Frank Faylen
- Acting
- December 8, 1905 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
- August 2, 1985
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
Filmography
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life · Self
- Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis? · Herbert T. Gillis
- Quincy, M.E. · Janus
- Funny Girl · Keeney
- That Girl
- When the Boys Meet the Girls · Phin Gray
- My Mother the Car
- The Monkey's Uncle · Mr. Dearborne
- Fluffy · Catfish
- The Great Adventure · O'Brien
- Petticoat Junction · Ralph
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- North to Alaska · Arnie (uncredited)
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis · Herbert T. Gillis
- Man with a Camera
- Wanted: Dead or Alive · Sheriff Earl Tipton
- Maverick · Red Harrison
- Dino · Frank Mandel
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral · Sheriff Cotton Wilson
- 7th Cavalry · Sgt. Kruger
- Three Brave Men · Enos Warren
- Everything But the Truth · 'Mac' McMillan
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre · Doc Alvarez
- Away All Boats · Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
- Terror at Midnight · Fred Hill
- Telephone Time
- The McConnell Story · Sfc. Sykes
- The Looters · Stan Leppich
- The Lone Gun · Fairweather
- Riot in Cell Block 11 · Commissioner Haskell
- Red Garters · Billy Buckett
- 99 River Street · Stan Hogan
- General Electric Theater · Farber
- Hangman's Knot · Cass Browne
- The Lusty Men · Al Dawson
- The Sniper · Anderson
- My Favorite Spy · Newton
- Detective Story · Det. Gallagher
- Passage West · Curly
- Racket Squad
- Fourteen Hours · Walter, room service waiter
- Copper Canyon · Mullins
- The Eagle and the Hawk · Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman
- The Colgate Comedy Hour · Self
- Convicted · Convict Ponti
- The Bob Hope Show · Self
- Francis · Sergeant Chillingbacker
- The Nevadan · Jeff
- Whispering Smith · Whitey Du Sang
- Blood on the Moon · Jake Pindalest
- Race Street · Phil Dickson
- Hazard · Oscar
- Road to Rio · Trigger
- Variety Girl · Frank Faylen
- The Perils of Pauline · Mr. Joe Gurt
- The Trouble with Women · Geeger
- Welcome Stranger · Bill Walters
- Easy Come, Easy Go · Boss
- California · Whitey
- Suddenly It's Spring · Harold Michaels
- It's a Wonderful Life · Ernie
- Cross My Heart · Fingerprint Expert
- Two Years Before the Mast · Hansen
- Blue Skies · Mack (uncredited)
- Our Hearts Were Growing Up · Federal Agent
- The Well Groomed Bride · Cabbie
- The Blue Dahlia · Man Recommending Motel
- To Each His Own · Babe
- Masquerade in Mexico · Brooklyn (uncredited)
- The Lost Weekend · 'Bim' Nolan
- Incendiary Blonde · Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- The Affairs of Susan · Brooklyn Boy (uncredited)
- You Came Along · Bellboy (uncredited)
- Bring on the Girls · Sailor
- Bombalera · Houlihan
- The Canterville Ghost · Lieutenant John Kane
- Address Unknown · Jimmie Blake
- Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble · Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)
- And the Angels Sing · Holman
- See Here, Private Hargrove · M.P. (uncredited)