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