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.
Also Known As
Francis Charles Ruf, Frank Ruf, Charles Francis Ruf
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Frank Faylen's Movies
It's a Wonderful Life
20 Dec 1946
Gone with the Wind
15 Dec 1939
The Grapes of Wrath
15 Mar 1940
The Lost Weekend
29 Nov 1945
Funny Girl
19 Sept 1968
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
30 May 1957
Sergeant York
27 Sept 1941
Yankee Doodle Dandy
29 May 1942
The Palm Beach Story
28 Aug 1942
The Blue Dahlia
16 Apr 1946
The Reluctant Dragon
19 Jun 1941
Detective Story
19 Oct 1951
The Pride of the Yankees
14 Jul 1942
They Drive by Night
26 Jul 1940
North to Alaska
07 Nov 1960
The Lusty Men
24 Oct 1952
The Sniper
09 May 1952
Across the Pacific
04 Sept 1942
99 River Street
21 Aug 1953
Marked Woman
10 Apr 1937
Frank Faylen's TV Shows
The Beverly Hillbillies
26 Sept 1962
Quincy, M.E.
03 Oct 1976
Maverick
22 Sept 1957
Petticoat Junction
24 Sept 1963
Wanted: Dead or Alive
06 Sept 1958
That Girl
08 Sept 1966
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
29 Sept 1959
The Colgate Comedy Hour
10 Sept 1950
My Mother the Car
14 Sept 1965
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
05 Oct 1956
General Electric Theater
01 Feb 1953
Man with a Camera
10 Oct 1958
The Bob Hope Show
09 Apr 1950
Racket Squad
07 Jun 1951
Telephone Time
08 Apr 1956
The Great Adventure
27 Sept 1963