Frank Faylen
Acting
December 8, 1905
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.
Movies
The McConnell Story
1955
Masquerade in Mexico
1945
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Gone with the Wind
1939
Edison, the Man
1940
San Quentin
1937
The Sniper
1952
North to Alaska
1960
Brother Orchid
1940
Sergeant York
1941
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
Slightly Dangerous
1943
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
The Affairs of Susan
1945
Funny Girl
1968
Francis
1950
Curtain Call
1940
The Looters
1955
Prairie Chickens
1943
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937
TV Shows
Quincy, M.E.
1976
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Maverick
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Petticoat Junction
1963
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
That Girl
1966
The Bob Hope Show
1950
The Great Adventure
1963
Telephone Time
1956
Racket Squad
1951
My Mother the Car
1965
Man with a Camera
1958
General Electric Theater
1953