Frank Faylen
Acting Born Dec 8, 1905 Saint Louis, Missouri, USA 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- Maverick (1957) as Red Harrison
- Petticoat Junction (1963) as Ralph
- The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
- Quincy, M.E. (1976) as Janus
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Doc Alvarez
- Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) as Sheriff Earl Tipton
- The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) as Self
- That Girl (1966)
- Telephone Time (1956)
- Gone with the Wind (1939) as Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)
- The Bob Hope Show (1950) as Self
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959) as Herbert T. Gillis
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) as Ernie
- Racket Squad (1951)
- The Great Adventure (1963) as O'Brien
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Farber
- Man with a Camera (1958)
- My Mother the Car (1965)
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) as Sheriff Cotton Wilson
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) as Tim
- Sergeant York (1941) as But! Boy (uncredited)
- North to Alaska (1960) as Arnie (uncredited)
- The Lost Weekend (1945) as 'Bim' Nolan
- Funny Girl (1968) as Keeney