Frank Faylen

Acting

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

Died: 1985-08-02

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.

Acting

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

Man Recommending Motel

The Nevadan

Jeff

It's a Wonderful World

Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Pete Foley - 1st pilot

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Adjutant (uncredited)

They Won't Forget

Reporter

The Canterville Ghost

Lieutenant John Kane

Away All Boats

Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran

Kid Galahad

Barney

Fourteen Hours

Walter, room service waiter

Blue Skies

Mack

Hangman's Knot

Cass Browne

To Each His Own

Babe

Race Street

Phil Dickson

Whispering Ghosts

Curly

Thunder Afloat

Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

Maisie Gets Her Man

Stage Manager (Uncredited)

The McConnell Story

Sfc. Sykes

My Favorite Spy

Newton

Copper Canyon

Mullins

North to Alaska

Arnie (uncredited)

Star Spangled Rhythm

Soldier (uncredited)

Address Unknown

Jimmie Blake

California

Whitey

San Quentin

Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited)

Variety Girl

Frank Faylen

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

Speed Dugan

The Perils of Pauline

Mr. Joe Gurt

Curtain Call

Spike Malone

Taxi, Mister

Henchman Silk

The Affairs of Susan

Brooklyn Boy (uncredited)

The Looters

Stan Leppich

Dino

Frank Mandel

The Pride of the Yankees

Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)

Fluffy

Catfish

The Lone Gun

Fairweather

Passage West

Curly

Road Gang

Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)

Standing Room Only

Cabbie

No Place to Go

Pete Shaffer

King of Hockey

Swede

Easy Come, Easy Go

Boss

Three Brave Men

Enos Warren

Everything But the Truth

'Mac' McMillan

And the Angels Sing

Holman

Welcome Stranger

Bill Walters

Across the Pacific

Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited)

Reno

J. Hezmer Briggs

The Monkey's Uncle

Mr. Dearborne

Two Years Before the Mast

Hansen

Married and in Love

Jim Carter, Man in Bar

Let's Go Collegiate

Speed Dorman

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

Somewhere I'll Find You

Soldier Driving Jeep

Blame It on Love

Studio Electrician

Alice in Movieland

Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Waterfront

Skids Riley

Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?

Herbert T. Gillis

Silver Skates

Eddie

Women in the Wind

Chuck - the Mechanic (uncredited)

The Fighting 69th

Engineer Sergeant (uncredited)

Wine, Women and Horses

Horse Buyer

Whispering Smith

Whitey Du Sang

The Invisible Menace

Private of the Guard

Hazard

Oscar

Ever Since Eve

Bandit Leader at Monteray Tavern (uncredited)

Cross My Heart

Fingerprint Expert

Masquerade in Mexico

Brooklyn (uncredited)

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

Charlie Downs

Dance Charlie Dance

Ted Parks

Idiot's Delight

The Flying Irishman

New York Mechanic

Prairie Chickens

Clem

Lucky Night

Play Palace Announcer (uncredited)

Five Came Back

Photographer (uncredited)

Gone with the Wind

Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)

Steel Against the Sky

Egg Man in Diner (uncredited)

Francis

Sergeant Chillingbacker

Thieves Fall Out

Pick

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

Federal Agent

The Cherokee Strip

Joe Brady

Midnight Court

Reporter

Wake Island

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Sailor (uncredited)

Night Waitress

Policeman at Torre's

Smart Blonde

Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

Dixie Dugan

Soldier (uncredited)

The Unknown Guest

Truck Driver (uncredited)

The Gang's All Here

Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

The Sky Parade

Pilot (uncredited)

Suddenly It's Spring

Harold Michaels

Brother Orchid

Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Edison, the Man

Galbreath

All American Chump

Reporter (uncredited)

No Time to Marry

Waxler

Just a Cute Kid

Benny

Father Steps Out

Tall Hobo 'King', aka The King of Siam

Good Morning, Judge

Ben Pollard

Tanks a Million

Pvt. Skivic

Get Going

Hank

Fall In

Capt. Gillis

Yanks Ahoy

Quartermaster Jenkins

Top Sergeant Mulligan

Pat Dolan

A-Haunting We Will Go

Train Detective (uncredited)

