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