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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, 1905-12-08

Died: 1985-08-02

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1935	Double Exposure	Press Photographer (uncredited)	70
2	1936	Road Gang	Radio Dispatcher	65
3	1936	Border Flight	Jimmie	60
4	1936	Bullets or Ballots	Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)	65
5	1936	China Clipper	Weatherman (uncredited)	56
6	1936	The Sky Parade	Pilot (uncredited)	0
7	1936	All American Chump	Reporter (uncredited)	58
8	1936	Night Waitress	Policeman at Torre's	58
9	1936	King of Hockey	Swede	50
10	1937	Smart Blonde	Ambulance Driver (uncredited)	62
11	1937	Midnight Court	Reporter	48
12	1937	Marked Woman	Cabbie #2 (uncredited)	65
13	1937	The Cherokee Strip	Joe Brady	60
14	1937	The Go-Getter	Country Club Man #2 (uncredited)	58
15	1937	San Quentin	Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited)	65
16	1937	Kid Galahad	Barney	69
17	1937	The Case of the Stuttering Bishop	Charlie Downs	68
18	1937	Dance Charlie Dance	Ted Parks	60
19	1937	They Won't Forget	Reporter	57
20	1937	Ever Since Eve	Bandit Leader at Monteray Tavern (uncredited)	58
21	1937	Back in Circulation	James Maxwell - a Reporter (uncredited)	53
22	1937	Wine, Women and Horses	Horse Buyer	40
23	1937	Headin' East	Joe	0
24	1938	The Invisible Menace	Private of the Guard	41
25	1938	No Time to Marry	Waxler	60
26	1939	Crime Rave		0
27	1939	Idiot's Delight	Ed	61
28	1939	Twelve Crowded Hours	Henchman (uncredited)	52
29	1939	You Can't Get Away with Murder	Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)	56
30	1939	The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle	Adjutant (uncredited)	70
31	1939	The Flying Irishman	New York Mechanic	46
32	1939	Women in the Wind	Chuck - the Mechanic (uncredited)	68
33	1939	Lucky Night	Play Palace Announcer (uncredited)	66
34	1939	It's a Wonderful World	Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)	64
35	1939	Five Came Back	Photographer (uncredited)	63
36	1939	Waterfront	Skids Riley	63
37	1939	Thunder Afloat	Recruiting Officer (uncredited)	59
38	1939	Slapsie Maxie's	Tiger Dorsey	50
39	1939	No Place to Go	Pete Shaffer	60
40	1939	Reno	J. Hezmer Briggs	60
41	1939	Nick Carter, Master Detective	Pete Foley - 1st pilot	57
42	1939	Gone with the Wind	Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)	79
43	1939	Invisible Stripes	Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited)	61
44	1940	Married and in Love	Jim Carter, Man in Bar	53
45	1940	The Fighting 69th	Engineer Sergeant (uncredited)	54
46	1940	Castle on the Hudson	Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)	68
47	1940	Alice in Movieland	Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)	63
48	1940	The Grapes of Wrath	Tim	78
49	1940	Curtain Call	Spike Malone	73
50	1940	Saturday's Children	Cab Driver (uncredited)	64
51	1940	Edison, the Man	Galbreath	66
52	1940	La Conga Nights	Jeepers Peepers	75
53	1940	Brother Orchid	Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited)	64
54	1940	Blame It on Love	Studio Electrician	25
55	1940	Pop Always Pays	Minerva Auto Loan Cashier	0
56	1940	They Drive by Night	Driver in Cafe (uncredited)	69
57	1940	No Time for Comedy	Cab Driver	54
58	1940	City for Conquest	Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)	68
59	1940	Just a Cute Kid	Benny	0
60	1940	East of the River	Tour Guide (uncredited)	57
61	1941	Come Live with Me	Waiter	69
62	1941	Footsteps in the Dark	Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)	69
63	1941	Model Wife	Master of Ceremonies	0
64	1941	Thieves Fall Out	Pick	55
65	1941	The Reluctant Dragon	Orchestra Leader (uncredited)	66
66	1941	Father Steps Out	Tall Hobo 'King', aka The King of Siam	30
67	1941	Blossoms in the Dust	Man with Man Carrying Dead Child	65
68	1941	Let's Go Collegiate	Speed Dorman	50
69	1941	Tanks a Million	Pvt. Skivic	50
70	1941	Sergeant York	But! Boy (uncredited)	72
71	1941	Top Sergeant Mulligan	Pat Dolan	50
72	1941	H.M. Pulham, Esq.	Marine Sergeant (uncredited)	69
73	1941	Steel Against the Sky	Egg Man in Diner (uncredited)	50
74	1942	Joe Smith, American	Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)	57
75	1942	Star Spangled Rhythm	Soldier (uncredited)	59
76	1942	Mokey	Police Desk Sergeant	50
77	1942	About Face	Bartender Jerry	55
78	1942	Whispering Ghosts	Curly	69
79	1942	Yankee Doodle Dandy	Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)	70
80	1942	Maisie Gets Her Man	Stage Manager (Uncredited)	65
81	1942	Tough as They Come	Collector	0
82	1942	The Pride of the Yankees	Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)	74
83	1942	A-Haunting We Will Go	Train Detective (uncredited)	60
84	1942	Wake Island		56
85	1942	Somewhere I'll Find You	Soldier Driving Jeep	59
