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Frank Faylen

Born
December 8, 1905
Died
August 2, 1985
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
Gone with the Wind
(1939)
Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful Life
(1946)
Ernie
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
(1957)
Sheriff Cotton Wilson
The Grapes of Wrath
(1940)
Tim
Funny Girl
(1968)
Keeney
Sergeant York
(1941)
But! Boy (uncredited)
A Guy Named Joe
(1943)
Major (uncredited)
The Lost Weekend
(1945)
'Bim' Nolan
North to Alaska
(1960)
Arnie (uncredited)
The Palm Beach Story
(1942)
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
The Reluctant Dragon
(1941)
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
(1942)
Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)
Detective Story
(1951)
Det. Gallagher
Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942)
Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)
The Blue Dahlia
(1946)
Man Recommending Motel
They Drive by Night
(1940)
Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
Double Exposure
(1935)
Press Photographer (uncredited)
All American Chump
(1936)
Reporter (uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots
(1936)
Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)
King of Hockey
(1936)
Swede
The Sky Parade
(1936)
Pilot (uncredited)
Night Waitress
(1936)
Policeman at Torre's
Road Gang
(1936)
Radio Dispatcher
Border Flight
(1936)
Jimmie
China Clipper
(1936)
Weatherman (uncredited)
Smart Blonde
(1937)
Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
(1937)
Charlie Downs
The Cherokee Strip
(1937)
Joe Brady
Dance Charlie Dance
(1937)
Ted Parks
Kid Galahad
(1937)
Barney
Ever Since Eve
(1937)
Bandit Leader at Monteray Tavern (uncredited)
Headin' East
(1937)
Joe
Marked Woman
(1937)
Cabbie #2 (uncredited)
Midnight Court
(1937)
Reporter
The Go-Getter
(1937)
Country club man #2 (uncredited)
They Won't Forget
(1937)
Reporter
Wine, Women and Horses
(1937)
Horse Buyer
Back in Circulation
(1937)
James Maxwell - a Reporter (uncredited)
San Quentin
(1937)
Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited)
The Invisible Menace
(1938)
Private of the Guard
No Time To Marry
(1938)
Waxler
Nick Carter, Master Detective
(1939)
Pete Foley - 1st pilot
It's a Wonderful World
(1939)
Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
(1939)
Adjutant (uncredited)
Women in the Wind
(1939)
Chuck - the Mechanic (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight
(1939)
Ed
Crime Rave
(1939)
Five Came Back
(1939)
Photographer (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes
(1939)
Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited)
Gone with the Wind
(1939)
Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)
Twelve Crowded Hours
(1939)
Henchman (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat
(1939)
Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
Slapsie Maxie's
(1939)
Tiger Dorsey
The Flying Irishman
(1939)
New York Mechanic
Lucky Night
(1939)
Play Palace Announcer (uncredited)
You Can't Get Away with Murder
(1939)
Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)
Waterfront
(1939)
Skids Riley
No Place to Go
(1939)
Pete Shaffer
Reno
(1939)
J. Hezmer Briggs
Pop Always Pays
(1940)
Minerva Auto Loan Cashier
La Conga Nights
(1940)
Jeepers Peepers
Edison, the Man
(1940)
Galbreath
They Drive by Night
(1940)
Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
Just a Cute Kid
(1940)
Benny
Brother Orchid
(1940)
Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Married and in Love
(1940)
Jim Carter, Man in Bar
East of the River
(1940)
Tour Guide (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
(1940)
Tim
The Fighting 69th
(1940)
Engineer Sergeant (uncredited)
Castle on the Hudson
(1940)
Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)
Alice in Movieland
(1940)
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Blame It on Love
(1940)
Studio Electrician
Saturday's Children
(1940)
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Curtain Call
(1940)
Spike Malone
City for Conquest
(1940)
Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy
(1940)
Cab Driver
Model Wife
(1941)
Master of Ceremonies
Steel Against the Sky
(1941)
Egg Man in Diner (uncredited)
Let's Go Collegiate
(1941)
Speed Dorman
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
(1941)
Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
Top Sergeant Mulligan
(1941)
Pat Dolan
Father Steps Out
(1941)
Tall Hobo 'King', aka The King of Siam
Sergeant York
(1941)
But! Boy (uncredited)
Footsteps in the Dark
(1941)
Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Blossoms in the Dust
(1941)
Man with Man Carrying Dead Child
Tanks a Million
(1941)
Pvt. Skivic
The Reluctant Dragon
(1941)
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Come Live with Me
(1941)
Waiter
Thieves Fall Out
(1941)
Pick
Across the Pacific
(1942)
Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
(1942)
Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)
About Face
(1942)
Bartender Jerry
Fall In
(1942)
Capt. Gillis
Wake Island
(1942)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942)
Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)
A-Haunting We Will Go
(1942)
Train Detective (uncredited)
Star Spangled Rhythm
(1942)
Soldier (uncredited)
Maisie Gets Her Man
(1942)
Stage Manager (Uncredited)
Whispering Ghosts
(1942)
Curly
Mokey
(1942)
Police Desk Sergeant
Joe Smith, American
(1942)
Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)
The Palm Beach Story
(1942)
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Tough as They Come
(1942)
Collector
Somewhere I'll Find You
(1942)
Soldier Driving Jeep
Young Ideas
(1943)
Reporter (uncredited)
Yanks Ahoy
(1943)
Quartermaster Jenkins
Taxi, Mister
(1943)
Henchman Silk
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
(1943)
Speed Dugan
The Falcon Strikes Back
(1943)
Cecil, a Hobo (uncredited)
Silver Skates
(1943)
Eddie
Mission to Moscow
(1943)
Reporter (uncredited)
A Guy Named Joe
(1943)
Major (uncredited)
The Unknown Guest
(1943)
Truck Driver (uncredited)
Corvette K-225
(1943)
Shipyard Painter
Thank Your Lucky Stars
(1943)
Nazty Nuisance
(1943)
Seaman Benson
Get Going
(1943)
Hank
Slightly Dangerous
(1943)
Gateman (uncredited)
Prairie Chickens
(1943)
Clem
The Gang's All Here
(1943)
Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
Dixie Dugan
(1943)
Soldier (uncredited)
Good Morning, Judge
(1943)
Ben Pollard
And the Angels Sing
(1944)
Holman
Standing Room Only
(1944)
Cabbie
See Here, Private Hargrove
(1944)
M.P. (uncredited)
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
(1944)
Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)
Address Unknown
(1944)
Jimmie Blake
The Canterville Ghost
(1944)
Lieutenant John Kane
Masquerade in Mexico
(1945)
Brooklyn (uncredited)
Bring on the Girls
(1945)
Sailor
The Affairs of Susan
(1945)
Brooklyn Boy (Uncredited)
Incendiary Blonde
(1945)
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Lost Weekend
(1945)
'Bim' Nolan
You Came Along
(1945)
Bellboy (uncredited)
Bombalera
(1945)
Houlihan
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
(1946)
Federal Agent
Cross My Heart
(1946)
Fingerprint Expert
Two Years Before the Mast
(1946)
Hansen
To Each His Own
(1946)
Babe
Blue Skies
(1946)
Mack
The Blue Dahlia
(1946)
Man Recommending Motel
The Well Groomed Bride
(1946)
Cabbie
It's a Wonderful Life
(1946)
Ernie
Suddenly It's Spring
(1947)
Harold Michaels
Welcome Stranger
(1947)
Bill Walters
Easy Come, Easy Go
(1947)
Boss
The Perils of Pauline
(1947)
Mr. Joe Gurt
Variety Girl
(1947)
Frank Faylen
California
(1947)
Whitey
Road to Rio
(1947)
Trigger
The Trouble with Women
(1947)
Geeger
Whispering Smith
(1948)
Whitey Du Sang
Hazard
(1948)
Oscar
Race Street
(1948)
Phil Dickson
Blood on the Moon
(1948)
Jake Pindalest
Francis
(1950)
Sergeant Chillingbacker
Copper Canyon
(1950)
Mullins
The Eagle and the Hawk
(1950)
Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman
The Nevadan
(1950)
Jeff
Convicted
(1950)
Convict Ponti
Passage West
(1951)
Curly
My Favorite Spy
(1951)
Newton
Fourteen Hours
(1951)
Walter, room service waiter
Detective Story
(1951)
Det. Gallagher
Hangman's Knot
(1952)
Cass Browne
The Lusty Men
(1952)
Al Dawson
The Sniper
(1952)
Anderson
99 River Street
(1953)
Stan Hogan
The Lone Gun
(1954)
Fairweather
Riot in Cell Block 11
(1954)
Commissioner Haskell
Red Garters
(1954)
Billy Buckett
The Looters
(1955)
Stan Leppich
The McConnell Story
(1955)
Sfc. Sykes
Everything But the Truth
(1956)
'Mac' McMillan
Three Brave Men
(1956)
Enos Warren
Away All Boats
(1956)
Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
7th Cavalry
(1956)
Sgt. Kruger
Terror at Midnight
(1956)
Fred Hill
Dino
(1957)
Frank Mandel
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
(1957)
Sheriff Cotton Wilson
North to Alaska
(1960)
Arnie (uncredited)
The Monkey's Uncle
(1965)
Mr. Dearborne
Fluffy
(1965)
Catfish
When the Boys Meet the Girls
(1965)
Phin Gray
Funny Girl
(1968)
Keeney
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
(1977)
Herbert T. Gillis
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
(1988)
Self (archive footage)
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