Frank Faylen

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1905-12-08

Day of Death

1985-08-02

Place of Birth

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Frank Faylen

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.

Filmography (175)

⭐ 6.5 Role: Self (archive footage)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

⭐ 10.0 Role: Herbert T. Gillis

Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?

⭐ 7.2 Role: Keeney

Funny Girl

⭐ 4.8 Role: Phin Gray

When the Boys Meet the Girls

⭐ 5.9 Role: Mr. Dearborne

The Monkey's Uncle

⭐ 7.0 Role: Catfish

Fluffy

⭐ 6.5 Role: Arnie (uncredited)

North to Alaska

⭐ 0 Role: Doc Alvarez

The Sunrise Gun

⭐ 7.4 Role: Frank Mandel

Dino

⭐ 7.0 Role: Sheriff Cotton Wilson

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

⭐ 6.1 Role: Sgt. Kruger

7th Cavalry

⭐ 6.3 Role: Enos Warren

Three Brave Men

⭐ 8.2 Role: 'Mac' McMillan

Everything But the Truth

⭐ 5.4 Role: Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran

Away All Boats

⭐ 5.2 Role: Fred Hill

Terror at Midnight

⭐ 6.8 Role: Sfc. Sykes

The McConnell Story

⭐ 6.1 Role: Stan Leppich

The Looters

⭐ 5.6 Role: Fairweather

The Lone Gun

⭐ 7.1 Role: Commissioner Haskell

Riot in Cell Block 11

⭐ 5.0 Role: Billy Buckett

Red Garters

⭐ 6.8 Role: Stan Hogan

99 River Street

⭐ 6.5 Role: Cass Browne

Hangman's Knot

⭐ 6.7 Role: Al Dawson

The Lusty Men

⭐ 6.7 Role: Anderson

The Sniper

⭐ 6.0 Role: Newton

My Favorite Spy

⭐ 7.0 Role: Det. Gallagher

Detective Story

⭐ 6.6 Role: Curly

Passage West

⭐ 7.3 Role: Walter, room service waiter

Fourteen Hours

⭐ 5.7 Role: Mullins

Copper Canyon

⭐ 5.9 Role: Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman

The Eagle and the Hawk

⭐ 6.1 Role: Convict Ponti

Convicted

⭐ 5.8 Role: Sergeant Chillingbacker

Francis

⭐ 5.9 Role: Jeff

The Nevadan

⭐ 6.7 Role: Whitey Du Sang

Whispering Smith

⭐ 6.3 Role: Jake Pindalest

Blood on the Moon

⭐ 6.0 Role: Phil Dickson

Race Street

⭐ 8.0 Role: Oscar

Hazard

⭐ 6.8 Role: Trigger

Road to Rio

⭐ 6.5 Role: Frank Faylen

Variety Girl

⭐ 6.7 Role: Mr. Joe Gurt

The Perils of Pauline

⭐ 9.5 Role: Geeger

The Trouble with Women

⭐ 6.8 Role: Bill Walters

Welcome Stranger

⭐ 7.0 Role: Boss

Easy Come, Easy Go

⭐ 6.8 Role: Whitey

California

⭐ 4.2 Role: Harold Michaels

Suddenly It's Spring

⭐ 8.3 Role: Ernie

It's a Wonderful Life

⭐ 9.0 Role: Fingerprint Expert

Cross My Heart

⭐ 6.5 Role: Hansen

Two Years Before the Mast

⭐ 6.2 Role: Mack

Blue Skies

⭐ 6.5 Role: Federal Agent

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

⭐ 5.7 Role: Cabbie

The Well Groomed Bride

⭐ 6.7 Role: Man Recommending Motel

The Blue Dahlia

⭐ 7.0 Role: Babe

To Each His Own

⭐ 6.0 Role: Brooklyn (uncredited)

Masquerade in Mexico

⭐ 7.6 Role: 'Bim' Nolan

The Lost Weekend

⭐ 5.1 Role: Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Incendiary Blonde

⭐ 6.5 Role: Brooklyn Boy (uncredited)

The Affairs of Susan

⭐ 7.3 Role: Bellboy (uncredited)

