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

Gone with the Wind

1939

as Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

as Ernie

Funny Girl

1968

as Keeney

Sergeant York

1941

as But! Boy (uncredited)

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957

as Sheriff Cotton Wilson

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

as Tim

North to Alaska

1960

as Arnie (uncredited)

Detective Story

1951

as Det. Gallagher

The Lost Weekend

1945

as 'Bim' Nolan

The Reluctant Dragon

1941

as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Gone with the Wind

1939 • as Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)

★ 7.9

It's a Wonderful Life

1946 • as Ernie

★ 8.3

Funny Girl

1968 • as Keeney

★ 7.2

Sergeant York

1941 • as But! Boy (uncredited)

★ 7.2

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957 • as Sheriff Cotton Wilson

★ 7.0

The Grapes of Wrath

1940 • as Tim

★ 7.8

North to Alaska

1960 • as Arnie (uncredited)

★ 6.5

Detective Story

1951 • as Det. Gallagher

★ 7.0

Copper Canyon

1950 • as Mullins

★ 5.7

Wake Island

1942

★ 5.9

California

1947 • as Whitey

★ 6.8

Variety Girl

1947 • as Frank Faylen

★ 6.5

7th Cavalry

1956 • as Sgt. Kruger

★ 6.1

Passage West

1951 • as Curly

★ 6.6

Mokey

1942 • as Police Desk Sergeant

★ 6.7

Thunder Afloat

1939 • as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

★ 6.1

The Nevadan

1950 • as Jeff

★ 5.9

Marked Woman

1937 • as Cabbie #2 (uncredited)

★ 6.6

The Lost Weekend

1945 • as 'Bim' Nolan

★ 7.6

Nazty Nuisance

1943 • as Seaman Benson

★ 4.1

Smart Blonde

1937 • as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

★ 6.5

The Go-Getter

1937 • as Country Club Man #2 (uncredited)

★ 6.2

Midnight Court

1937 • as Reporter

★ 5.1

Dino

1957 • as Frank Mandel

★ 7.4

Bullets or Ballots

1936 • as Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)

★ 6.6

Prairie Chickens

1943 • as Clem

★ 8.0

The Looters

1955 • as Stan Leppich

★ 6.1

Fourteen Hours

1951 • as Walter, room service waiter

★ 7.3

Yanks Ahoy

1943 • as Quartermaster Jenkins

★ 6.5

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954 • as Commissioner Haskell

★ 7.1

The Reluctant Dragon

1941 • as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

★ 6.6

The Pride of the Yankees

1942 • as Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)

★ 7.4

Brother Orchid

1940 • as Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited)

★ 6.6

Blood on the Moon

1948 • as Jake Pindalest

★ 6.2

Kid Galahad

1937 • as Barney

★ 7.0

The Sniper

1952 • as Anderson

★ 6.7

They Drive by Night

1940 • as Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

★ 6.9

Whispering Ghosts

1942 • as Curly

★ 6.8

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942 • as Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)

★ 7.1

Blossoms in the Dust

1941 • as Man with Man Carrying Dead Child

★ 6.7

The Blue Dahlia

1946 • as Man Recommending Motel

★ 6.7

Fall In

1942 • as Capt. Gillis

★ 6.5

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 6.5

Five Came Back

1939 • as Photographer (uncredited)

★ 6.3

A Guy Named Joe

1944 • as Major (uncredited)

★ 6.7

Waterfront

1939 • as Skids Riley

★ 6.5

The Palm Beach Story

1942 • as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

★ 7.0

Road to Rio

1947 • as Trigger

★ 6.8

The Fighting 69th

1940 • as Engineer Sergeant (uncredited)

★ 5.8

The Trouble with Women

1947 • as Geeger

★ 9.5

99 River Street

1953 • as Stan Hogan

★ 6.8

Francis

1950 • as Sergeant Chillingbacker

★ 5.8

To Each His Own

1946 • as Babe

★ 7.0

Away All Boats

1956 • as Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran

★ 5.4

The Lusty Men

1952 • as Al Dawson

★ 6.7

Across the Pacific

1942 • as Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited)

