Frank Faylen
Born December 8, 1905 · Saint 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.
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Blood on the Moon
It's a Wonderful World
They Drive by Night
The Gang's All Here
North to Alaska
A Guy Named Joe
The Reluctant Dragon
Marked Woman
Riot in Cell Block 11
Yankee Doodle Dandy
The Pride of the Yankees
The Sniper
Too Hot to Handle
The Blue Dahlia
The Perils of Pauline
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Idiot's Delight
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Edison, the Man
Steel Against the Sky
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Five Came Back
Away All Boats
The Affairs of Susan
Blossoms in the Dust
7th Cavalry
East of the River
Blue Skies
The Monkey's Uncle
My Favorite Spy
Across the Pacific
Somewhere I'll Find You
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Francis
And the Angels Sing
Invisible Stripes
No Time for Comedy
City for Conquest
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Come Live with Me
To Each His Own
Kid Galahad
Copper Canyon
See Here, Private Hargrove
Castle on the Hudson
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
The Lusty Men
Easy Come, Easy Go
Whispering Smith
Women in the Wind
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
99 River Street
When the Boys Meet the Girls
The Canterville Ghost
Variety Girl
They Won't Forget
Everything But the Truth
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Hangman's Knot
Bullets or Ballots
Footsteps in the Dark
Corvette K-225
Welcome Stranger
About Face
The Nevadan
The Go-Getter
Bring on the Girls
The Lone Gun
Slightly Dangerous
Road Gang
The Fighting 69th
Tough as They Come
California
The Trouble with Women
Wake Island
The Eagle and the Hawk
The Well Groomed Bride
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Brother Orchid
Suddenly It's Spring
Thunder Afloat
Dino
Maisie Gets Her Man
Mission to Moscow
The Falcon Strikes Back
Married and in Love
Headin' East
Let's Go Collegiate
Fluffy
Incendiary Blonde
No Time to Marry
Night Waitress
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Road to Rio
Convicted
Model Wife
Wine, Women and Horses
You Came Along
No Place to Go
The Flying Irishman
Blame It on Love
Star Spangled Rhythm
Cross My Heart
Nazty Nuisance
Thieves Fall Out
Joe Smith, American
Three Brave Men
Just a Cute Kid
The Looters
Hazard
Ever Since Eve
San Quentin
Whispering Ghosts
The McConnell Story
Race Street
Address Unknown
Romance in the Air
The Unknown Guest
China Clipper
Curtain Call
Terror at Midnight
That Certain Woman
Fall In
Dance Charlie Dance
Mokey
Lucky Night
Tanks a Million
Smart Blonde
Masquerade in Mexico
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
Prairie Chickens
King of Hockey
Father Steps Out
Pop Always Pays
Top Sergeant Mulligan
La Conga Nights
The Sky Parade
Reno
Red Garters
Saturday's Children
The Invisible Menace
Twelve Crowded Hours
Dixie Dugan
Yanks Ahoy
Alice in Movieland
Young Ideas
Slapsie Maxie's
Back in Circulation
Taxi, Mister
Double Exposure
Border Flight
Standing Room Only
The Cherokee Strip
Midnight Court
All American Chump
Passage West
Silver Skates
Waterfront
Good Morning, Judge
