Frank Faylen
Born
8 December 1905 (120)
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Also known as
Francis Charles Ruf, Frank Ruf
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.
Filmography (40)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
1977
Funny Girl
1968
When the Boys Meet the Girls
1965
The Monkey's Uncle
1965
Fluffy
1965
North to Alaska
1960
The Sunrise Gun
1959
Dino
1957
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
7th Cavalry
1956
Three Brave Men
1956
Everything But the Truth
1956
Away All Boats
1956
Terror at Midnight
1956
The McConnell Story
1955
The Looters
1955
The Lone Gun
1954
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954
Red Garters
1954
99 River Street
1953
Hangman's Knot
1952
The Lusty Men
1952
The Sniper
1952
My Favorite Spy
1951
Detective Story
1951
Passage West
1951
Fourteen Hours
1951
Copper Canyon
1950
The Eagle and the Hawk
1950
Convicted
1950
Francis
1950
The Nevadan
1950
Whispering Smith
1948
Blood on the Moon
1948
Race Street
1948
Hazard
1948
Road to Rio
1947
Variety Girl
1947
The Perils of Pauline
1947