Frank Faylen
Acting • Born 1905-12-08 – Died 1985-08-02
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.
Filmography
191 credits
The Grapes of Wrath
Movie • 1940
Tim
It's a Wonderful Life
Movie • 1946
Ernie
When the Boys Meet the Girls
Movie • 1965
Phin Gray
Detective Story
Movie • 1951
Det. Gallagher
The Reluctant Dragon
Movie • 1941
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
You Came Along
Movie • 1945
Bellboy (uncredited)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Movie • 1957
Sheriff Cotton Wilson
Road to Rio
Movie • 1947
Trigger
The Palm Beach Story
Movie • 1942
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
The Sniper
Movie • 1952
Anderson
Come Live with Me
Movie • 1941
Waiter
Riot in Cell Block 11
Movie • 1954
Commissioner Haskell
The Lost Weekend
Movie • 1945
'Bim' Nolan
Terror at Midnight
Movie • 1956
Fred Hill
Convicted
Movie • 1950
Convict Ponti
Blood on the Moon
Movie • 1948
Jake Pindalest
99 River Street
Movie • 1953
Stan Hogan
7th Cavalry
Movie • 1956
Sgt. Kruger
The Lusty Men
Movie • 1952
Al Dawson
The Blue Dahlia
Movie • 1946
Man Recommending Motel
Funny Girl
Movie • 1968
Keeney
The Nevadan
Movie • 1950
Jeff
It's a Wonderful World
Movie • 1939
Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Movie • 1939
Pete Foley - 1st pilot
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Movie • 1939
Adjutant (uncredited)
They Won't Forget
Movie • 1937
Reporter
The Canterville Ghost
Movie • 1944
Lieutenant John Kane
Away All Boats
Movie • 1956
Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
Kid Galahad
Movie • 1937
Barney
Fourteen Hours
Movie • 1951
Walter, room service waiter
Blue Skies
Movie • 1946
Mack
Hangman's Knot
Movie • 1952
Cass Browne
To Each His Own
Movie • 1946
Babe
Race Street
Movie • 1948
Phil Dickson
Whispering Ghosts
Movie • 1942
Curly
Thunder Afloat
Movie • 1939
Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
Maisie Gets Her Man
Movie • 1942
Stage Manager (Uncredited)
The McConnell Story
Movie • 1955
Sfc. Sykes
My Favorite Spy
Movie • 1951
Newton
Copper Canyon
Movie • 1950
Mullins
North to Alaska
Movie • 1960
Arnie (uncredited)
Star Spangled Rhythm
Movie • 1942
Soldier (uncredited)
Address Unknown
Movie • 1944
Jimmie Blake
California
Movie • 1947
Whitey
San Quentin
Movie • 1937
Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited)
Variety Girl
Movie • 1947
Frank Faylen
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Movie • 1943
Speed Dugan
The Perils of Pauline
Movie • 1947
Mr. Joe Gurt
Curtain Call
Movie • 1940
Spike Malone
Taxi, Mister
Movie • 1943
Henchman Silk
The Affairs of Susan
Movie • 1945
Brooklyn Boy (uncredited)
The Looters
Movie • 1955
Stan Leppich
Dino
Movie • 1957
Frank Mandel
The Pride of the Yankees
Movie • 1942
Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)
Fluffy
Movie • 1965
Catfish
The Lone Gun
Movie • 1954
Fairweather
Passage West
Movie • 1951
Curly
Road Gang
Movie • 1936
Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
Standing Room Only
Movie • 1944
Cabbie
No Place to Go
Movie • 1939
Pete Shaffer
King of Hockey
Movie • 1936
Swede
Easy Come, Easy Go
Movie • 1947
Boss
Three Brave Men
Movie • 1956
Enos Warren
Everything But the Truth
Movie • 1956
'Mac' McMillan
And the Angels Sing
Movie • 1944
Holman
Welcome Stranger
Movie • 1947
Bill Walters
Across the Pacific
Movie • 1942
Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited)
Reno
Movie • 1939
J. Hezmer Briggs
The Monkey's Uncle
Movie • 1965
Mr. Dearborne
Two Years Before the Mast
Movie • 1946
Hansen
Married and in Love
Movie • 1940
Jim Carter, Man in Bar
Let's Go Collegiate
Movie • 1941
Speed Dorman
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Movie • 1941
Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
Somewhere I'll Find You
Movie • 1942
Soldier Driving Jeep
Blame It on Love
Movie • 1940
Studio Electrician
Alice in Movieland
Movie • 1940
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Waterfront
Movie • 1939
Skids Riley
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
Movie • 1977
Herbert T. Gillis
Silver Skates
Movie • 1943
Eddie
Women in the Wind
Movie • 1939
Chuck - the Mechanic (uncredited)
The Fighting 69th
Movie • 1940
Engineer Sergeant (uncredited)
Wine, Women and Horses
Movie • 1937
Horse Buyer
Whispering Smith
Movie • 1948
Whitey Du Sang
The Invisible Menace
Movie • 1938
Private of the Guard
Hazard
Movie • 1948
Oscar
Ever Since Eve
Movie • 1937
Bandit Leader at Monteray Tavern (uncredited)
Cross My Heart
Movie • 1946
Fingerprint Expert
Masquerade in Mexico
Movie • 1945
Brooklyn (uncredited)
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Movie • 1937
Charlie Downs
Dance Charlie Dance
Movie • 1937
Ted Parks
Idiot's Delight
Movie • 1939
Ed
The Flying Irishman
Movie • 1939
New York Mechanic
Prairie Chickens
Movie • 1943
Clem
Lucky Night
Movie • 1939
Play Palace Announcer (uncredited)
Five Came Back
Movie • 1939
Photographer (uncredited)
Gone with the Wind
Movie • 1939
Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)
Steel Against the Sky
Movie • 1941
Egg Man in Diner (uncredited)
Francis
Movie • 1950
Sergeant Chillingbacker
Thieves Fall Out
