Frank Faylen
Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA — Dec 08 1905• Died Aug 02 1985
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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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Frank Faylen's Credits
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Quincy, M.E.
Janus
Maverick
Red Harrison
The Beverly Hillbillies
Petticoat Junction
Ralph
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Doc Alvarez
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
That Girl
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Sheriff Earl Tipton
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Herbert T. Gillis
Gone with the Wind
Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)
Hangman's Knot
Cass Browne
Telephone Time
The Great Adventure
O'Brien
It's a Wonderful Life
Ernie
Racket Squad
The Blue Dahlia
Man Recommending Motel
My Mother the Car
Man with a Camera
Funny Girl
Keeney
The Grapes of Wrath
Tim
General Electric Theater
Farber
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Sheriff Cotton Wilson
Sergeant York
But! Boy (uncredited)
The Lost Weekend
'Bim' Nolan
Blood on the Moon
Jake Pindalest
Wake Island
The Pride of the Yankees
Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)
Variety Girl
Frank Faylen
Detective Story
Det. Gallagher
Castle on the Hudson
Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)
The Lusty Men
Al Dawson
Across the Pacific
Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Sailor (uncredited)
North to Alaska
Arnie (uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots
Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)
Fourteen Hours
Walter, room service waiter
The Sniper
Anderson
Night Waitress
Policeman at Torre's
The Fighting 69th
Engineer Sergeant (uncredited)
City for Conquest
Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)
California
Whitey
It's a Wonderful World
Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
Assistant Dubber (uncredited)
Marked Woman
Cabbie #2 (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited)
Kid Galahad
Barney
The Palm Beach Story
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
Gateman (uncredited)
Blossoms in the Dust
Man with Man Carrying Dead Child
Corvette K-225
Shipyard Painter
That Certain Woman
Reporter (uncredited)
Whispering Smith
Whitey Du Sang
The McConnell Story
Sfc. Sykes
The Flying Irishman
New York Mechanic
A Guy Named Joe
Major (uncredited)
No Place to Go
Pete Shaffer
The Affairs of Susan
Brooklyn Boy (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy
Cab Driver
Away All Boats
Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
The Lone Gun
Fairweather
Dixie Dugan
Soldier (uncredited)
Five Came Back
Photographer (uncredited)
The Nevadan
Jeff
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Adjutant (uncredited)
The Go-Getter
Country Club Man #2 (uncredited)
Hazard
Oscar
Road Gang
Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing
Holman
Thieves Fall Out
Pick
Midnight Court
Reporter
Edison, the Man
Galbreath
China Clipper
Weatherman (uncredited)
Convicted
Convict Ponti
Mission to Moscow
Reporter (uncredited)
Red Garters
Billy Buckett
Copper Canyon
Mullins
The Canterville Ghost
Lieutenant John Kane
Good Morning, Judge
Ben Pollard
Tough as They Come
Collector
The Gang's All Here
Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
99 River Street
Stan Hogan
The Falcon Strikes Back
Cecil, a Hobo (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight
Ed
Francis
Sergeant Chillingbacker
Dino
Frank Mandel
Blue Skies
Mack
A-Haunting We Will Go
Train Detective (uncredited)
The Reluctant Dragon
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
They Drive by Night
Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
Standing Room Only
Cabbie
Joe Smith, American
Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)
Road to Rio
Trigger
Race Street
Phil Dickson
7th Cavalry
Sgt. Kruger
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)
The Looters
Stan Leppich
Star Spangled Rhythm
Soldier (uncredited)
You Came Along
Bellboy (uncredited)
Come Live with Me
Waiter
Border Flight
Jimmie
Fluffy
Catfish
Riot in Cell Block 11
Commissioner Haskell
Back in Circulation
James Maxwell - a Reporter (uncredited)
Tanks a Million
Pvt. Skivic
Brother Orchid
Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Reno
J. Hezmer Briggs
San Quentin
Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited)
The Sunrise Gun
Doc Alvarez
Headin' East
Joe
Cross My Heart
Fingerprint Expert
See Here, Private Hargrove
M.P. (uncredited)
Lucky Night
Play Palace Announcer (uncredited)
To Each His Own
Babe
The Perils of Pauline
Mr. Joe Gurt
Footsteps in the Dark
Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Easy Come, Easy Go
Boss
Incendiary Blonde
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Smart Blonde
Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Speed Dugan
Get Going
Hank
Young Ideas
Reporter (uncredited)
Dance Charlie Dance
Ted Parks
Address Unknown
Jimmie Blake
Passage West
Curly
Father Steps Out
Tall Hobo 'King', aka The King of Siam
Silver Skates
Eddie
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
Bring on the Girls
Sailor
Thunder Afloat
Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
The Eagle and the Hawk
Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman
The Monkey's Uncle
Mr. Dearborne
My Favorite Spy
Newton
Fall In
Capt. Gillis
The Well Groomed Bride
Cabbie
Steel Against the Sky
Egg Man in Diner (uncredited)
Maisie Gets Her Man
Stage Manager (Uncredited)
When the Boys Meet the Girls
Phin Gray
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)
King of Hockey
Swede
Everything But the Truth
'Mac' McMillan
No Time to Marry
Waxler
Alice in Movieland
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
The Cherokee Strip
Joe Brady
Slapsie Maxie's
Tiger Dorsey
Mokey
Police Desk Sergeant
Wine, Women and Horses
Horse Buyer
Three Brave Men
Enos Warren
They Won't Forget
Reporter
Somewhere I'll Find You
Soldier Driving Jeep
Married and in Love
Jim Carter, Man in Bar
Masquerade in Mexico
Brooklyn (uncredited)
Double Exposure
Press Photographer (uncredited)
Curtain Call
Spike Malone
Pop Always Pays
Minerva Auto Loan Cashier
La Conga Nights
Jeepers Peepers
Romance in the Air
Sure-Fire
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Pete Foley - 1st pilot
Twelve Crowded Hours
Henchman (uncredited)
Ever Since Eve
Bandit Leader at Monteray Tavern (uncredited)
Two Years Before the Mast
Hansen
Terror at Midnight
Fred Hill
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Charlie Downs
Top Sergeant Mulligan
Pat Dolan
Suddenly It's Spring
Harold Michaels
Women in the Wind
Chuck - the Mechanic (uncredited)
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Federal Agent
The Unknown Guest
Truck Driver (uncredited)
Taxi, Mister
Henchman Silk
The Sky Parade
Pilot (uncredited)
East of the River
Tour Guide (uncredited)
Nazty Nuisance
Seaman Benson
Waterfront
Skids Riley
The Trouble with Women
Geeger
Welcome Stranger
Bill Walters
Saturday's Children
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Whispering Ghosts
Curly
Model Wife
Master of Ceremonies
The Invisible Menace
Private of the Guard
Prairie Chickens
Clem
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
Herbert T. Gillis
Just a Cute Kid
Benny
Crime Rave
Let's Go Collegiate
Speed Dorman
About Face
Bartender Jerry
All American Chump
Reporter (uncredited)
Blame It on Love
Studio Electrician
Yanks Ahoy
Quartermaster Jenkins
Bombalera
Houlihan