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Actor
Frank Faylen
- Born December 8, 1905 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
- Died August 2, 1985
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
It's a Wonderful Life1946
Gone with the Wind1939
The Grapes of Wrath1940
The Lost Weekend1945
Funny Girl1968
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral1957
Sergeant York1941
Yankee Doodle Dandy1942
Filmography
- 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful LifeFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1977Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?FilmHerbert T. Gillis
- 1976Quincy, M.E.SeriesJanus
- 1968Funny GirlFilmKeeney
- 1966That GirlSeries
- 1965The Monkey's UncleFilmMr. Dearborne
- 1965My Mother the CarSeries
- 1965When the Boys Meet the GirlsFilmPhin Gray
- 1965FluffyFilmCatfish
- 1963Petticoat JunctionSeriesRalph
- 1963The Great AdventureSeriesO'Brien
- 1962The Beverly HillbilliesSeries
- 1960North to AlaskaFilmArnie (uncredited)
- 1959The Many Loves of Dobie GillisSeriesHerbert T. Gillis
- 1958Wanted: Dead or AliveSeriesSheriff Earl Tipton
- 1958Man with a CameraSeries
- 1957Gunfight at the O.K. CorralFilmSheriff Cotton Wilson
- 1957MaverickSeriesRed Harrison
- 1957DinoFilmFrank Mandel
- 1956Away All BoatsFilmChief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
- 19567th CavalryFilmSgt. Kruger
- 1956Terror at MidnightFilmFred Hill
- 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeriesDoc Alvarez
- 1956Three Brave MenFilmEnos Warren
- 1956Telephone TimeSeries
- 1956Everything But the TruthFilm'Mac' McMillan
- 1955The LootersFilmStan Leppich
- 1955The McConnell StoryFilmSfc. Sykes
- 1954Riot in Cell Block 11FilmCommissioner Haskell
- 1954The Lone GunFilmFairweather
- 1954Red GartersFilmBilly Buckett
- 195399 River StreetFilmStan Hogan
- 1953General Electric TheaterSeriesFarber
- 1952The Lusty MenFilmAl Dawson
- 1952The SniperFilmAnderson
- 1952Hangman's KnotFilmCass Browne
- 1951Detective StoryFilmDet. Gallagher
- 1951Fourteen HoursFilmWalter, room service waiter
- 1951My Favorite SpyFilmNewton
- 1951Passage WestFilmCurly
- 1951Racket SquadSeries
- 1950ConvictedFilmConvict Ponti
- 1950FrancisFilmSergeant Chillingbacker
- 1950Copper CanyonFilmMullins
- 1950The NevadanFilmJeff
- 1950The Colgate Comedy HourSeriesSelf
- 1950The Eagle and the HawkFilmRed' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman
- 1950The Bob Hope ShowSeriesSelf
- 1948Blood on the MoonFilmJake Pindalest
- 1948Whispering SmithFilmWhitey Du Sang
- 1948Race StreetFilmPhil Dickson
- 1948HazardFilmOscar
- 1947Road to RioFilmTrigger
- 1947CaliforniaFilmWhitey
- 1947Variety GirlFilmFrank Faylen
- 1947The Perils of PaulineFilmMr. Joe Gurt
- 1947Suddenly It's SpringFilmHarold Michaels
- 1947Welcome StrangerFilmBill Walters
- 1947The Trouble with WomenFilmGeeger
- 1947Easy Come, Easy GoFilmBoss
- 1946It's a Wonderful LifeFilmErnie
- 1946The Blue DahliaFilmMan Recommending Motel
- 1946To Each His OwnFilmBabe
- 1946Blue SkiesFilmMack (uncredited)
- 1946Two Years Before the MastFilmHansen
- 1946Our Hearts Were Growing UpFilmFederal Agent
- 1946The Well Groomed BrideFilmCabbie
- 1946Cross My HeartFilmFingerprint Expert
- 1945The Lost WeekendFilm'Bim' Nolan
- 1945The Affairs of SusanFilmBrooklyn Boy (uncredited)
- 1945Incendiary BlondeFilmHotel Clerk (uncredited)
- 1945Masquerade in MexicoFilmBrooklyn (uncredited)
- 1945Bring on the GirlsFilmSailor
- 1945You Came AlongFilmBellboy (uncredited)
- 1945BombaleraFilmHoulihan
- 1944A Guy Named JoeFilmMajor (uncredited)
- 1944The Canterville GhostFilmLieutenant John Kane
- 1944Address UnknownFilmJimmie Blake
- 1944Andy Hardy's Blonde TroubleFilmTaxi Driver #2 (uncredited)
- 1944And the Angels SingFilmHolman