Frank Faylen

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.

Born

Dec 08, 1905

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Died

Aug 02, 1985

Known For

Acting

Movies

175 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.0

movie

Known For

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

as Ernie

Gone with the Wind

1939

as Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

as Tim

Funny Girl

1968

as Keeney

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957

as Sheriff Cotton Wilson

Sergeant York

1941

as But! Boy (uncredited)

North to Alaska

1960

as Arnie (uncredited)

The Lost Weekend

1945

as 'Bim' Nolan

The Reluctant Dragon

1941

as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Detective Story

1951

as Det. Gallagher

It's a Wonderful Life

1946 • as Ernie

★ 8.3

Gone with the Wind

1939 • as Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)

★ 7.9

The Grapes of Wrath

1940 • as Tim

★ 7.8

Funny Girl

1968 • as Keeney

★ 7.1

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957 • as Sheriff Cotton Wilson

★ 7.0

Sergeant York

1941 • as But! Boy (uncredited)

★ 7.2

North to Alaska

1960 • as Arnie (uncredited)

★ 6.5

The Lost Weekend

1945 • as 'Bim' Nolan

★ 7.6

The Reluctant Dragon

1941 • as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

★ 6.6

Detective Story

1951 • as Det. Gallagher

★ 7.0

Blood on the Moon

1948 • as Jake Pindalest

★ 6.2

San Quentin

1937 • as Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited)

★ 6.7

Fourteen Hours

1951 • as Walter, room service waiter

★ 7.3

Address Unknown

1944 • as Jimmie Blake

★ 6.4

The Blue Dahlia

1946 • as Man Recommending Motel

★ 6.7

It's a Wonderful World

1939 • as Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)

★ 6.5

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942 • as Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)

★ 7.0

Marked Woman

1937 • as Cabbie #2 (uncredited)

★ 6.6

The Sniper

1952 • as Anderson

★ 6.7

The Palm Beach Story

1942 • as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

★ 7.0

Hangman's Knot

1952 • as Cass Browne

★ 6.5

They Drive by Night

1940 • as Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

★ 6.9

The Pride of the Yankees

1942 • as Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)

★ 7.3

Blue Skies

1946 • as Mack (uncredited)

★ 6.2

My Favorite Spy

1951 • as Newton

★ 6.0

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954 • as Commissioner Haskell

★ 7.1

Idiot's Delight

1939 • as Ed

★ 6.1

Kid Galahad

1937 • as Barney

★ 7.1

Across the Pacific

1942 • as Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited)

★ 6.6

Two Years Before the Mast

1946 • as Hansen

★ 6.5

Edison, the Man

1940 • as Galbreath

★ 6.8

A Guy Named Joe

1944 • as Major (uncredited)

★ 6.7

The Monkey's Uncle

1965 • as Mr. Dearborne

★ 5.8

Copper Canyon

1950 • as Mullins

★ 5.7

The Gang's All Here

1943 • as Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

★ 5.9

Corvette K-225

1943 • as Shipyard Painter

★ 6.2

Too Hot to Handle

1938 • as Assistant Dubber (uncredited)

★ 6.1

Blossoms in the Dust

1941 • as Man with Man Carrying Dead Child

★ 6.6

Invisible Stripes

1939 • as Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited)

★ 6.2

The Lusty Men

1952 • as Al Dawson

★ 6.7

Francis

1950 • as Sergeant Chillingbacker

★ 5.8

7th Cavalry

1956 • as Sgt. Kruger

★ 6.1

They Won't Forget

1937 • as Reporter

★ 5.9

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943 • as Sailor (uncredited)

★ 6.2

Away All Boats

1956 • as Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran

★ 5.3

99 River Street

1953 • as Stan Hogan

★ 6.8

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

1939 • as Adjutant (uncredited)

★ 7.0

The Canterville Ghost

1944 • as Lieutenant John Kane

★ 6.9

And the Angels Sing

1944 • as Holman

★ 7.3

To Each His Own

1946 • as Babe

★ 7.0

East of the River

1940 • as Tour Guide (uncredited)

★ 6.2

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

1941 • as Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

★ 7.1

The Eagle and the Hawk

1950 • as Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman

★ 5.9

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 6.5

Incendiary Blonde

1945 • as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

★ 5.1

A-Haunting We Will Go

1942 • as Train Detective (uncredited)

