Acting
Frank Faylen
Also Known As: Francis Charles Ruf, Frank Ruf, Charles Francis Ruf
Birth Date
December 8, 1905
Death Date
August 2, 1985
(passed away at 79)
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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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.
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Maverick
Red Harrison
1957 • 1 episode
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 • 1 episode
Quincy, M.E.
Janus
1976 • 1 episode
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Sheriff Earl Tipton
1958 • 1 episode
Petticoat Junction
Ralph
1963 • 1 episode
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Doc Alvarez
1956 • 1 episode
That Girl
1966 • 2 episodes
Telephone Time
1956 • 1 episode
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950 • 1 episode
Gone with the Wind
Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)
1939
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Herbert T. Gillis
1959 • 147 episodes
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950 • 1 episode
It's a Wonderful Life
Ernie
1946
Racket Squad
1951 • 1 episode
The Great Adventure
O'Brien
1963 • 1 episode
Sergeant York
But! Boy (uncredited)
1941
The Grapes of Wrath
Tim
1940
Funny Girl
Keeney
1968
Man with a Camera
1958 • 1 episode
My Mother the Car
1965 • 2 episodes