Frank Faylen
Acting
Born: December 8, 1905 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Died: August 2, 1985 (aged 79)
Highest Rated
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
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Gone with the Wind
1939
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
The Lost Weekend
1945
Funny Girl
1968
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
Sergeant York
1941
The Palm Beach Story
1942
The Blue Dahlia
1946
Detective Story
1951
The Reluctant Dragon
1941
Photos (3)
Movies (172)
Gone with the Wind
Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful Life
Ernie
Two Years Before the Mast
Hansen
The Grapes of Wrath
Tim
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Sheriff Cotton Wilson
Sergeant York
But! Boy (uncredited)
Funny Girl
Keeney
The Lost Weekend
'Bim' Nolan
Detective Story
Det. Gallagher
A-Haunting We Will Go
Train Detective (uncredited)
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942
Marked Woman
Cabbie #2 (uncredited)
Blood on the Moon
Jake Pindalest
The Reluctant Dragon
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Fourteen Hours
Walter, room service waiter
The Palm Beach Story
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
They Drive by Night
Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
The Gang's All Here
Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
Steel Against the Sky
Egg Man in Diner (uncredited)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)
A Guy Named Joe
Major (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful World
Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)
North to Alaska
Arnie (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)
Riot in Cell Block 11
Commissioner Haskell
The Blue Dahlia
Man Recommending Motel
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Sailor (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
Galbreath
Across the Pacific
Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Adjutant (uncredited)
East of the River
Tour Guide (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
Assistant Dubber (uncredited)
The Sniper
Anderson
Women in the Wind
Chuck - the Mechanic (uncredited)
My Favorite Spy
Newton
Away All Boats
Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
To Each His Own
Babe
Kid Galahad
Barney
The Monkey's Uncle
Mr. Dearborne
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight
Ed
Blossoms in the Dust
Man with Man Carrying Dead Child
The Affairs of Susan
Brooklyn Boy (uncredited)
Blue Skies
Mack (uncredited)
Francis
Sergeant Chillingbacker
Bullets or Ballots
Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)
Footsteps in the Dark
Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Corvette K-225
Shipyard Painter
Come Live with Me
Waiter
Whispering Smith
Whitey Du Sang
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Federal Agent
The Lusty Men
Al Dawson
Five Came Back
Photographer (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing
Holman
The Go-Getter
Country Club Man #2 (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited)
The Fighting 69th
Engineer Sergeant (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
Reporter (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy
Cab Driver
The Perils of Pauline
Mr. Joe Gurt
99 River Street
Stan Hogan
7th Cavalry
Sgt. Kruger
Somewhere I'll Find You
Soldier Driving Jeep
Hangman's Knot
Cass Browne
Everything But the Truth
'Mac' McMillan
Bring on the Girls
Sailor
City for Conquest
Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)
The Trouble with Women
Geeger
Tough as They Come
Collector
Welcome Stranger
Bill Walters
They Won't Forget
Reporter
When the Boys Meet the Girls
Phin Gray
Easy Come, Easy Go
Boss
The Canterville Ghost
Lieutenant John Kane
Blame It on Love
Studio Electrician
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Pete Foley - 1st pilot
California
Whitey
Suddenly It's Spring
Harold Michaels
Incendiary Blonde
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Star Spangled Rhythm
Soldier (uncredited)
Wake Island
1942
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Speed Dugan
The Eagle and the Hawk
Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman
Convicted
Convict Ponti
See Here, Private Hargrove
M.P. (uncredited)
Dino
Frank Mandel
Castle on the Hudson
Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)
That Certain Woman
Reporter (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat
Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
Brother Orchid
Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Copper Canyon
Mullins
Variety Girl
Frank Faylen
Terror at Midnight
Fred Hill
About Face
Bartender Jerry
Hazard
Oscar
The Lone Gun
Fairweather
Model Wife
Master of Ceremonies
Slightly Dangerous
Gateman (uncredited)
The Falcon Strikes Back
Cecil, a Hobo (uncredited)
Road to Rio
Trigger
Road Gang
Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
Wine, Women and Horses
Horse Buyer
Headin' East
Joe
The Nevadan
Jeff
You Came Along
Bellboy (uncredited)
No Place to Go
Pete Shaffer
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Charlie Downs
The Flying Irishman
New York Mechanic
Ever Since Eve
Bandit Leader at Monteray Tavern (uncredited)
Married and in Love
Jim Carter, Man in Bar
Night Waitress
Policeman at Torre's
Cross My Heart
Fingerprint Expert
No Time to Marry
Waxler
Let's Go Collegiate
Speed Dorman
Maisie Gets Her Man
Stage Manager (Uncredited)
Three Brave Men
Enos Warren
The Well Groomed Bride
Cabbie
Thieves Fall Out
Pick
Fluffy
Catfish
The Looters
Stan Leppich
China Clipper
Weatherman (uncredited)
Race Street
Phil Dickson
Just a Cute Kid
Benny
Nazty Nuisance
Seaman Benson
Joe Smith, American
Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)
Fall In
Capt. Gillis
Address Unknown
Jimmie Blake
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
Herbert T. Gillis
The Unknown Guest
Truck Driver (uncredited)
San Quentin
Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited)
Masquerade in Mexico
Brooklyn (uncredited)
King of Hockey
Swede
The Sky Parade
Pilot (uncredited)
Smart Blonde
Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
The Invisible Menace
Private of the Guard
Curtain Call
Spike Malone
Saturday's Children
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Romance in the Air
Sure-Fire
Standing Room Only
Cabbie
The Cherokee Strip
Joe Brady
Prairie Chickens
Clem
Red Garters
Billy Buckett
Whispering Ghosts
Curly
La Conga Nights
Jeepers Peepers
Young Ideas
Reporter (uncredited)
Lucky Night
Play Palace Announcer (uncredited)
Twelve Crowded Hours
Henchman (uncredited)
The McConnell Story
Sfc. Sykes
Mokey
Police Desk Sergeant
Taxi, Mister
Henchman Silk
Yanks Ahoy
Quartermaster Jenkins
Pop Always Pays
Minerva Auto Loan Cashier
Reno
J. Hezmer Briggs
Midnight Court
Reporter
Dixie Dugan
Soldier (uncredited)
All American Chump
Reporter (uncredited)
Slapsie Maxie's
Tiger Dorsey
Border Flight
Jimmie
Alice in Movieland
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Passage West
Curly
Double Exposure
Press Photographer (uncredited)
Dance Charlie Dance
Ted Parks
Tanks a Million
Pvt. Skivic
Good Morning, Judge
Ben Pollard
Silver Skates
Eddie
Top Sergeant Mulligan
Pat Dolan
Waterfront
Skids Riley
Get Going
Hank
Father Steps Out
Tall Hobo 'King', aka The King of Siam
Back in Circulation
James Maxwell - a Reporter (uncredited)
TV Shows (14)
Maverick
Red Harrison · 1 eps
Quincy, M.E.
Janus · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Doc Alvarez · 1 eps
Petticoat Junction
Ralph · 1 eps
The Beverly Hillbillies
1 eps
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Sheriff Earl Tipton · 1 eps
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Herbert T. Gillis · 147 eps
That Girl
2 eps
Telephone Time
1 eps
The Great Adventure
O'Brien · 1 eps
Racket Squad
1 eps
My Mother the Car
2 eps
Man with a Camera
1 eps
General Electric Theater
Farber · 1 eps