★ 6.2

A-Haunting We Will Go

1942

★ 6.2

City for Conquest

1940 • as Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)

★ 6.9

Brother Orchid

1940 • as Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited)

★ 6.6

Bullets or Ballots

1936 • as Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)

★ 6.6

The Affairs of Susan

1945 • as Brooklyn Boy (uncredited)

★ 6.5

Whispering Smith

1948 • as Whitey Du Sang

★ 6.7

Come Live with Me

1941 • as Waiter

★ 6.8

Welcome Stranger

1947 • as Bill Walters

★ 6.9

Women in the Wind

1939 • as Chuck - the Mechanic (uncredited)

★ 6.8

The Flying Irishman

1939 • as New York Mechanic

★ 5.0

Footsteps in the Dark

1941 • as Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)

★ 7.0

The McConnell Story

1955 • as Sfc. Sykes

★ 6.8

Road to Rio

1947 • as Trigger

★ 6.8

Slightly Dangerous

1943 • as Gateman (uncredited)

★ 6.0

Castle on the Hudson

1940 • as Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)

★ 7.0

Mission to Moscow

1943 • as Reporter (uncredited)

★ 5.7

Bring on the Girls

1945 • as Sailor

★ 6.2

China Clipper

1936 • as Weatherman (uncredited)

★ 5.8

The Lone Gun

1954 • as Fairweather

★ 5.6

Dino

1957 • as Frank Mandel

★ 7.4

The Fighting 69th

1940 • as Engineer Sergeant (uncredited)

★ 5.8

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942 • as Soldier (uncredited)

★ 6.2

The Perils of Pauline

1947 • as Mr. Joe Gurt

★ 6.7

Convicted

1950 • as Convict Ponti

★ 6.2

California

1947 • as Whitey

★ 6.8

The Go-Getter

1937 • as Country Club Man #2 (uncredited)

★ 6.2

No Time for Comedy

1940 • as Cab Driver

★ 5.3

Variety Girl

1947 • as Frank Faylen

★ 6.5

Somewhere I'll Find You

1942 • as Soldier Driving Jeep

★ 5.7

Thunder Afloat

1939 • as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

★ 6.1

Curtain Call

1940 • as Spike Malone

★ 7.2

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

1937 • as Charlie Downs

★ 7.2

Model Wife

1941 • as Master of Ceremonies

★ 6.5

Five Came Back

1939 • as Photographer (uncredited)

★ 6.3

When the Boys Meet the Girls

1965 • as Phin Gray

★ 4.8

Three Brave Men

1956 • as Enos Warren

★ 6.3

Married and in Love

1940 • as Jim Carter, Man in Bar

★ 5.7

The Trouble with Women

1947 • as Geeger

★ 9.5

Joe Smith, American

1942 • as Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)

★ 6.5

Suddenly It's Spring

1947 • as Harold Michaels

★ 4.2

The Looters

1955 • as Stan Leppich

★ 6.1

Red Garters

1954 • as Billy Buckett

★ 5.0

See Here, Private Hargrove

1944 • as M.P. (uncredited)

★ 6.5

You Can't Get Away with Murder

1939 • as Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)

★ 5.8

Maisie Gets Her Man

1942 • as Stage Manager (Uncredited)

★ 6.7

Steel Against the Sky

1941 • as Egg Man in Diner (uncredited)

★ 5.4

Wake Island

1942

★ 5.9

Alice in Movieland

1940 • as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

★ 6.4

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

1944 • as Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)

★ 6.2

Nick Carter, Master Detective

1939 • as Pete Foley - 1st pilot

★ 6.0

Cross My Heart

1946 • as Fingerprint Expert

★ 9.0

Taxi, Mister

1943 • as Henchman Silk

★ 4.2

Blame It on Love

1940 • as Studio Electrician

★ 4.8

No Time to Marry

1938 • as Waxler

★ 7.0

Fluffy

1965 • as Catfish

★ 7.0

Easy Come, Easy Go

1947 • as Boss

★ 7.0

Headin' East

1937 • as Joe

★ 10.0

Twelve Crowded Hours

1939 • as Henchman (uncredited)

★ 5.7

The Unknown Guest

1943 • as Truck Driver (uncredited)