You Came Along

⭐ 6.2 Role: Sailor

Bring on the Girls

⭐ 0 Role: Houlihan

Bombalera

⭐ 6.9 Role: Lieutenant John Kane

The Canterville Ghost

⭐ 6.5 Role: Jimmie Blake

Address Unknown

⭐ 6.2 Role: Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

⭐ 7.3 Role: Holman

And the Angels Sing

⭐ 6.5 Role: M.P. (uncredited)

See Here, Private Hargrove

⭐ 6.7 Role: Major (uncredited)

A Guy Named Joe

⭐ 5.7 Role: Cabbie

Standing Room Only

⭐ 5.9 Role: Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

The Gang's All Here

⭐ 5.7 Role: Speed Dugan

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

⭐ 7.0 Role: Truck Driver (uncredited)

The Unknown Guest

⭐ 6.2 Role: Shipyard Painter

Corvette K-225

⭐ 6.2 Role: Sailor (uncredited)

Thank Your Lucky Stars

⭐ 4.1 Role: Seaman Benson

Nazty Nuisance

⭐ 5.3 Role: Reporter (uncredited)

Young Ideas

⭐ 6.5 Role: Quartermaster Jenkins

Yanks Ahoy

⭐ 7.0 Role: Hank

Get Going

⭐ 8.0 Role: Clem

Prairie Chickens

⭐ 10.0 Role: Ben Pollard

Good Morning, Judge

⭐ 5.7 Role: Reporter (uncredited)

Mission to Moscow

⭐ 4.2 Role: Henchman Silk

Taxi, Mister

⭐ 6.0 Role: Gateman (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous

⭐ 5.6 Role: Cecil, a Hobo (uncredited)

The Falcon Strikes Back

⭐ 6.5 Role: Soldier (uncredited)

Dixie Dugan

⭐ 6.3 Role: Eddie

Silver Skates

⭐ 6.5 Role: Capt. Gillis

Fall In

⭐ 6.6 Role: Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited)

Across the Pacific

⭐ 7.0 Role: Taxi Driver (uncredited)

The Palm Beach Story

⭐ 5.7 Role: Soldier Driving Jeep

Somewhere I'll Find You

⭐ 5.9 Role: Unknown

Wake Island

⭐ 6.1 Role: Train Detective (uncredited)

A-Haunting We Will Go

⭐ 7.4 Role: Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees

⭐ 9.0 Role: Collector

Tough as They Come

⭐ 6.7 Role: Stage Manager (Uncredited)

Maisie Gets Her Man

⭐ 7.0 Role: Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)

Yankee Doodle Dandy

⭐ 6.8 Role: Curly

Whispering Ghosts

⭐ 6.5 Role: Bartender Jerry

About Face

⭐ 6.7 Role: Police Desk Sergeant

Mokey

⭐ 6.2 Role: Soldier (uncredited)

Star Spangled Rhythm

⭐ 6.5 Role: Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)

Joe Smith, American

⭐ 5.4 Role: Egg Man in Diner (uncredited)

Steel Against the Sky

⭐ 7.1 Role: Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

⭐ 6.5 Role: Pat Dolan

Top Sergeant Mulligan

⭐ 7.2 Role: But! Boy (uncredited)

Sergeant York

⭐ 5.4 Role: Speed Dorman

Let's Go Collegiate

⭐ 5.7 Role: Pvt. Skivic

Tanks a Million

⭐ 6.7 Role: Man with Man Carrying Dead Child

Blossoms in the Dust

⭐ 6.5 Role: Tall Hobo 'King', aka The King of Siam

Father Steps Out

⭐ 6.6 Role: Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

The Reluctant Dragon

⭐ 6.0 Role: Pick

Thieves Fall Out

⭐ 6.5 Role: Master of Ceremonies

Model Wife

⭐ 7.0 Role: Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Footsteps in the Dark

⭐ 6.8 Role: Waiter

Come Live with Me

⭐ 6.2 Role: Tour Guide (uncredited)

East of the River

⭐ 7.0 Role: Benny

Just a Cute Kid

⭐ 6.9 Role: Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)