★ 6.6

Whispering Smith

1948 • as Whitey Du Sang

★ 6.7

Terror at Midnight

1956 • as Fred Hill

★ 5.2

Mission to Moscow

1943 • as Reporter (uncredited)

★ 5.7

Welcome Stranger

1947 • as Bill Walters

★ 6.9

San Quentin

1937 • as Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited)

★ 6.6

Too Hot to Handle

1938 • as Assistant Dubber (uncredited)

★ 6.0

Incendiary Blonde

1945 • as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

★ 5.1

It's a Wonderful World

1939 • as Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)

★ 6.5

The Canterville Ghost

1944 • as Lieutenant John Kane

★ 6.9

Slightly Dangerous

1943 • as Gateman (uncredited)

★ 6.0

City for Conquest

1940 • as Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)

★ 6.9

Young Ideas

1943 • as Reporter (uncredited)

★ 5.3

The Gang's All Here

1943 • as Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

★ 5.9

China Clipper

1936 • as Weatherman (uncredited)

★ 5.9

The McConnell Story

1955 • as Sfc. Sykes

★ 6.8

About Face

1942 • as Bartender Jerry

★ 6.5

Alice in Movieland

1940 • as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

★ 6.4

Blue Skies

1946 • as Mack

★ 6.2

Hangman's Knot

1952 • as Cass Browne

★ 6.5

And the Angels Sing

1944 • as Holman

★ 7.3

Headin' East

1937 • as Joe

★ 10.0

Nick Carter, Master Detective

1939 • as Pete Foley - 1st pilot

★ 6.0

Edison, the Man

1940 • as Galbreath

★ 6.8

Convicted

1950 • as Convict Ponti

★ 6.2

The Monkey's Uncle

1965 • as Mr. Dearborne

★ 5.9

Hazard

1948 • as Oscar

★ 8.0

Fluffy

1965 • as Catfish

★ 7.0

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942 • as Soldier (uncredited)

★ 6.2

East of the River

1940 • as Tour Guide (uncredited)

★ 6.3

Two Years Before the Mast

1946 • as Hansen

★ 6.5

Race Street

1948 • as Phil Dickson

★ 6.0

You Can't Get Away with Murder

1939 • as Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)

★ 5.8

Curtain Call

1940 • as Spike Malone

★ 7.3

Invisible Stripes

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

★ 6.2

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

1939 • as Adjutant (uncredited)

★ 7.0

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

1937 • as Charlie Downs

★ 7.2

See Here, Private Hargrove

1944 • as M.P. (uncredited)

★ 6.5

No Time for Comedy

1940 • as Cab Driver

★ 5.3

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943 • as Sailor (uncredited)

★ 6.2

Everything But the Truth

1956 • as 'Mac' McMillan

★ 8.2

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

1946 • as Federal Agent

★ 6.5

Silver Skates

1943 • as Eddie

★ 6.3

Saturday's Children

1940 • as Cab Driver (uncredited)

★ 6.9

The Eagle and the Hawk

1950 • as Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman

★ 5.9

Idiot's Delight

1939 • as Ed

★ 6.1

Maisie Gets Her Man

1942 • as Stage Manager (Uncredited)

★ 6.7

Ever Since Eve

1937 • as Bandit Leader at Monteray Tavern (uncredited)

★ 5.8

Address Unknown

1944 • as Jimmie Blake

★ 6.5

Double Exposure

1935 • as Press Photographer (uncredited)

★ 7.8

No Place to Go

1939 • as Pete Shaffer

★ 8.0

Somewhere I'll Find You

1942 • as Soldier Driving Jeep

★ 5.7

That Certain Woman

1937 • as Reporter (uncredited)

★ 5.6

You Came Along

1945 • as Bellboy (uncredited)

★ 7.3

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

1944 • as Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)

★ 6.3

Corvette K-225

1943 • as Shipyard Painter

★ 6.2

Reno

1939 • as J. Hezmer Briggs

★ 6.7

Joe Smith, American

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

★ 6.5

The Unknown Guest

1943 • as Truck Driver (uncredited)

★ 7.0

The Lone Gun

1954 • as Fairweather

★ 5.6

Come Live with Me

1941 • as Waiter

★ 6.8

My Favorite Spy

1951 • as Newton

★ 6.0

A-Haunting We Will Go

1942 • as Train Detective (uncredited)

