Frank Faylen
Acting
Born: 1905-12-08 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Died: 1985-08-02
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 (30)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Self (archive footage)
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
1977
Herbert T. Gillis
Funny Girl
1968
Keeney
When the Boys Meet the Girls
1965
Phin Gray
Fluffy
1965
Catfish
The Monkey's Uncle
1965
Mr. Dearborne
North to Alaska
1960
Arnie (uncredited)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
Sheriff Cotton Wilson
Dino
1957
Frank Mandel
Terror at Midnight
1956
Fred Hill
7th Cavalry
1956
Sgt. Kruger
Away All Boats
1956
Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
Three Brave Men
1956
Enos Warren
Everything But the Truth
1956
'Mac' McMillan
The McConnell Story
1955
Sfc. Sykes
The Looters
1955
Stan Leppich
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954
Commissioner Haskell
The Lone Gun
1954
Fairweather
Red Garters
1954
Billy Buckett
99 River Street
1953
Stan Hogan
The Sniper
1952
Anderson
The Lusty Men
1952
Al Dawson
Hangman's Knot
1952
Cass Browne
Detective Story
1951
Det. Gallagher
Fourteen Hours
1951
Walter, room service waiter
My Favorite Spy
1951
Newton
Passage West
1951
Curly
Convicted
1950
Convict Ponti
The Nevadan
1950
Jeff
Copper Canyon
1950
Mullins
📺 TV Shows (16)
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Janus
That Girl
1966
My Mother the Car
1965
The Great Adventure
1963
O'Brien
Petticoat Junction
1963
Ralph
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Herbert T. Gillis
Man with a Camera
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Sheriff Earl Tipton
Maverick
1957
Red Harrison
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Doc Alvarez
Telephone Time
1956
General Electric Theater
1953
Farber
Racket Squad
1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950
Self