City for Conquest

⭐ 5.3 Role: Cab Driver

No Time for Comedy

⭐ 6.9 Role: Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

They Drive by Night

⭐ 7.0 Role: Minerva Auto Loan Cashier

Pop Always Pays

⭐ 4.8 Role: Studio Electrician

Blame It on Love

⭐ 6.6 Role: Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Brother Orchid

⭐ 7.7 Role: Jeepers Peepers

La Conga Nights

⭐ 6.8 Role: Galbreath

Edison, the Man

⭐ 6.9 Role: Cab Driver (uncredited)

Saturday's Children

⭐ 7.2 Role: Spike Malone

Curtain Call

⭐ 7.8 Role: Tim

The Grapes of Wrath

⭐ 6.4 Role: Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Alice in Movieland

⭐ 7.0 Role: Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)

Castle on the Hudson

⭐ 5.8 Role: Engineer Sergeant (uncredited)

The Fighting 69th

⭐ 5.7 Role: Jim Carter, Man in Bar

Married and in Love

⭐ 6.2 Role: Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes

⭐ 7.9 Role: Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)

Gone with the Wind

⭐ 6.0 Role: Pete Foley - 1st pilot

Nick Carter, Master Detective

⭐ 6.7 Role: J. Hezmer Briggs

Reno

⭐ 8.0 Role: Pete Shaffer

No Place to Go

⭐ 6.0 Role: Tiger Dorsey

Slapsie Maxie's

⭐ 6.1 Role: Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

Thunder Afloat

⭐ 6.5 Role: Skids Riley

Waterfront

⭐ 6.3 Role: Photographer (uncredited)

Five Came Back

⭐ 6.5 Role: Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful World

⭐ 6.8 Role: Play Palace Announcer (uncredited)

Lucky Night

⭐ 6.8 Role: Chuck - the Mechanic (uncredited)

Women in the Wind

⭐ 5.0 Role: New York Mechanic

The Flying Irishman

⭐ 7.0 Role: Adjutant (uncredited)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

⭐ 5.8 Role: Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)

You Can't Get Away with Murder

⭐ 6.1 Role: Henchman (uncredited)

Twelve Crowded Hours

⭐ 6.1 Role: Ed

Idiot's Delight

⭐ 9.0 Role: Unknown

Crime Rave

⭐ 6.0 Role: Assistant Dubber (uncredited)

Too Hot to Handle

⭐ 7.0 Role: Waxler

No Time to Marry

⭐ 4.3 Role: Private of the Guard

The Invisible Menace

⭐ 10.0 Role: Joe

Headin' East

⭐ 5.2 Role: Horse Buyer

Wine, Women and Horses

⭐ 5.6 Role: Reporter (uncredited)

That Certain Woman

⭐ 6.5 Role: James Maxwell - a Reporter (uncredited)

Back in Circulation

⭐ 5.8 Role: Bandit Leader at Monteray Tavern (uncredited)

Ever Since Eve

⭐ 5.9 Role: Reporter

They Won't Forget

⭐ 8.0 Role: Ted Parks

Dance Charlie Dance

⭐ 7.2 Role: Charlie Downs

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

⭐ 7.0 Role: Barney

Kid Galahad

⭐ 6.6 Role: Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited)

San Quentin

⭐ 6.2 Role: Country Club Man #2 (uncredited)

The Go-Getter

⭐ 6.5 Role: Joe Brady

The Cherokee Strip

⭐ 6.6 Role: Cabbie #2 (uncredited)

Marked Woman

⭐ 5.1 Role: Reporter

Midnight Court

⭐ 6.5 Role: Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

Smart Blonde

⭐ 5.4 Role: Swede

King of Hockey

⭐ 6.4 Role: Policeman at Torre's

Night Waitress

⭐ 6.2 Role: Reporter (uncredited)

All American Chump

⭐ 8.0 Role: Pilot (uncredited)

The Sky Parade

⭐ 5.9 Role: Weatherman (uncredited)

China Clipper

⭐ 6.6 Role: Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)

Bullets or Ballots

⭐ 6.5 Role: Jimmie

Border Flight

⭐ 10.0 Role: Sure-Fire

Romance in the Air

⭐ 7.0 Role: Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)

Road Gang

⭐ 7.8 Role: Press Photographer (uncredited)

Double Exposure