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
ActingBirthday
December 8, 1905Deathday
August 2, 1985Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
171Place of birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USAAlso known as
Francis Charles Ruf, Frank Ruf, Charles Francis Ruf
Cast credits
The Grapes of Wrath
Tim
It's a Wonderful Life
Ernie
When the Boys Meet the Girls
Phin Gray
Detective Story
Det. Gallagher
The Reluctant Dragon
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
You Came Along
Bellboy (uncredited)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Sheriff Cotton Wilson
Road to Rio
Trigger
The Palm Beach Story
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
The Sniper
Anderson
Come Live with Me
Waiter
Riot in Cell Block 11
Commissioner Haskell
The Lost Weekend
'Bim' Nolan
Terror at Midnight
Fred Hill
Convicted
Convict Ponti
Blood on the Moon
Jake Pindalest
99 River Street
Stan Hogan
7th Cavalry
Sgt. Kruger
The Lusty Men
Al Dawson
Funny Girl
Keeney
The Blue Dahlia
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