Frank Faylen
Acting
Born 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.
Known For · 40 titles
The Bob Hope Show
Maverick
The Beverly Hillbillies
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Quincy, M.E.
Petticoat Junction
Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Telephone Time
It's a Wonderful Life
That Girl
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Gone with the Wind
Racket Squad
The Great Adventure
My Mother the Car
Man with a Camera
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
General Electric Theater
Bullets or Ballots
Sergeant York
The Grapes of Wrath
Funny Girl
Fourteen Hours
Yankee Doodle Dandy
The Lost Weekend
The Reluctant Dragon
North to Alaska
The Sky Parade
The Pride of the Yankees
It's a Wonderful World
The Palm Beach Story
The Gang's All Here
Detective Story
Blue Skies
Away All Boats
The Blue Dahlia
Nazty Nuisance
The Lone Gun
Blood on the Moon