Movie • 1941
Pick
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Movie • 1946
Federal Agent
The Cherokee Strip
Movie • 1937
Joe Brady
Midnight Court
Movie • 1937
Reporter
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Movie • 1943
Sailor (uncredited)
Wake Island
Movie • 1942
Night Waitress
Movie • 1936
Policeman at Torre's
Smart Blonde
Movie • 1937
Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Dixie Dugan
Movie • 1943
Soldier (uncredited)
The Unknown Guest
Movie • 1943
Truck Driver (uncredited)
The Gang's All Here
Movie • 1943
Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
The Sky Parade
Movie • 1936
Pilot (uncredited)
Suddenly It's Spring
Movie • 1947
Harold Michaels
Brother Orchid
Movie • 1940
Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
Movie • 1940
Galbreath
All American Chump
Movie • 1936
Reporter (uncredited)
No Time to Marry
Movie • 1938
Waxler
Just a Cute Kid
Movie • 1940
Benny
Father Steps Out
Movie • 1941
Tall Hobo 'King', aka The King of Siam
Good Morning, Judge
Movie • 1943
Ben Pollard
Tanks a Million
Movie • 1941
Pvt. Skivic
Get Going
Movie • 1943
Hank
Yanks Ahoy
Movie • 1943
Quartermaster Jenkins
Fall In
Movie • 1942
Capt. Gillis
Top Sergeant Mulligan
Movie • 1941
Pat Dolan
A-Haunting We Will Go
Movie • 1942
Train Detective (uncredited)
Red Garters
Movie • 1954
Billy Buckett
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Movie • 1944
Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)
Sergeant York
Movie • 1941
But! Boy (uncredited)
City for Conquest
Movie • 1940
Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)
Saturday's Children
Movie • 1940
Cab Driver (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy
Movie • 1940
Cab Driver
Back in Circulation
Movie • 1937
James Maxwell - a Reporter (uncredited)
Castle on the Hudson
Movie • 1940
Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)
East of the River
Movie • 1940
Tour Guide (uncredited)
They Drive by Night
Movie • 1940
Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
Pop Always Pays
Movie • 1940
Minerva Auto Loan Cashier
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Movie • 1939
Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)
Young Ideas
Movie • 1943
Reporter (uncredited)
Double Exposure
Movie • 1935
Press Photographer (uncredited)
La Conga Nights
Movie • 1940
Jeepers Peepers
The Eagle and the Hawk
Movie • 1950
Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman
Tough as They Come
Movie • 1942
Collector
The Trouble with Women
Movie • 1947
Geeger
Corvette K-225
Movie • 1943
Shipyard Painter
Border Flight
Movie • 1936
Jimmie
Model Wife
Movie • 1941
Master of Ceremonies
About Face
Movie • 1942
Bartender Jerry
Mokey
Movie • 1942
Police Desk Sergeant
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Movie • 1942
Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
Movie • 1943
Gateman (uncredited)
The Go-Getter
Movie • 1937
Country Club Man #2 (uncredited)
Crime Rave
Movie • 1939
The Well Groomed Bride
Movie • 1946
Cabbie
Marked Woman
Movie • 1937
Cabbie #2 (uncredited)
Bombalera
Movie • 1945
Houlihan
Bring on the Girls
Movie • 1945
Sailor
A Guy Named Joe
Movie • 1944
Major (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
Movie • 1943
Reporter (uncredited)
Slapsie Maxie's
Movie • 1939
Tiger Dorsey
Blossoms in the Dust
Movie • 1941
Man with Man Carrying Dead Child
Nazty Nuisance
Movie • 1943
Seaman Benson
The Falcon Strikes Back
Movie • 1943
Cecil, a Hobo (uncredited)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)
Bullets or Ballots
Movie • 1936
Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)
China Clipper
Movie • 1936
Weatherman (uncredited)
Twelve Crowded Hours
Movie • 1939
Henchman (uncredited)
Incendiary Blonde
Movie • 1945
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
Movie • 1939
Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited)
See Here, Private Hargrove
Movie • 1944
M.P. (uncredited)
Joe Smith, American
Movie • 1942
Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)
Footsteps in the Dark
Movie • 1941
Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Headin' East
Movie • 1937
Joe
Romance in the Air
Movie • 1936
Sure-Fire
The Sunrise Gun
Movie • 1959
Doc Alvarez
Too Hot to Handle
Movie • 1938
Assistant Dubber (uncredited)
That Certain Woman
Movie • 1937
Reporter (uncredited)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
The Great Adventure
TV • 1963
O'Brien
That Girl
TV • 1966
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV • 1962
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
Ralph
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Farber
Man with a Camera
TV • 1958
My Mother the Car
TV • 1965
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
Sheriff Earl Tipton
Racket Squad
TV • 1951
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Doc Alvarez
Telephone Time
TV • 1956
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
TV • 1959
Herbert T. Gillis
Maverick
TV • 1957
Red Harrison
The Bob Hope Show
TV • 1950
Self
Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
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