Frank Faylen

Acting · Born 1905-12-08 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

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

• The Grapes of Wrath as Tim
• It's a Wonderful Life as Ernie
• When the Boys Meet the Girls as Phin Gray
• Detective Story as Det. Gallagher
• The Reluctant Dragon as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
• You Came Along as Bellboy (uncredited)
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Sheriff Cotton Wilson
• Road to Rio as Trigger
• The Palm Beach Story as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
• The Sniper as Anderson