Red Garters

Billy Buckett

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)

Sergeant York

But! Boy (uncredited)

City for Conquest

Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)

Saturday's Children

Cab Driver (uncredited)

No Time for Comedy

Cab Driver

Back in Circulation

James Maxwell - a Reporter (uncredited)

East of the River

Tour Guide (uncredited)

Castle on the Hudson

Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)

They Drive by Night

Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

Pop Always Pays

Minerva Auto Loan Cashier

You Can't Get Away with Murder

Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)

Young Ideas

Reporter (uncredited)

Double Exposure

Press Photographer (uncredited)

La Conga Nights

Jeepers Peepers

The Eagle and the Hawk

Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman

Tough as They Come

Collector

The Trouble with Women

Geeger

Corvette K-225

Shipyard Painter

Border Flight

Jimmie

Model Wife

Master of Ceremonies

About Face

Bartender Jerry

Mokey

Police Desk Sergeant

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous

Gateman (uncredited)

The Go-Getter

Country Club Man #2 (uncredited)

Crime Rave

The Well Groomed Bride

Cabbie

Marked Woman

Cabbie #2 (uncredited)

Bombalera

Houlihan

Bring on the Girls

Sailor

A Guy Named Joe

Major (uncredited)

Mission to Moscow

Reporter (uncredited)

Slapsie Maxie's

Tiger Dorsey

Blossoms in the Dust

Man with Man Carrying Dead Child

Nazty Nuisance

Seaman Benson

The Falcon Strikes Back

Cecil, a Hobo (uncredited)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Self (archive footage)

Bullets or Ballots

Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)

China Clipper

Weatherman (uncredited)

Twelve Crowded Hours

Henchman (uncredited)

Incendiary Blonde

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes

Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited)

See Here, Private Hargrove

M.P. (uncredited)

Joe Smith, American

Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)

Footsteps in the Dark

Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Headin' East

Joe

Romance in the Air

Sure-Fire

The Sunrise Gun

Doc Alvarez

Too Hot to Handle

Assistant Dubber (uncredited)

That Certain Woman

Reporter (uncredited)

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

Man Recommending Motel

The Nevadan

Jeff

It's a Wonderful World

Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Pete Foley - 1st pilot

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Adjutant (uncredited)

They Won't Forget

Reporter

The Canterville Ghost

Lieutenant John Kane

Away All Boats

Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran

Kid Galahad

Barney

Fourteen Hours

Walter, room service waiter

Blue Skies

Mack

Hangman's Knot

Cass Browne

To Each His Own

Babe

Race Street

Phil Dickson

Whispering Ghosts

Curly

Thunder Afloat

Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

Maisie Gets Her Man

Stage Manager (Uncredited)

The McConnell Story

Sfc. Sykes

My Favorite Spy

Newton

Copper Canyon

Mullins

North to Alaska

Arnie (uncredited)

Star Spangled Rhythm

Soldier (uncredited)

Address Unknown

Jimmie Blake

California

Whitey

San Quentin

Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited)

Variety Girl

Frank Faylen

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

Speed Dugan

The Perils of Pauline

Mr. Joe Gurt

Curtain Call

Spike Malone

Taxi, Mister

Henchman Silk

The Affairs of Susan

Brooklyn Boy (uncredited)

The Looters

Stan Leppich

Dino

Frank Mandel

The Pride of the Yankees

Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)

Fluffy

Catfish

The Lone Gun

Fairweather

Passage West

Curly

Road Gang

Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)

Standing Room Only

Cabbie

No Place to Go

Pete Shaffer

King of Hockey

Swede

Easy Come, Easy Go

Boss

Three Brave Men

Enos Warren

Everything But the Truth

'Mac' McMillan

And the Angels Sing

Holman

Welcome Stranger

Bill Walters

Across the Pacific

Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited)

Reno

J. Hezmer Briggs

The Monkey's Uncle

Mr. Dearborne

Two Years Before the Mast

Hansen

Married and in Love

Jim Carter, Man in Bar

Let's Go Collegiate

Speed Dorman

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

Somewhere I'll Find You

Soldier Driving Jeep

Blame It on Love

Studio Electrician

Alice in Movieland

Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Waterfront

Skids Riley

Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?

