Frank Faylen
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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
Credits
Gone with the Wind (1939)
as Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
as Ernie
Fourteen Hours (1951)
as Walter, room service waiter
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
as Sheriff Cotton Wilson
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
as Tim
Blue Skies (1946)
as Mack (uncredited)
Funny Girl (1968)
as Keeney
Away All Boats (1956)
as Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
Sergeant York (1941)
as But! Boy (uncredited)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
as 'Bim' Nolan
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
as Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)
Nazty Nuisance (1943)
as Seaman Benson
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
as Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
as Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)
The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
as Man Recommending Motel
The Sky Parade (1936)
as Pilot (uncredited)
Blood on the Moon (1948)
as Jake Pindalest
Detective Story (1951)
as Det. Gallagher
My Favorite Spy (1951)
as Newton
North to Alaska (1960)
as Arnie (uncredited)
The Unknown Guest (1943)
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
About Face (1942)
as Bartender Jerry
The Gang's All Here (1943)
as Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
Welcome Stranger (1947)
as Bill Walters
Bombalera (1945)
as Houlihan
Road Gang (1936)
as Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944)
as Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)
Variety Girl (1947)
as Frank Faylen
They Drive by Night (1940)
as Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
The Sniper (1952)
as Anderson
Kid Galahad (1937)
as Barney
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
as Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
as Soldier (uncredited)
Across the Pacific (1942)
as Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited)
See Here, Private Hargrove (1944)
as M.P. (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes (1939)
as Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited)
Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
as Commissioner Haskell
Dino (1957)
as Frank Mandel
Come Live with Me (1941)
as Waiter
A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)
as Train Detective (uncredited)
Model Wife (1941)
as Master of Ceremonies
Incendiary Blonde (1945)
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing (1944)
as Holman
Night Waitress (1936)
as Policeman at Torre's
Hangman's Knot (1952)
as Cass Browne
Joe Smith, American (1942)
as Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)
Brother Orchid (1940)
as Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Somewhere I'll Find You (1942)
as Soldier Driving Jeep
The Lone Gun (1954)
as Fairweather
The Go-Getter (1937)
as Country Club Man #2 (uncredited)
Copper Canyon (1950)
as Mullins
Whispering Smith (1948)
as Whitey Du Sang
Wake Island (1942)
Actor
Five Came Back (1939)
as Photographer (uncredited)
China Clipper (1936)
as Weatherman (uncredited)
Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
as Man with Man Carrying Dead Child
The Monkey's Uncle (1965)
as Mr. Dearborne
A Guy Named Joe (1944)
as Major (uncredited)
Marked Woman (1937)
as Cabbie #2 (uncredited)
Steel Against the Sky (1941)
as Egg Man in Diner (uncredited)
To Each His Own (1946)
as Babe
The Fighting 69th (1940)
as Engineer Sergeant (uncredited)
7th Cavalry (1956)
as Sgt. Kruger
The McConnell Story (1955)
as Sfc. Sykes
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
as Sailor (uncredited)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
City for Conquest (1940)
as Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy (1940)
as Cab Driver
Whispering Ghosts (1942)
as Curly
Idiot's Delight (1939)
as Ed
Twelve Crowded Hours (1939)
as Henchman (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow (1943)
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Well Groomed Bride (1946)
as Cabbie
The Canterville Ghost (1944)
as Lieutenant John Kane
Francis (1950)
as Sergeant Chillingbacker
You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)
as Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)
California (1947)
as Whitey
The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)
as Cecil, a Hobo (uncredited)
Cross My Heart (1946)
as Fingerprint Expert
