Frank Faylen
Acting
Born: 1905-12-08 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Biography
Frank Faylen (born Francis Charles Ruf) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. He is best remembered for his movie performances as the cynical male nurse in The Lost Weekend (1945) and Ernie the taxi driver in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), as well as for his portrayal of long-suffering grocer Herbert T. Gillis on the 1950s television sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.
Known For
Maverick
Red Harrison
The Beverly Hillbillies
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Sheriff Earl Tipton
Quincy, M.E.
Janus
Petticoat Junction
Ralph
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Doc Alvarez
Telephone Time
Gone with the Wind
Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Bob Hope Show
Self
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Herbert T. Gillis
It's a Wonderful Life
Ernie
That Girl
Racket Squad
The Great Adventure
O'Brien
The Grapes of Wrath
Tim
The Reluctant Dragon
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Funny Girl
Keeney
My Mother the Car
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Sheriff Cotton Wilson
Man with a Camera
Sergeant York
But! Boy (uncredited)
North to Alaska
Arnie (uncredited)
Fourteen Hours
Walter, room service waiter
General Electric Theater
Farber
The Flying Irishman
New York Mechanic
The Lost Weekend
'Bim' Nolan
The Sniper
Anderson
Blood on the Moon
Jake Pindalest
Detective Story
Det. Gallagher
About Face
Bartender Jerry
The Blue Dahlia
Man Recommending Motel
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)
See Here, Private Hargrove
M.P. (uncredited)
The Lusty Men
Al Dawson
Kid Galahad
Barney
Blue Skies
Mack (uncredited)
Francis
Sergeant Chillingbacker
Marked Woman
Cabbie #2 (uncredited)
Welcome Stranger
Bill Walters