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.
Filmography (190 titles)
6.5MovieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage) · 1987
10.0MovieWhatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
Herbert T. Gillis · 1977
7.5ShowQuincy, M.E.
Janus · 1976
7.2MovieFunny Girl
Keeney · 1968
6.2ShowThat Girl
1966
4.8MovieWhen the Boys Meet the Girls
Phin Gray · 1965
4.8ShowMy Mother the Car
1965
5.9MovieThe Monkey's Uncle
Mr. Dearborne · 1965
7.0MovieFluffy
Catfish · 1965
10.0ShowThe Great Adventure
O'Brien · 1963
5.8ShowPetticoat Junction
Ralph · 1963
6.9ShowThe Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.5MovieNorth to Alaska
Arnie (uncredited) · 1960
6.3ShowThe Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Herbert T. Gillis · 1959
5.5ShowMan with a Camera
1958
7.0ShowWanted: Dead or Alive
Sheriff Earl Tipton · 1958
6.9ShowMaverick
Red Harrison · 1957
7.4MovieDino
Frank Mandel · 1957
7.0MovieGunfight at the O.K. Corral
Sheriff Cotton Wilson · 1957
6.1Movie7th Cavalry
Sgt. Kruger · 1956
6.3MovieThree Brave Men
Enos Warren · 1956
8.2MovieEverything But the Truth
'Mac' McMillan · 1956
6.2ShowDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Doc Alvarez · 1956
5.4MovieAway All Boats
Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran · 1956
5.2MovieTerror at Midnight
Fred Hill · 1956
6.5ShowTelephone Time
1956
6.8MovieThe McConnell Story
Sfc. Sykes · 1955
6.1MovieThe Looters
Stan Leppich · 1955
5.6MovieThe Lone Gun
Fairweather · 1954
7.1MovieRiot in Cell Block 11
Commissioner Haskell · 1954