Frank Faylen

Frank Faylen

Known for

Acting

Born

December 8, 1905

Birthplace

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Died

August 2, 1985 (aged 79)

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.

Best known work

It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind
1939
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
The Lost Weekend
The Lost Weekend
1945
Funny Girl
Funny Girl
1968
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
Sergeant York
Sergeant York
1941
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
The Palm Beach Story
The Palm Beach Story
1942
The Blue Dahlia
The Blue Dahlia
1946

Filmography

  1. 1987

    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    as Self (archive footage)

  2. 1977

    Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?

    as Herbert T. Gillis

  3. 1976

    Quincy, M.E.TV

    as Janus (1 episode)

  4. 1968

    Funny Girl

    as Keeney

  5. 1966

    That GirlTV

  6. 1965

    When the Boys Meet the Girls

    as Phin Gray

  7. 1965

    My Mother the CarTV

  8. 1965

    The Monkey's Uncle

    as Mr. Dearborne

  9. 1965

    Fluffy

    as Catfish

  10. 1963

    The Great AdventureTV

    as O'Brien (1 episode)

  11. 1963

    Petticoat JunctionTV

    as Ralph (1 episode)

  12. 1962

    The Beverly HillbilliesTV

  13. 1960

    North to Alaska

    as Arnie (uncredited)

  14. 1959

    The Many Loves of Dobie GillisTV

    as Herbert T. Gillis (147 episodes)

  15. 1958

    Man with a CameraTV

  16. 1958

    Wanted: Dead or AliveTV

    as Sheriff Earl Tipton (1 episode)

  17. 1957

    MaverickTV

    as Red Harrison (1 episode)

  18. 1957

    Dino

    as Frank Mandel

  19. 1957

    Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

    as Sheriff Cotton Wilson

  20. 1956

    7th Cavalry

    as Sgt. Kruger

  21. 1956

    Three Brave Men

    as Enos Warren

  22. 1956

    Everything But the Truth

    as 'Mac' McMillan

  23. 1956

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreTV

    as Doc Alvarez (1 episode)

  24. 1956

    Away All Boats

    as Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran

  25. 1956

    Terror at Midnight

    as Fred Hill

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