll on Chopper to
Night Stage to Galveston
1952-03-18
A former Texas Ranger teams up with some of his old colleagues to rid the state of corruption in the
Trapped
1949-09-27
Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he
Some Like It Hot
1939-05-19
Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's bo
Frontier Gambler
1956-07-01
A deputy marshal arrives in the small western town of Fairweather to investigate the death of a beau
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941-03-14
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where sh
Inside the Law
1942-05-08
A gang of crooks wrestles with the temptation to rob the bank that they now manage.
Apache Ambush
1955-08-24
Two former enemies find themselves together on a cattle drive and fighting marauding Apaches and Mex
Seminole Uprising
1955-05-01
An angry Seminole chief wages war after his tribe is relocated from Florida to the American West.
Renegades
1946-06-13
The daughter of a prominent citizen marries an outlaw's son.
Hold That Co-ed
1938-09-16
An egotistical politician believes he can win votes by turning a small college's hapless football sq
All Through the Night
1942-01-10
Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.
There's Something About a Soldier
1943-11-30
Five officer candidates fight to prove their mettle during training.
The More the Merrier
1943-05-13
It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C.
Let's Go Collegiate
1941-09-12
Rawley University is about to receive a star athlete who could give it the first championship rowing
A Merry Mix-Up
1957-03-28
The stooges appear in triplicate as three sets of triplets who were separated a long time ago. Their
Cross-Country Romance
1940-07-12
A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.
One Way to Love
1946-01-08
A Chicago team of radio scriptwriters must split up when he takes a job with his bride-to-be's fathe
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960-11-10
Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his well-meaning but
Bachelor Daze
1944-02-17
Slim and Ezra are roommates and are wondering why they are still single. Ezra tells Slim that the l
Private Nurse
1941-08-22
In this brief B programmer, a nurse is hired to care for a widower's daughter who is unaware that he
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940-04-25
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage
Radio Patrol
1937-10-03
About a young radio cop and a beautiful girl try to stop an international criminal gang from getting
Youth Takes a Fling
1938-09-22
McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to Ne
They Gave Him a Gun
1937-05-07
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
Live, Love and Learn
1937-10-29
A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get mar
Sorority House
1939-05-05
A young girl begins to wonder if she really fits into the upper-class sorority she's trying to join.
The Daring Young Man
1942-10-08
Jonathan Peckinpaw feels he's failed in his patriotic duty when he's rejected by the army, but he se
I Love a Bandleader
1945-09-13
A painter suffering from amnesia convinces himself that he's a famous bandleader and finds romance w
Dangerous Business
1946-06-20
Two young lawyers open an office together. They are hired to defend a utilities magnate who claims h
Start Cheering
1938-03-03
After retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have him e
The Great Man Votes
1939-01-13
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to
Man in the Saddle
1951-12-02
A small rancher is being harassed by his mighty and powerful neighbor. When the neighbor even hires
Caravan
1934-12-30
A countess marries a Gypsy fiddler instead of a baron's son at harvest time in Tokay wine country, H
Another Thin Man
1939-11-17
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a
Second Fiddle
1939-06-30
Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Mi
Gypsy
1962-11-01
Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge b
Jungle Moon Men
1955-04-08
Priestess Oma is forever young in this Jungle Jim knockoff of "She" or the La of Opar stories from "
Battle of Rogue River
1954-06-15
In 1850 Oregon is trying to gain statehood, but a truce is needed with the Indians before it can be
Spies and Guys
1953-04-04
Joe Besser is sent on a spying mission with a beautiful female officer. Things, as usual when Joe is
Fury
1936-06-05
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the
Spring Parade
1940-09-27
In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card
Domino Kid
1957-10-01
A rancher vows revenge on the five men responsible for his father's death.
The Last Hurrah
1958-12-31
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a yo
Father's Little Dividend
1951-04-05
Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her father t
Throw a Saddle on a Star
1946-03-14
The "star" in the title of this low-budget singing Western was Dynamite, a wild stallion captured by
Parachute Nurse
1942-08-06
Nurses parachuting.
Laugh Your Blues Away
1942-11-12
Hired actors posing as Russian royalty complicate a social-climbing mother's efforts to fix up her s
The Fighting 69th
1940-01-27
Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the
Life Begins in College
1937-10-01
When a wealthy Indian student endows the college so they can keep the football coach rumor has it th
The Good Humor Man
1950-03-24
Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Mar
Pat and Mike
1952-06-13
Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf
Ain't It Aggravatin'
1954-02-06
This comedic short looks at human foibles that lead to major aggravations.
Power of the Press
1943-01-29
During WWII, the publisher of the isolationist New York Gazette is murdered just as he was about to
The Ghost That Walks Alone
1944-02-10
Honeymooners find a dead radio producer in their suite.
Captains Courageous
1937-06-25
Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transat
Gun Smugglers
1948-12-28
A young boy threatens to follow in his outlaw brother's footsteps.
The Return of Frank James
1940-08-10
Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.
Friendly Persuasion
1956-10-30
The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to vio
The Red Badge of Courage
1951-09-27
Henry Fleming is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement
White Bondage
1937-08-05
A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935-11-15
A young woman who owns a coffee shop falls for a handsome young customer, unaware that he is a gangs
Lillian Russell
1940-05-24
Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.