The Eagle and the Hawk (1950)
as Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman
Address Unknown (1944)
as Jimmie Blake
The Lusty Men (1952)
as Al Dawson
H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)
as Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
as Mr. Joe Gurt
That Certain Woman (1937)
as Reporter (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat (1939)
as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
Tanks a Million (1941)
as Pvt. Skivic
Convicted (1950)
as Convict Ponti
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
as Stage Manager (Uncredited)
The Flying Irishman (1939)
as New York Mechanic
Castle on the Hudson (1940)
as Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)
They Won't Forget (1937)
as Reporter
99 River Street (1953)
as Stan Hogan
Pop Always Pays (1940)
as Minerva Auto Loan Cashier
Road to Rio (1947)
as Trigger
Hazard (1948)
as Oscar
Slapsie Maxie's (1939)
as Tiger Dorsey
The Affairs of Susan (1945)
as Brooklyn Boy (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
as Gateman (uncredited)
Saturday's Children (1940)
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939)
as Pete Foley - 1st pilot
Smart Blonde (1937)
as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Father Steps Out (1941)
as Tall Hobo 'King', aka The King of Siam
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
as Adjutant (uncredited)
San Quentin (1937)
as Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited)
Lucky Night (1939)
as Play Palace Announcer (uncredited)
Race Street (1948)
as Phil Dickson
East of the River (1940)
as Tour Guide (uncredited)
Let's Go Collegiate (1941)
as Speed Dorman
Corvette K-225 (1943)
as Shipyard Painter
Married and in Love (1940)
as Jim Carter, Man in Bar
Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
as Hansen
Passage West (1951)
as Curly
The Looters (1955)
as Stan Leppich
Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
as Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Ever Since Eve (1937)
as Bandit Leader at Monteray Tavern (uncredited)
Headin' East (1937)
as Joe
La Conga Nights (1940)
as Jeepers Peepers
Alice in Movieland (1940)
as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Reno (1939)
as J. Hezmer Briggs
The Trouble with Women (1947)
as Geeger
The Nevadan (1950)
as Jeff
Get Going (1943)
as Hank
Edison, the Man (1940)
as Galbreath
Women in the Wind (1939)
as Chuck - the Mechanic (uncredited)
You Came Along (1945)
as Bellboy (uncredited)
The Cherokee Strip (1937)
as Joe Brady
Mokey (1942)
as Police Desk Sergeant
Too Hot to Handle (1938)
as Assistant Dubber (uncredited)
Red Garters (1954)
as Billy Buckett
Everything But the Truth (1956)
as 'Mac' McMillan
Thieves Fall Out (1941)
as Pick
No Time to Marry (1938)
as Waxler
Young Ideas (1943)
as Reporter (uncredited)
Wine, Women and Horses (1937)
as Horse Buyer
Terror at Midnight (1956)
as Fred Hill
Midnight Court (1937)
as Reporter
Tough as They Come (1942)
as Collector
Standing Room Only (1944)
as Cabbie
Yanks Ahoy (1943)
as Quartermaster Jenkins
Bring on the Girls (1945)
as Sailor
The Invisible Menace (1938)
as Private of the Guard
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965)
as Phin Gray
King of Hockey (1936)
as Swede
Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946)
as Federal Agent
Romance in the Air (1936)
as Sure-Fire
Just a Cute Kid (1940)
as Benny
Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
as Boss
Three Brave Men (1956)
as Enos Warren
Waterfront (1939)
as Skids Riley
Suddenly It's Spring (1947)
as Harold Michaels
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)
as Charlie Downs
Curtain Call (1940)
as Spike Malone
Taxi, Mister (1943)
as Henchman Silk
Prairie Chickens (1943)
as Clem
No Place to Go (1939)
as Pete Shaffer
Dixie Dugan (1943)
as Soldier (uncredited)
Fluffy (1965)
as Catfish
Border Flight (1936)
as Jimmie
Fall In (1942)
as Capt. Gillis
Back in Circulation (1937)
as James Maxwell - a Reporter (uncredited)
Masquerade in Mexico (1945)
as Brooklyn (uncredited)
Silver Skates (1943)
as Eddie
Good Morning, Judge (1943)
as Ben Pollard
Dance Charlie Dance (1937)
as Ted Parks
Double Exposure (1935)
as Press Photographer (uncredited)
The Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943)
as Speed Dugan
Top Sergeant Mulligan (1941)
as Pat Dolan
Crime Rave (1939)
Actor
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis? (1977)
as Herbert T. Gillis
All American Chump (1936)
as Reporter (uncredited)
Blame It on Love (1940)
as Studio Electrician