Frank Faylen

Actor

Born: December 8, 1905 (79 years old)

Died: August 2, 1985

Place of birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

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.

Filmography (121)

• The Grapes of Wrath (1940, ★ 7.8)
• It's a Wonderful Life (1946, ★ 8.3)
• Detective Story (1951, ★ 7)
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957, ★ 7)
• Road to Rio (1947, ★ 6.8)
• The Palm Beach Story (1942, ★ 7)
• The Sniper (1952, ★ 6.7)
• Come Live with Me (1941, ★ 6.8)
• Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954, ★ 7)
• The Lost Weekend (1945, ★ 7.6)
• The Reluctant Dragon (1941, ★ 6.6)
• 99 River Street (1953, ★ 6.8)
• The Lusty Men (1952, ★ 6.7)
• Funny Girl (1968, ★ 7.2)
• The Blue Dahlia (1946, ★ 6.7)
• The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939, ★ 7)
• The Canterville Ghost (1944, ★ 6.8)
• Kid Galahad (1937, ★ 7)
• Fourteen Hours (1951, ★ 7.3)
• To Each His Own (1946, ★ 6.9)
• California (1947, ★ 6.8)
• The Pride of the Yankees (1942, ★ 7.4)
• And the Angels Sing (1944, ★ 7)
• Welcome Stranger (1947, ★ 6.6)
• Across the Pacific (1942, ★ 6.6)
• H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941, ★ 7.1)
• Gone with the Wind (1939, ★ 7.9)
• Whispering Smith (1948, ★ 6.6)
• The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937, ★ 6.8)
• Lucky Night (1939, ★ 6.6)