Frank Faylen

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.

Known For (Movies)

It's a Wonderful Life
83%

It's a Wonderful Life

Variety Girl
61%

Variety Girl

Riot in Cell Block 11
70%

Riot in Cell Block 11

A Guy Named Joe
66%

A Guy Named Joe

Gone with the Wind
79%

Gone with the Wind

The Lost Weekend
76%

The Lost Weekend

Easy Come, Easy Go
0%

Easy Come, Easy Go

Across the Pacific
66%

Across the Pacific

No Place to Go
60%

No Place to Go

A-Haunting We Will Go
60%

A-Haunting We Will Go

Blame It on Love
25%

Blame It on Love

You Can't Get Away with Murder
56%

You Can't Get Away with Murder

Blood on the Moon
62%

Blood on the Moon

Mission to Moscow
53%

Mission to Moscow

Everything But the Truth
82%

Everything But the Truth

The Pride of the Yankees
74%

The Pride of the Yankees

No Time for Comedy
50%

No Time for Comedy

The Mystery of the 13th Guest
54%

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

Tough as They Come
0%

Tough as They Come

Detective Story
70%

Detective Story

Known For (TV)

Maverick
69%

Maverick

Quincy, M.E.
75%

Quincy, M.E.

The Beverly Hillbillies
69%

The Beverly Hillbillies

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
60%

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Petticoat Junction
57%

Petticoat Junction

Wanted: Dead or Alive
68%

Wanted: Dead or Alive

The Bob Hope Show
70%

The Bob Hope Show

That Girl
61%

That Girl

The Colgate Comedy Hour
68%

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
60%

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

The Great Adventure
0%

The Great Adventure

Telephone Time
63%

Telephone Time

Racket Squad
60%

Racket Squad

My Mother the Car
43%

My Mother the Car

Man with a Camera
46%

Man with a Camera

General Electric Theater
64%

General Electric Theater

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