Herbert T. Gillis

Silver Skates

Eddie

Women in the Wind

Chuck - the Mechanic (uncredited)

The Fighting 69th

Engineer Sergeant (uncredited)

Wine, Women and Horses

Horse Buyer

Whispering Smith

Whitey Du Sang

The Invisible Menace

Private of the Guard

Hazard

Oscar

Ever Since Eve

Bandit Leader at Monteray Tavern (uncredited)

Cross My Heart

Fingerprint Expert

Masquerade in Mexico

Brooklyn (uncredited)

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

Charlie Downs

Dance Charlie Dance

Ted Parks

Idiot's Delight

The Flying Irishman

New York Mechanic

Prairie Chickens

Clem

Lucky Night

Play Palace Announcer (uncredited)

Five Came Back

Photographer (uncredited)

Gone with the Wind

Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)

Steel Against the Sky

Egg Man in Diner (uncredited)

Francis

Sergeant Chillingbacker

Thieves Fall Out

Pick

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

Federal Agent

The Cherokee Strip

Joe Brady

Midnight Court

Reporter

Wake Island

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Sailor (uncredited)

Night Waitress

Policeman at Torre's

Smart Blonde

Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

Dixie Dugan

Soldier (uncredited)

The Unknown Guest

Truck Driver (uncredited)

The Gang's All Here

Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

The Sky Parade

Pilot (uncredited)

Suddenly It's Spring

Harold Michaels

Brother Orchid

Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Edison, the Man

Galbreath

All American Chump

Reporter (uncredited)

No Time to Marry

Waxler

Just a Cute Kid

Benny

Father Steps Out

Tall Hobo 'King', aka The King of Siam

Good Morning, Judge

Ben Pollard

Tanks a Million

Pvt. Skivic

Get Going

Hank

Fall In

Capt. Gillis

Yanks Ahoy

Quartermaster Jenkins

Top Sergeant Mulligan

Pat Dolan

A-Haunting We Will Go

Train Detective (uncredited)

Red Garters

Billy Buckett

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)

Sergeant York

But! Boy (uncredited)

City for Conquest

Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)

Saturday's Children

Cab Driver (uncredited)

No Time for Comedy

Cab Driver

Back in Circulation

James Maxwell - a Reporter (uncredited)

East of the River

Tour Guide (uncredited)

Castle on the Hudson

Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)

They Drive by Night

Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

Pop Always Pays

Minerva Auto Loan Cashier

You Can't Get Away with Murder

Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)

Young Ideas

Reporter (uncredited)

Double Exposure

Press Photographer (uncredited)

La Conga Nights

Jeepers Peepers

The Eagle and the Hawk

Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman

Tough as They Come

Collector

The Trouble with Women

Geeger

Corvette K-225

Shipyard Painter

Border Flight

Jimmie

Model Wife

Master of Ceremonies

About Face

Bartender Jerry

Mokey

Police Desk Sergeant

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous

Gateman (uncredited)

The Go-Getter

Country Club Man #2 (uncredited)

Crime Rave

The Well Groomed Bride

Cabbie

Marked Woman

Cabbie #2 (uncredited)

Bombalera

Houlihan

Bring on the Girls

Sailor

A Guy Named Joe

Major (uncredited)

Mission to Moscow

Reporter (uncredited)

Slapsie Maxie's

Tiger Dorsey

Blossoms in the Dust

Man with Man Carrying Dead Child

Nazty Nuisance

Seaman Benson

The Falcon Strikes Back

Cecil, a Hobo (uncredited)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Self (archive footage)

Bullets or Ballots

Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)

China Clipper

Weatherman (uncredited)

Twelve Crowded Hours

Henchman (uncredited)

Incendiary Blonde

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes

Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited)

See Here, Private Hargrove

M.P. (uncredited)

Joe Smith, American

Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)

Footsteps in the Dark

Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Headin' East

Joe

Romance in the Air

Sure-Fire

The Sunrise Gun

Doc Alvarez

Too Hot to Handle

Assistant Dubber (uncredited)

That Certain Woman

Reporter (uncredited)