Frank Faylen
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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
Maverick
Red Harrison
1957
Quincy, M.E.
Janus
1976
The Beverly Hillbillies
Petticoat Junction
Ralph
1963
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Doc Alvarez
1956
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Sheriff Earl Tipton
1958
That Girl
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Gone with the Wind
Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)
1939
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Herbert T. Gillis
1959
Telephone Time
It's a Wonderful Life
Ernie
1946
The Great Adventure
O'Brien
1963
Racket Squad
Man with a Camera
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Sheriff Cotton Wilson
1957
My Mother the Car
General Electric Theater
Farber
1953
Sergeant York
But! Boy (uncredited)
1941
The Grapes of Wrath
Tim
1940
Funny Girl
Keeney
1968
The Lost Weekend
'Bim' Nolan
1945
The Go-Getter
Country Club Man #2 (uncredited)
1937
North to Alaska
Arnie (uncredited)
1960
Dino
Frank Mandel
1957
Riot in Cell Block 11
Commissioner Haskell
1954
Marked Woman
Cabbie #2 (uncredited)
1937
7th Cavalry
Sgt. Kruger
1956
Copper Canyon
Mullins
1950
Detective Story
Det. Gallagher
1951
The Reluctant Dragon
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
1941
Wake Island
Bullets or Ballots
Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)
1936
California
Whitey
1947
The Pride of the Yankees
Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)
1942
A Guy Named Joe
Major (uncredited)
1944
Blood on the Moon
Jake Pindalest
1948
Mokey
Police Desk Sergeant
1942
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)
1942