Actor
Frank Faylen
120 years · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA · 172 films
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.
Best known for
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Ernie
On Hoopla
Gone with the Wind
1939 · Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)
On HBO Max
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Tim
On Hoopla
The Lost Weekend
1945 · 'Bim' Nolan
On Fandango at Home Free
Funny Girl
1968 · Keeney
On Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957 · Sheriff Cotton Wilson
On Kanopy
Filmography 172
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Self (archive footage)
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
1977 · Herbert T. Gillis
Funny Girl
1968 · Keeney
On Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel
When the Boys Meet the Girls
1965 · Phin Gray
The Monkey's Uncle
1965 · Mr. Dearborne
Fluffy
1965 · Catfish
North to Alaska
1960 · Arnie (uncredited)
Dino
1957 · Frank Mandel
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957 · Sheriff Cotton Wilson
On Kanopy
7th Cavalry
1956 · Sgt. Kruger
On Tubi TV
Three Brave Men
1956 · Enos Warren
Everything But the Truth
1956 · 'Mac' McMillan
Away All Boats
1956 · Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
On Tubi TV
Terror at Midnight
1956 · Fred Hill
The McConnell Story
1955 · Sfc. Sykes
On YouTube TV
The Looters
1955 · Stan Leppich
The Lone Gun
1954 · Fairweather
On Amazon Prime Video
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954 · Commissioner Haskell
Red Garters
1954 · Billy Buckett
99 River Street
1953 · Stan Hogan
On YouTube Free
Hangman's Knot
1952 · Cass Browne
On YouTube Free
The Lusty Men
1952 · Al Dawson
The Sniper
1952 · Anderson
On YouTube TV
My Favorite Spy
1951 · Newton