Frank Sully
Frank Sully
American character actor Frank Sully worked as a vaudeville and Broadway comedian before drifting into movies in 1935. Often typecast as musclebound, doltish characters, the curly-haired, lantern-jawed Sully was seen in a steady stream of hillbilly, GI and deputy sheriff roles throughout the '40s and '50s. He was prominently cast as Noah in John Ford's memorable drama The Grapes of Wrath (1940), one of the few times he essayed a non-comic role. During the '50s, Sully accepted a number of uncredited roles in such westerns as Silver Lode (1954) and was a member in good standing of the Columbia Pictures 2-reel "stock company," appearing as tough waiters, murderous crooks and jealous boyfriends in several short comedies, including those of the Three Stooges (Fling in the Ring, A Merry Mix-Up etc.) Frank Sully's last screen appearance was a bit as a bartender in Barbra Streisand's Funny Girl (1968). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Frank Sully:
- Along Came Jones with Gary Cooper , Loretta Young , William Demarest , Dan Duryea , Russell Simpson , Arthur Loft , Willard Robertson , Don Costello , Ray Teal , Ernie S. Adams , Erville Alderson , Paul E. Burns , Lane R. Chandler , Ralph Dunn , Frank S. Hagney , Herbert Heywood , Robert F. Kortman , Chris-Pin Martin , Frank McCarroll , John Merton , Walter Sande , Douglas Morrow
- The More the Merrier with Jean Arthur , Joel D. McCrea , Charles Coburn , Richard Gaines , Bruce Bennett , Stanley Clements , Donald Douglas , Gladys Blake , Harry C. Bradley , Eddy Chandler , Chester Clute , Ann Doran , Harrison Greene , Frank LaRue , Kay Linaker , Robert McKenzie , Victor Potel , George H. Reed , Henry Roquemore , Ann Savage , Grady Sutton , Mary Louise Treen , Douglas Wood
- Young People with Shirley Temple , Jack Oakie , Charlotte Greenwood , Arleen Whelan , George Montgomery , Kathleen Howard , Minor Watson , Mae Marsh , Sarah Edwards , Irving Bacon , Charles Halton , Arthur Aylesworth , Billy Wayne , Harry Tyler , Darryl Hickman , William Benedict , Mary Gordon , Dell Henderson , Olin Howland , Sid Saylor
- Silver Lode with Lizabeth Scott , Dan Duryea , Dolores Moran , Emile G. Meyer , Robert Warwick , Harry Jr. Carey , Alan Jr. Hale , Stuart Whitman , Morris Ankrum , Roy Gordon , Edgar Barrier , Paul Birch , Lane R. Chandler , Joe Devlin , John Dierkes , Byron K. Foulger , William Haade , Myron Healey , Al Hill , I. Stanford Jolley , John Payne , Gene Roth , Ralph Sanford , Margo Woode
- The Grapes of Wrath with Henry Fonda , Jane Darwell , John Carradine , Charles Grapewin , Russell Simpson , John Qualen , Eddie Quillan , Zeffie Tilbury , Frank Darien , Darryl Hickman , Roger Imhof , Grant Mitchell , Charles D. Brown , Erville Alderson , Arthur Aylesworth , Irving Bacon , Trevor Bardette , Ward Bond , Cliff Clark , Harry Cording , Ralph Dunn , Frank Faylen , Pat Flaherty , James Flavin , Paul Guilfoyle , William Haade , Ben Hall , Herbert Heywood , Robert Emmett Homans , Selmer Jackson , Mae Marsh , Louis Mason , Charles B. Middleton , Walter Miller , Adrian Morris , William Pawley , Gaylord "Steve" Pendleton , Dick Rich , Peggy Ryan , Lee Shumway , Harry Strang , Charles Tannen , Harry Tenbrook , Harry Tyler , Tom Tyler , Eddy C. Waller , Norman Willis , George Breakston , Francis Ford , Frank O'Connor , Jack Pennick , Joseph Sawyer
- The Return of Frank James with Henry Fonda , Henry Fonda , Gene Tierney , Jackie Cooper , John Carradine , Henry Hull , J. Edward Bromberg , Donald Meek , George Barbier , Charles Tannen , Lloyd Corrigan , Russell Hicks , Victor Kilian , Edward McWade , George Chandler , Irving Bacon , Frank Shannon , Barbara Pepper , Louis Mason , William Pawley , Davison Clark , Arthur Byron , Kernan Cripps , Lester Dorr , Sherry Hall , Milton Kibbee , Kermit Maynard , Robert McKenzie , Lew Meehan , Frank Melton , Adrian Morris , James C. Morton , Russell Powell , Dale vanSickel
