
Frank Faylen
Acting
Born 1905-12-08 · Saint 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

7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · TV

7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · TV

6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · TV

6.9
Maverick
1957 · TV

10.0
The Great Adventure
1963 · TV

6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · TV

6.8
General Electric Theater
1953 · TV

6.5
Telephone Time
1956 · TV

6.5
Racket Squad
1951 · TV

6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · TV

6.3
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959 · TV

5.5
Man with a Camera
1958 · TV

6.2
That Girl
1966 · TV

4.8
My Mother the Car
1965 · TV

5.8
Petticoat Junction
1963 · TV

7.0
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · TV