City for Conquest
1940-09-21
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and strug
Castle on the Hudson
1940-02-17
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940-11-29
Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiance
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940-08-31
Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy banker
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942-03-26
The Two Yanks in Trinidad are gangsters Tim Reardon (Pat O'Brien) and Vince Barrows (Brian Donlevy),
Women Without Names
1940-03-14
Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of
Murder at the Vanities
1934-05-18
Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vaniti
Rhythm on the Range
1936-07-01
Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1943-06-29
A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home
Lucky Legs
1942-10-01
Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Pro
Out of the Depths
1945-12-27
Told in flashback, Out of the Depths strives to explain why its four male protagonists are bobbing a
Escape to Glory
1940-05-20
The Grand Hotel formula that was so overworked in the 1930s made an encore appearance in 1940's Esca
Rockabilly Baby
1957-10-30
The mysterious Mrs. Eleanor Carter moves to Springville with her two teenage children Jimmy and Cath
Northern Patrol
1953-07-12
Northern Patrol was the last entry in Monogram/Allied Artists' off-and-on "Northwest Mountie" series
The Desperados Are in Town
1956-11-01
In this western, a young man tries to walk the straight and narrow, but he is impeded by his past. T
Beauty on Parade
1950-05-04
Marian Medford Woodstock gave up a chance twenty years ago to compete for the Miss USA beauty title
Last of the Desperados
1955-10-31
After killing Billy the Kid, Sheriff Pat Garrett is relentlessly dogged by members of the Kid's gang
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950-05-05
A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.
Golden Hoofs
1941-02-14
A teenage horse trainer fears she'll lose her beloved horses when the stables where she works is sol
The Buckskin Lady
1957-07-01
Patricia Medina plays the title character in The Buckskin Lady. Medina is cast as female gambler Ang
Dangerous Blondes
1943-09-23
Mystery writer Barry Craig (Allyn Joslyn) and his wife Jane (Evelyn Keyes), prefer solving crimes ra
She Knew All the Answers
1941-05-13
A rich playboy wants to marry a chorus girl, but he'll lose his fortune if his trustee doesn't appro
Wild Harvest
1947-09-26
Joe is the head of an itinerant combine crew, working the harvests against rival crew boss Alperson.
Sleepytime Gal
1942-03-05
Bessie Cobb, cake decorator in the kitchen of one of Miami's swankier hotels, is the central figure
The Romance Of Robert Burns
1937-04-10
The 'Farmer Poet' Robert Burns, after a bad romance, pens "Auld Lang Syne" to much fanfare and court
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
1949-08-14
Joe heads for South America to fight the Latin champ. Shipboard, he helps federal agents fight count
Rings on Her Fingers
1942-03-20
Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful cl
Young Man with Ideas
1952-05-02
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
The Tall Target
1951-08-17
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train rid
Black Legion
1937-01-30
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining
Murder in Times Square
1943-04-01
An actor becomes a suspect in the murders of four New Yorkers injected with rattlesnake venom.
A Fool and His Honey
1952-01-10
Wally suspects Eddie of having more than a friendly interest in Wally's wife, and his suspicions, he
The Gentleman Misbehaves
1946-02-28
After his first attempt to obtain cash fails, a Broadway producer turns to a gambler to raise money
Daughter of Shanghai
1937-12-17
A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal alien smuggling ring.
A Man's World
1942-09-17
Somewhere beyond the shores of the United States on a small island, where men ask no questions, wome
It's Great to Be Young
1946-09-12
Ricky Malone, Spud Winters and some other returning G.I.'s are trying to break into show business by
Rhubarb
1951-08-29
Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. The
One Dangerous Night
1943-01-22
Reformed jewel thief the Lone Wolf investigates the murder of a playboy who was blackmailing three s
So You Want to Be Pretty
1956-03-10
In this comedic short, Joe and Alice McDoakes each wish their looks were better.
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
1950-02-05
Newlyweds Joe and Anne Palooka are delayed in their honeymoon plans by the helpful Humphrey Pennywo
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
1950-06-04
A crooked boxing promoter tries to shake down Joe's manager by setting up a rigged fight in Humphrey
Blondie's Reward
1948-06-03
After bungling a real-estate transaction, Dagwood Bumstead (Arthur Lake) is demoted to office boy by
You Can't Run Away from It
1956-10-30
A reporter stumbles on a runaway heiress whose story could salvage his career.
The Female Animal
1958-01-22
Jaded movie star Vanessa Windsor, saved from a studio accident by handsome extra Chris Farley, pursu
The Naked Street
1955-08-01
To make an honest woman of his pregnant sister, Rosalie, callous New York mobster Phil Regal intimid
Women's Prison
1955-02-01
A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women's prison.
Let's Make It Legal
1951-10-31
A woman divorces her husband of 20 years because he gambles too much.
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942-10-22
A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and
Gentle Julia
1936-04-10
A shy newspaperman nearly gives up when his girlfriend falls for the new guy in town till Withers se
Criminals of the Air
1937-04-30
Undercover agent Mark Owens is sent to aid the Border Patrol in the trans-border town of Hernandez i
Man from God's Country
1958-02-09
Dan Beattie gives up his lawman job to move further west and rejoin his old war buddy Curt Warren in
Blunder Boys
1955-11-03
The stooges go to criminology school and graduate with the lowest possible honors. The boys join the
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
1957-01-03
Some racetrack Johnnies are talking between races when one wonders if you can hynotize a horse into
Yesterday's Heroes
1940-09-20
A doctor looks at his scrapbook and reflects on college days: how success at football took him from
The Big Gusher
1951-07-01
Hoping to strike it rich, four people--two best buddies, a blonde waitress and a cheerful oldtimer--