- The Last Hurrah with Spencer Tracy , Jeffrey Hunter , Dianne Foster , Pat O'Brien , Basil Rathbone , Donald Crisp , James Gleason , Edward S. Brophy , John Carradine , Willis B. Bouchey , Basil Ruysdael , Ricardo Cortez , Wallace Ford , Frank McHugh , Carleton G. Young , Frank Albertson , Anna Lee , Ken Curtis , Jane Darwell , Ruth Warren , Helen Westcott , James Flavin , William Forrest , Charles Sullivan , Ruth Clifford , Edmund Cobb , Richard Deacon , William Henry , Harry Lauter , Edmund Lowe , Tom Neal , Harry Tenbrook , Charles Trowbridge , Harry Tyler , Jack Pennick , Rand Brooks
- Lillian Russell with Alice Faye , Don Ameche , Henry Fonda , Edward Arnold , Warren William , Leo Carrillo , Helen Westley , Dorothy Peterson , Ernest Truex , Nigel Bruce , Lynn Bari , Una O'Connor , Elyse Knox , Charles Halton , Robert Emmett Keane , Harry Hayden , Irving Bacon , Paul E. Burns , Richard Carle , Joseph Cawthorn , Cecil Cunningham , Frank Darien , William B. Davidson , Eddie Jr. Foy , William Haade , Leyland Hodgson , Robert Emmett Homans , Tom London , Paul McVey , Ottola Nesmith , Milburn Stone , Charles Tannen
- You'll Never Get Rich with Fred Astaire , Rita Hayworth , Robert Benchley , John Hubbard , Osa Massen , Frieda Inescort , Guinn "Big Boy" Williams , Donald MacBride , Marjorie Gateson , Ann Shoemaker , Lester Dorr , Frank Ferguson , Robert Emmett Homans , Eddie Laughton , Edward McWade , James Millican , Garry Owen , Jack Rice , Harry Strang , Emmett Vogan , Grant Withers
- To the Shores of Tripoli with John Payne , Maureen O'Hara , Randolph Scott , Nancy Kelly , William Tracy , Maxie Rosenbloom , Russell Hicks , Minor Watson , Charles Tannen , Alan Jr. Hale , Frank Orth , Iris Adrian , Joseph Crehan , John Hamilton , Stanley Andrews , Richard Lane , Gordon Jones , Hugh Beaumont , Hillary Brooke , Frank Jr. Coghlan , James Flavin , William Haade , James C. Morton , Gaylord "Steve" Pendleton , Walter Sande , Harry Strang , Elena Verdugo
- The Talk of the Town with Cary Grant , Jean Arthur , Ronald Colman , Edgar Buchanan , Glenda Farrell , Charles Dingle , Emma Dunn , Leonid Kinskey , Tom Tyler , Don Beddoe , Frank M. Thomas , Lloyd Bridges , William Benedict , Al Bridge , Gino Corrado , Ralph Dunn , Al Ferguson , Jack Gardner , Bud Geary , William Gould , Edward Hearn , Eddie Laughton , Clarence Muse , Ralph Peters , Dewey Robinson , John Tyrrell , Max Wagner , Frank Mills
- The Red Badge of Courage with Audie Murphy , John Dierkes , Royal Dano , Arthur Hunnicutt , Douglas Dick , Whit Bissell , Dick Curtis , Andy Devine , Robert Easton , I. Stanford Jolley , Fred Jr. Kohler , Emmett Lynn , William "Bill" Phillips , Buddy Roosevelt , Glenn Strange , Dan White , James Whitmore , Guy Wilkerson
- Fury with Spencer Tracy , Sylvia Sidney , Walter Abel , Bruce Cabot , Edward Ellis , Walter Brennan , Frank Albertson , Erville Alderson , Clara Blandick , Ward Bond , George Chandler , Charles Coleman , Esther Dale , Jonathan Hale , Ben Hall , Sherry Hall , Raymond Hatton , Harry Hayden , Howard C. Hickman , Robert Emmett Homans , Arthur Hoyt , Si Jenks , Clarence Kolb , Edward J. LeSaint , Murdock MacQuarrie , Edwin Maxwell , Mira McKinney , Franklin Parker , Victor Potel , Eddie Quillan , Bert Roach , Christian Rub , Sid Saylor , Carl Stockdale , Minerva Urecal , Guy Usher , Morgan Wallace , Duke York , Frank Mills