★ 6.1

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

1943 • as Speed Dugan

★ 5.7

The Affairs of Susan

1945 • as Brooklyn Boy (uncredited)

★ 6.5

The Perils of Pauline

1947 • as Mr. Joe Gurt

★ 6.7

Suddenly It's Spring

1947 • as Harold Michaels

★ 4.3

The Flying Irishman

1939 • as New York Mechanic

★ 5.0

The Falcon Strikes Back

1943 • as Cecil, a Hobo (uncredited)

★ 5.6

The Well Groomed Bride

1946 • as Cabbie

★ 5.7

Road Gang

1936 • as Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)

★ 7.0

Model Wife

1941 • as Master of Ceremonies

★ 6.5

Father Steps Out

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

★ 6.5

Masquerade in Mexico

1945 • as Brooklyn (uncredited)

★ 6.0

The Sky Parade

1936 • as Pilot (uncredited)

★ 8.0

Footsteps in the Dark

1941 • as Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)

★ 7.0

The Cherokee Strip

1937 • as Joe Brady

★ 6.5

Red Garters

1954 • as Billy Buckett

★ 5.0

Lucky Night

1939 • as Play Palace Announcer (uncredited)

★ 6.8

Castle on the Hudson

1940 • as Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)

★ 7.0

Border Flight

1936 • as Jimmie

★ 6.5

Women in the Wind

1939 • as Chuck - the Mechanic (uncredited)

★ 6.8

The Invisible Menace

1938 • as Private of the Guard

★ 4.3

Thieves Fall Out

1941 • as Pick

★ 6.0

Steel Against the Sky

1941 • as Egg Man in Diner (uncredited)

★ 5.4

Get Going

1943 • as Hank

★ 7.0

Taxi, Mister

1943 • as Henchman Silk

★ 4.2

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

1941 • as Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

★ 7.1

Dance Charlie Dance

1937 • as Ted Parks

★ 8.0

Easy Come, Easy Go

1947 • as Boss

★ 7.0

They Won't Forget

1937 • as Reporter

★ 5.9

Dixie Dugan

1943 • as Soldier (uncredited)

★ 6.5

Let's Go Collegiate

1941 • as Speed Dorman

★ 5.4

Three Brave Men

1956 • as Enos Warren

★ 6.3

Pop Always Pays

1940 • as Minerva Auto Loan Cashier

★ 7.0

Good Morning, Judge

1943 • as Ben Pollard

★ 10.0

Tanks a Million

1941 • as Pvt. Skivic

★ 5.7

Just a Cute Kid

1940 • as Benny

★ 7.0

Standing Room Only

1944 • as Cabbie

★ 5.7

Top Sergeant Mulligan

1941 • as Pat Dolan

★ 6.5

King of Hockey

1936 • as Swede

★ 5.4

Back in Circulation

1937 • as James Maxwell - a Reporter (uncredited)

★ 6.5

Cross My Heart

1946 • as Fingerprint Expert

★ 9.0

Slapsie Maxie's

1939 • as Tiger Dorsey

★ 6.0

Bring on the Girls

1945 • as Sailor

★ 6.3

The Sunrise Gun

1959 • as Doc Alvarez

Wine, Women and Horses

1937 • as Horse Buyer

★ 5.3

Twelve Crowded Hours

1939 • as Henchman (uncredited)

★ 6.1

Romance in the Air

1936 • as Sure-Fire

★ 10.0

Tough as They Come

1942 • as Collector

★ 9.0

La Conga Nights

1940 • as Jeepers Peepers

★ 7.7

Night Waitress

1936 • as Policeman at Torre's

★ 6.4

No Time to Marry

1938 • as Waxler

★ 7.0

Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?

1977 • as Herbert T. Gillis

★ 10.0

When the Boys Meet the Girls

1965 • as Phin Gray

★ 4.8

All American Chump

1936 • as Reporter (uncredited)

★ 6.2

Married and in Love

1940 • as Jim Carter, Man in Bar

★ 5.7

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Crime Rave

1939

★ 9.0

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Bombalera

1945 • as Houlihan

Blame It on Love

1940 • as Studio Electrician

★ 4.8