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
Movie Appearances
The Grapes of Wrath
as Tim
1940
It's a Wonderful Life
as Ernie
1946
When the Boys Meet the Girls
as Phin Gray
1965
Detective Story
as Det. Gallagher
1951
The Reluctant Dragon
as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
1941
You Came Along
as Bellboy (uncredited)
1945
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Sheriff Cotton Wilson
1957
Road to Rio
as Trigger
1947
The Palm Beach Story
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1942
The Sniper
as Anderson
1952
Come Live with Me
as Waiter
1941
Riot in Cell Block 11
as Commissioner Haskell
1954
The Lost Weekend
as 'Bim' Nolan
1945
Terror at Midnight
as Fred Hill
1956
Convicted
as Convict Ponti
1950
Blood on the Moon
as Jake Pindalest
1948
99 River Street
as Stan Hogan
1953
7th Cavalry
as Sgt. Kruger
1956
The Lusty Men
as Al Dawson
1952
Funny Girl
as Keeney
1968
TV Appearances
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
The Great Adventure
as O'Brien
1963
That Girl
1966
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Petticoat Junction
as Ralph
1963
General Electric Theater
as Farber
1953
Man with a Camera
1958
My Mother the Car
1965
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Sheriff Earl Tipton
1958
Racket Squad
1951
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Doc Alvarez
1956
Telephone Time
1956