- Follow the Fleet with Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers , Randolph Scott , Harriet Hilliard , Astrid Allwyn , Betty Grable , Russell Hicks , Lucille Ball , Bud Geary , Huntly Gordon , Frank Jenks , Doris Lloyd , George Magrill , Frank C. Moran , James Pierce , Herbert Rawlinson , Gertrude Short , Max Wagner , Eric Wilton , Frank Mills , Addison Randall
- The Fighting 69th with James Cagney , Pat O'Brien , George Brent , Jeffrey Lynn , Alan Sr. Hale , Frank McHugh , Dick Foran , William Lundigan , Guinn "Big Boy" Williams , Henry O'Neill , John Litel , Harvey Stephens , Tom Dugan , Frank Wilcox , Eddie Acuff , Trevor Bardette , Frank Jr. Coghlan , Joseph Crehan , Ralph Dunn , Frank Faylen , James Flavin , Saul Gorss , Creighton Hale , John Harron , William Hopper , Wilfred Lucas , Frank Melton , Dennis Morgan , Jack Mower , John Ridgely , Charles Trowbridge , Emmett Vogan , George Reeves , Benny Rubin , George O'Hanlon
- Captains Courageous with Spencer Tracy , Freddie Bartholomew , Lionel Barrymore , Melvyn Douglas , Charles Grapewin , John Carradine , Mickey Rooney , Oscar O'Shea , Jack LaRue , Walter Kingsford , Sam McDaniel , Wade Boteler , Don Brodie , Leo G. Carroll , Charles Coleman , Jimmy Conlin , Lester Dorr , Billy Gilbert , Sherry Hall , Mira McKinney , Edward Sr. Peil , Gil Perkins , Christian Rub , William Stack , David Thursby , Charles Trowbridge , Bobby Watson , Gene Reynolds
Frank Sully Trivia
Who did Frank Sully portray in Along Came Jones?
Frank Sully was Avery De Longpre, Cherry's Brother in Along Came Jones
What role did Frank Sully portray in The More the Merrier?
Frank Sully played Pike in The More the Merrier
Who did Frank Sully play in Let's Go Collegiate?
Frank Sully was Herk Bevans in Let's Go Collegiate
What role did Frank Sully portray in Young People?
Frank Sully played Jeb in Young People
What role did Frank Sully portray in The Buckskin Lady?
Frank Sully played Jed in The Buckskin Lady
Who did Frank Sully play in Silver Lode?
Frank Sully was Paul Herbert in Silver Lode
What role did Frank Sully play in The Grapes of Wrath?
Frank Sully played Noah Joad in The Grapes of Wrath
Who did Frank Sully portray in Man in the Saddle?
Frank Sully was Lee Repp in Man in the Saddle
Who did Frank Sully portray in With a Song in My Heart?
Frank Sully was Texas in With a Song in My Heart
Who did Frank Sully portray in Bye Bye Birdie?
Frank Sully was Bartender in Bye Bye Birdie
Who did Frank Sully play in The Return of Frank James?
Frank Sully was Pappy the Old Actor in The Return of Frank James
Who did Frank Sully portray in The Last Hurrah?
Frank Sully was Fire Lieutenant in The Last Hurrah
What role did Frank Sully portray in 365 Nights in Hollywood?
Frank Sully played Iron Worker in 365 Nights in Hollywood
What role did Frank Sully play in You'll Never Get Rich?
Frank Sully played Guard in You'll Never Get Rich
What role did Frank Sully portray in To the Shores of Tripoli?
Frank Sully played Truck Driver in To the Shores of Tripoli
Who did Frank Sully portray in The Talk of the Town?
Frank Sully was Road Cop in The Talk of the Town
Who did Frank Sully play in Pal Joey?
Frank Sully was Barker in Pal Joey
Who did Frank Sully portray in Let's Make It Legal?
Frank Sully was Laborer in Let's Make It Legal
Who did Frank Sully play in Fury?
Frank Sully was Dynamiter in Fury
Who did Frank Sully play in Follow the Fleet?
Frank Sully was Sailor in Follow the Fleet
Who did Frank Sully play in The Fighting 69th?
Frank Sully was Sergeant in The Fighting 69th
What role did Frank Sully play in Captains Courageous?
Frank Sully played Taxi Driver in Captains Courageous