★ 7.0

The Well Groomed Bride

1946 • as Cabbie

★ 5.7

Everything But the Truth

1956 • as 'Mac' McMillan

★ 8.2

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

1943 • as Speed Dugan

★ 5.7

Father Steps Out

1941 • as Tall Hobo 'King', aka The King of Siam

★ 6.5

The Nevadan

1950 • as Jeff

★ 5.9

No Place to Go

1939 • as Pete Shaffer

★ 8.0

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

1946 • as Federal Agent

★ 6.5

Night Waitress

1936 • as Policeman at Torre's

★ 6.4

Let's Go Collegiate

1941 • as Speed Dorman

★ 5.4

Tough as They Come

1942 • as Collector

★ 9.0

Passage West

1951 • as Curly

★ 6.6

Nazty Nuisance

1943 • as Seaman Benson

★ 4.1

Wine, Women and Horses

1937 • as Horse Buyer

★ 5.2

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Bombalera

1945 • as Houlihan

The Falcon Strikes Back

1943 • as Cecil, a Hobo (uncredited)

★ 5.7

About Face

1942 • as Bartender Jerry

★ 6.6

Young Ideas

1943 • as Reporter (uncredited)

★ 5.3

You Came Along

1945 • as Bellboy (uncredited)

★ 7.3

Race Street

1948 • as Phil Dickson

★ 6.0

Road Gang

1936 • as Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)

★ 7.0

Standing Room Only

1944 • as Cabbie

★ 5.7

Hazard

1948 • as Oscar

★ 8.0

Lucky Night

1939 • as Play Palace Announcer (uncredited)

★ 6.8

Fall In

1942 • as Capt. Gillis

★ 6.5

Masquerade in Mexico

1945 • as Brooklyn (uncredited)

★ 6.0

That Certain Woman

1937 • as Reporter (uncredited)

★ 5.6

Saturday's Children

1940 • as Cab Driver (uncredited)

★ 6.9

Prairie Chickens

1943 • as Clem

★ 8.0

Smart Blonde

1937 • as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

★ 6.4

Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?

1977 • as Herbert T. Gillis

★ 10.0

Ever Since Eve

1937 • as Bandit Leader at Monteray Tavern (uncredited)

★ 5.8

Thieves Fall Out

1941 • as Pick

★ 6.0

Whispering Ghosts

1942 • as Curly

★ 6.8

Romance in the Air

1936 • as Sure-Fire

★ 10.0

Tanks a Million

1941 • as Pvt. Skivic

★ 5.8

The Invisible Menace

1938 • as Private of the Guard

★ 4.3

Pop Always Pays

1940 • as Minerva Auto Loan Cashier

★ 6.7

King of Hockey

1936 • as Swede

★ 5.4

Terror at Midnight

1956 • as Fred Hill

★ 5.2

Slapsie Maxie's

1939 • as Tiger Dorsey

★ 6.0

All American Chump

1936 • as Reporter (uncredited)

★ 6.2

Mokey

1942 • as Police Desk Sergeant

★ 6.7

The Sky Parade

1936 • as Pilot (uncredited)

★ 8.0

Reno

1939 • as J. Hezmer Briggs

★ 6.7

Yanks Ahoy

1943 • as Quartermaster Jenkins

★ 6.6

Border Flight

1936 • as Jimmie

★ 6.5

Dixie Dugan

1943 • as Soldier (uncredited)

★ 6.5

Dance Charlie Dance

1937 • as Ted Parks

★ 8.0

La Conga Nights

1940 • as Jeepers Peepers

★ 7.7

Silver Skates

1943 • as Eddie

★ 6.3

Double Exposure

1935 • as Press Photographer (uncredited)

★ 7.4

Back in Circulation

1937 • as James Maxwell - a Reporter (uncredited)

★ 6.5

Get Going

1943 • as Hank

★ 7.0

Good Morning, Judge

1943 • as Ben Pollard

★ 10.0

Just a Cute Kid

1940 • as Benny

★ 7.0

The Cherokee Strip

1937 • as Joe Brady

★ 6.5

Midnight Court

1937 • as Reporter

★ 5.1

Waterfront

1939 • as Skids Riley

★ 6.5

Top Sergeant Mulligan

1941 • as Pat Dolan

★ 6.5

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Crime Rave

1939

★ 9.0