Acting · 1905
Frank Faylen
Born Dec 8, 1905·Saint Louis, Missouri, USA·Died Aug 2, 1985 (79)
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.
Filmography
40 titles- 1976
Quincy, M.E.Janus7.5Show - 1968
Funny GirlKeeney7.2Movie - 1966
That Girl6.2Show - 1965
My Mother the Car4.8Show - 1963
Petticoat JunctionRalph5.9Show - 1963
The Great AdventureO'Brien10.0Show - 1962
The Beverly Hillbillies6.9Show - 1960
North to AlaskaArnie (uncredited)6.5Movie - 1959
The Many Loves of Dobie GillisHerbert T. Gillis6.3Show - 1958
Wanted: Dead or AliveSheriff Earl Tipton7.1Show - 1958
Man with a Camera5.5Show - 1957
MaverickRed Harrison7.0Show - 1957
Gunfight at the O.K. CorralSheriff Cotton Wilson7.0Movie - 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreDoc Alvarez6.2Show - 1956
Telephone Time6.5Show - 1953
General Electric TheaterFarber6.8Show - 1952
The SniperAnderson6.7Movie - 1952
The Lusty MenAl Dawson6.7Movie - 1951
Racket Squad6.5Show - 1951
Fourteen HoursWalter, room service waiter7.3Movie - 1951
Detective StoryDet. Gallagher7.0Movie - 1950
The Bob Hope ShowSelf7.0Show - 1950
The Colgate Comedy HourSelf6.9Show - 1948
Blood on the MoonJake Pindalest6.2Movie - 1946
It's a Wonderful LifeErnie8.3Movie - 1945
The Lost Weekend'Bim' Nolan7.6Movie - 1944
A Guy Named JoeMajor (uncredited)6.7Movie - 1943
The Gang's All HereMarine Sergeant (uncredited)5.9Movie - 1942
The Pride of the YankeesYankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)7.3Movie - 1942
The Palm Beach StoryTaxi Driver (uncredited)7.0Movie - 1942
Yankee Doodle DandySergeant on Parade (uncredited)7.0Movie - 1942
Across the PacificSidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited)6.6Movie - 1941
Sergeant YorkBut! Boy (uncredited)7.2Movie - 1941
The Reluctant DragonOrchestra Leader (uncredited)6.6Movie - 1940
The Grapes of WrathTim7.8Movie - 1940
They Drive by NightDriver in Cafe (uncredited)6.9Movie - 1939
Gone with the WindSoldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)7.9Movie - 1939
It's a Wonderful WorldPeters - Stagehand (uncredited)6.5Movie - 1937
Kid GalahadBarney7.1Movie - 1936
Bullets or BallotsGatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)6.6Movie