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Frank Faylen
Born 1905-12-08Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
James Stewart: A Wonderful LifeSelf (archive footage)Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?Herbert T. GillisFunny GirlKeeneyWhen the Boys Meet the GirlsPhin GrayThe Monkey's UncleMr. DearborneFluffyCatfishNorth to AlaskaArnie (uncredited)DinoFrank MandelGunfight at the O.K. CorralSheriff Cotton Wilson7th CavalrySgt. KrugerThree Brave MenEnos WarrenEverything But the Truth'Mac' McMillanAway All BoatsChief Phillip P. 'Pappy' MoranTerror at MidnightFred HillThe McConnell StorySfc. SykesThe LootersStan LeppichThe Lone GunFairweatherRiot in Cell Block 11Commissioner HaskellRed GartersBilly Buckett99 River StreetStan HoganHangman's KnotCass BrowneThe Lusty MenAl DawsonThe SniperAndersonMy Favorite SpyNewton