Frank Faylen
1905-12-08 (1905)Saint Louis, Missouri, USAActing
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
Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Maverick
TV • 1957
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
That Girl
TV • 1966
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
TV • 1959
Telephone Time
TV • 1956
The Great Adventure
TV • 1963
Dixie Dugan
MOVIE • 1943
Racket Squad
TV • 1951
The Blue Dahlia
MOVIE • 1946
It's a Wonderful Life
MOVIE • 1946
Gone with the Wind
MOVIE • 1939
Man with a Camera
TV • 1958