Frank Faylen
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
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
1977
as Herbert T. Gillis
Funny Girl
1968
as Keeney
When the Boys Meet the Girls
1965
as Phin Gray
The Monkey's Uncle
1965
as Mr. Dearborne
Fluffy
1965
as Catfish
North to Alaska
1960
as Arnie (uncredited)
Dino
1957
as Frank Mandel
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
as Sheriff Cotton Wilson
7th Cavalry
1956
as Sgt. Kruger
Three Brave Men
1956
as Enos Warren
Everything But the Truth
1956
as 'Mac' McMillan
Away All Boats
1956
as Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
Terror at Midnight
1956
as Fred Hill
The McConnell Story
1955
as Sfc. Sykes
The Looters
1955
as Stan Leppich
The Lone Gun
1954
as Fairweather
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954
as Commissioner Haskell
Red Garters
1954
as Billy Buckett
99 River Street
1953
as Stan Hogan
Hangman's Knot
1952
as Cass Browne
The Lusty Men
1952
as Al Dawson
The Sniper
1952
as Anderson
My Favorite Spy
1951
as Newton