Frank Faylen
Known for ActingBorn 1905-12-08 — died 1985-08-02Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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.
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
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957 · as Sheriff Cotton Wilson
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · as Tim
Fourteen Hours
1951 · as Walter, room service waiter
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942 · as Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)
Sergeant York
1941 · as But! Boy (uncredited)
North to Alaska
1960 · as Arnie (uncredited)
The Lost Weekend
1945 · as 'Bim' Nolan
The Blue Dahlia
1946 · as Man Recommending Motel
Away All Boats
1956 · as Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
Road Gang
1936 · as Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
Blue Skies
1946 · as Mack (uncredited)
Come Live with Me
1941 · as Waiter
Blood on the Moon
1948 · as Jake Pindalest
Marked Woman
1937 · as Cabbie #2 (uncredited)
The Lusty Men
1952 · as Al Dawson