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.
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
Cast Credits
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
as Herbert T. Gillis
Funny Girl
as Keeney
When the Boys Meet the Girls
as Phin Gray
The Monkey's Uncle
as Mr. Dearborne
Fluffy
as Catfish
North to Alaska
as Arnie (uncredited)
The Sunrise Gun
as Doc Alvarez
Dino
as Frank Mandel
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Sheriff Cotton Wilson
7th Cavalry
as Sgt. Kruger
Three Brave Men
as Enos Warren
Everything But the Truth
as 'Mac' McMillan
Away All Boats
as Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
Terror at Midnight
as Fred Hill
The McConnell Story
as Sfc. Sykes
The Looters
as Stan Leppich
The Lone Gun
as Fairweather
Riot in Cell Block 11
as Commissioner Haskell
Red Garters
as Billy Buckett
99 River Street
as Stan Hogan
Hangman's Knot
as Cass Browne
The Lusty Men
as Al Dawson
The Sniper
as Anderson
My Favorite Spy
as Newton
Detective Story
as Det. Gallagher
Passage West
as Curly
Fourteen Hours
as Walter, room service waiter
Copper Canyon
as Mullins
The Eagle and the Hawk
as Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman
Convicted
as Convict Ponti