Frank Faylen

Deceased · Born: Dec 8, 1905 · Died: Aug 2, 1985

Personal Details

Born Dec 8, 1905 Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Parents

Otto Ruf
Maryann Madeline Cusik

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.

Career

acting

1970

1968

Funny Girl as Keeney

1966

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies

1965

Fluffy as Catfish

The Monkey's Uncle

The Monkey's Uncle as Mr. Dearborne

1959

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis as Herbert T. Gillis

1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive as Sheriff Earl Tipton

1957

Dino as Frank Mandel

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Sheriff Cotton Wilson

1956

Three Brave Men

Three Brave Men as Enos Warren

Terror at Midnight

Terror at Midnight as Fred Hill

7th Cavalry as Sgt. Kruger

Away All Boats as Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran

Everything But the Truth

Everything But the Truth as 'Mac' McMillan

1955

The McConnell Story

The McConnell Story as Sfc. Sykes

The Looters as Stan Leppich

1954

Red Garters as Billy Buckett

The Lone Gun as Fairweather

Riot in Cell Block 11

Riot in Cell Block 11 as Commissioner Haskell

1953

99 River Street

99 River Street as Stan Hogan

1952

The Sniper as Anderson

Hangman's Knot as Cass Browne

The Lusty Men as Al Dawson

1951

Passage West as Curly

1950

The Nevadan as Jeff

Convicted as Convict Ponti

The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk as Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman

Francis as Sergeant Chillingbacker

Copper Canyon as Mullins

1948

Race Street as Phil Dickson

Whispering Smith

Whispering Smith as Whitey Du Sang

Hazard as Oscar

Blood on the Moon

Blood on the Moon as Jake Pindalest

1947

Road to Rio as Trigger

Suddenly It's Spring

Suddenly It's Spring as Harold Michaels

Welcome Stranger

Welcome Stranger as Bill Walters

California as Whitey

Easy Come, Easy Go

Easy Come, Easy Go as Boss

The Perils of Pauline

The Perils of Pauline as Mr. Joe Gurt

The Trouble with Women

The Trouble with Women as Geeger

1946

Blue Skies as Mack

It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life as Ernie

1945

The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend as 'Bim' Nolan

Bombalera as Houlihan

Masquerade in Mexico

Masquerade in Mexico as Brooklyn (uncredited)

1944

The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost as Lieutenant John Kane

Address Unknown

Address Unknown as Jimmie Blake

And the Angels Sing

And the Angels Sing as Holman

1943

Silver Skates as Eddie

Nazty Nuisance as Seaman Benson

Prairie Chickens

Prairie Chickens as Clem

Yanks Ahoy as Quartermaster Jenkins

Good Morning, Judge

Good Morning, Judge as Ben Pollard

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

The Mystery of the 13th Guest as Speed Dugan

Taxi, Mister as Henchman Silk

Get Going as Hank

1942

Fall In as Capt. Gillis

Mokey as Police Desk Sergeant

Hay Foot as Major

About Face as Bartender Jerry

1941

Steel Against the Sky

Steel Against the Sky as Egg Man in Diner (uncredited)

Let's Go Collegiate

Let's Go Collegiate as Speed Dorman

Tanks a Million

Tanks a Million as Pvt. Skivic

Father Steps Out

Father Steps Out as Tall Hobo 'King', aka The King of Siam

Thieves Fall Out

Thieves Fall Out as Pick

Model Wife as Master of Ceremonies

Top Sergeant Mulligan

Top Sergeant Mulligan as Pat Dolan

1940

Married and in Love

Married and in Love as Jim Carter, Man in Bar

Just a Cute Kid

Just a Cute Kid as Benny

Curtain Call as Spike Malone

1939

No Place to Go as Pete Shaffer

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Nick Carter, Master Detective as Pete Foley - 1st pilot

1938

The Invisible Menace

The Invisible Menace as Private of the Guard

1937

The Cherokee Strip

The Cherokee Strip as Joe Brady