Frank Faylen

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

It's a Wonderful Life

Year

1946

Type

Movie

Gone with the Wind

Year

1939

Type

Movie

The Grapes of Wrath

Year

1940

Type

Movie

The Lost Weekend

Year

1945

Type

Movie

Funny Girl

Year

1968

Type

Movie

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Year

1957

Type

Movie

Sergeant York

Year

1941

Type

Movie

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Year

1942

Type

Movie

The Palm Beach Story

Year

1942

Type

Movie

The Blue Dahlia

Year

1946

Type

Movie

The Reluctant Dragon

Year

1941

Type

Movie

Detective Story

Year

1951

Type

Movie

The Pride of the Yankees

Year

1942

Type

Movie

North to Alaska

Year

1960

Type

Movie

They Drive by Night

Year

1940

Type

Movie

The Beverly Hillbillies

Year

1962

Type

TV Show

Quincy, M.E.

Year

1976

Type

TV Show

The Lusty Men

Year

1952

Type

Movie

Across the Pacific

Year

1942

Type

Movie

The Sniper

Year

1952

Type

Movie

99 River Street

Year

1953

Type

Movie

Marked Woman

Year

1937

Type

Movie

Riot in Cell Block 11

Year

1954

Type

Movie

Blood on the Moon

Year

1948

Type

Movie

A Guy Named Joe

Year

1949

Type

Movie

Kid Galahad

Year

1937

Type

Movie

Bullets or Ballots

Year

1936

Type

Movie

Fourteen Hours

Year

1951

Type

Movie

It's a Wonderful World

Year

1939

Type

Movie

Road to Rio

Year

1947

Type

Movie