86	1942	The Palm Beach Story	Taxi Driver (uncredited)	70
87	1942	Across the Pacific	Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited)	65
88	1942	Fall In	Capt. Gillis	60
89	1943	Silver Skates	Eddie	50
90	1943	Dixie Dugan	Soldier (uncredited)	50
91	1943	Slightly Dangerous	Gateman (uncredited)	58
92	1943	The Falcon Strikes Back	Cecil, a Hobo (uncredited)	56
93	1943	Taxi, Mister	Henchman Silk	43
94	1943	Mission to Moscow	Reporter (uncredited)	52
95	1943	Good Morning, Judge	Ben Pollard	0
96	1943	Prairie Chickens	Clem	0
97	1943	Get Going	Hank	0
98	1943	Yanks Ahoy	Quartermaster Jenkins	65
99	1943	Young Ideas	Reporter (uncredited)	46
100	1943	Nazty Nuisance	Seaman Benson	38
101	1943	Thank Your Lucky Stars	Sailor (uncredited)	61
102	1943	Corvette K-225	Shipyard Painter	62
103	1943	The Unknown Guest	Truck Driver (uncredited)	0
104	1943	The Mystery of the 13th Guest	Speed Dugan	54
105	1943	The Gang's All Here	Marine Sergeant (uncredited)	58
106	1943	A Guy Named Joe	Major (uncredited)	65
107	1944	Standing Room Only	Cabbie	50
108	1944	See Here, Private Hargrove	M.P. (uncredited)	60
109	1944	And the Angels Sing	Holman	74
110	1944	Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble	Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)	57
111	1944	Address Unknown	Jimmie Blake	64
112	1944	The Canterville Ghost	Lieutenant John Kane	66
113	1945	Bombalera	Houlihan	0
114	1945	Bring on the Girls	Sailor	61
115	1945	You Came Along	Bellboy (uncredited)	70
116	1945	The Affairs of Susan	Brooklyn Boy (Uncredited)	61
117	1945	Incendiary Blonde	Hotel Clerk (uncredited)	51
118	1945	The Lost Weekend	'Bim' Nolan	76
119	1945	Masquerade in Mexico	Brooklyn (uncredited)	54
120	1946	To Each His Own	Babe	68
121	1946	The Blue Dahlia	Man Recommending Motel	66
122	1946	The Well Groomed Bride	Cabbie	40
123	1946	Our Hearts Were Growing Up	Federal Agent	62
124	1946	Blue Skies	Mack	60
125	1946	Two Years Before the Mast	Hansen	62
126	1946	Cross My Heart	Fingerprint Expert	0
127	1946	It's a Wonderful Life	Ernie	83
128	1947	Suddenly It's Spring	Harold Michaels	43
129	1947	California	Whitey	65
130	1947	Easy Come, Easy Go	Boss	0
131	1947	Welcome Stranger	Bill Walters	66
132	1947	The Trouble with Women	Geeger	0
133	1947	The Perils of Pauline	Mr. Joe Gurt	62
134	1947	Variety Girl	Frank Faylen	61
135	1947	Road to Rio	Trigger	67
136	1948	Hazard	Oscar	80
137	1948	Race Street	Phil Dickson	58
138	1948	Blood on the Moon	Jake Pindalest	61
139	1948	Whispering Smith	Whitey Du Sang	65
140	1950	The Nevadan	Jeff	58
141	1950	Francis	Sergeant Chillingbacker	55
142	1950	Convicted	Convict Ponti	63
143	1950	The Eagle and the Hawk	Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman	50
144	1950	Copper Canyon	Mullins	52
145	1951	Fourteen Hours	Walter, room service waiter	72
146	1951	Passage West	Curly	62
147	1951	Detective Story	Det. Gallagher	70
148	1951	My Favorite Spy	Newton	60
149	1952	The Sniper	Anderson	66
150	1952	The Lusty Men	Al Dawson	66
151	1952	Hangman's Knot	Cass Browne	64
152	1953	99 River Street	Stan Hogan	68
153	1954	Red Garters	Billy Buckett	50
154	1954	Riot in Cell Block 11	Commissioner Haskell	69
155	1954	The Lone Gun	Fairweather	53
156	1955	The Looters	Stan Leppich	56
157	1955	The McConnell Story	Sfc. Sykes	63
158	1956	Terror at Midnight	Fred Hill	49
159	1956	Away All Boats	Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran	51
160	1956	7th Cavalry	Sgt. Kruger	58
161	1956	Three Brave Men	Enos Warren	48
162	1956	Everything But the Truth	'Mac' McMillan	82
163	1957	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral	Sheriff Cotton Wilson	70
164	1957	Dino	Frank Mandel	72
165	1960	North to Alaska	Arnie (uncredited)	66
166	1965	Fluffy	Catfish	65
167	1965	The Monkey's Uncle	Mr. Dearborne	60
168	1965	When the Boys Meet the Girls	Phin Gray	30
169	1968	Funny Girl	Keeney	72
170	1977	Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?	Herbert T. Gillis	0
171	1988	James Stewart: A Wonderful Life	Self (archive footage)	60

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	The Bob Hope Show	Self	70
2	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	70
3	1951	Racket Squad		60
4	1953	General Electric Theater	Farber	60
5	1956	Telephone Time		63
6	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Doc Alvarez	55
7	1957	Maverick	Red Harrison	68
8	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Sheriff Earl Tipton	69
9	1958	Man with a Camera		48
10	1959	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis	Herbert T. Gillis	59
11	1962	The Beverly Hillbillies		69
12	1963	Petticoat Junction	Ralph	59
13	1963	The Great Adventure	O'Brien	0
14	1965	My Mother the Car		36
15	1966	That Girl		61
16	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Janus	75