Frank Faylen
Born December 8, 1905 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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.
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It's a Wonderful World
The Reluctant Dragon
Away All Boats
Welcome Stranger
The Gang's All Here
Sergeant York
Blood on the Moon
And the Angels Sing
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Bullets or Ballots
About Face
See Here, Private Hargrove
The Pride of the Yankees
The Palm Beach Story
Headin' East
Francis
Model Wife
Night Waitress
Married and in Love
Detective Story
The Sniper
Riot in Cell Block 11
A Guy Named Joe
Castle on the Hudson
The Lusty Men
The Blue Dahlia
The Canterville Ghost
7th Cavalry
Too Hot to Handle
Come Live with Me
Edison, the Man
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Convicted
Marked Woman
The Go-Getter
The Monkey's Uncle
Road Gang
Incendiary Blonde
Thank Your Lucky Stars
To Each His Own
My Favorite Spy
The Sky Parade
Kid Galahad
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Copper Canyon
Dino
Slapsie Maxie's
A-Haunting We Will Go
Slightly Dangerous
Wake Island
Footsteps in the Dark
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Two Years Before the Mast
99 River Street
The Affairs of Susan
Mission to Moscow
Star Spangled Rhythm
The Lone Gun
Whispering Smith
Variety Girl
Blossoms in the Dust
California
Brother Orchid
You Can't Get Away with Murder
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Somewhere I'll Find You
Across the Pacific
Invisible Stripes
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
The Eagle and the Hawk
No Time for Comedy
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Five Came Back
Maisie Gets Her Man
The Nevadan
Cross My Heart
Women in the Wind
Hangman's Knot
The Unknown Guest
They Won't Forget
East of the River
Steel Against the Sky
The Perils of Pauline
Bring on the Girls
Suddenly It's Spring
Red Garters
Saturday's Children
The McConnell Story
The Falcon Strikes Back
City for Conquest
Hazard
No Place to Go
Road to Rio
China Clipper
Wine, Women and Horses
The Fighting 69th
When the Boys Meet the Girls
You Came Along
Three Brave Men
Race Street
Easy Come, Easy Go
Address Unknown
Border Flight
Corvette K-225
Reno
The Trouble with Women
Let's Go Collegiate
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
The Well Groomed Bride
Tough as They Come
Back in Circulation
Idiot's Delight
The Looters
La Conga Nights
Mokey
Twelve Crowded Hours
That Certain Woman
Thunder Afloat
Midnight Court
Ever Since Eve
No Time to Marry
Young Ideas
Just a Cute Kid
Romance in the Air
San Quentin
Fluffy
Alice in Movieland
King of Hockey
Blame It on Love
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
The Flying Irishman
The Cherokee Strip
Smart Blonde
All American Chump
Lucky Night
Pop Always Pays
Silver Skates
Standing Room Only
Everything But the Truth
Joe Smith, American
Thieves Fall Out
Dance Charlie Dance
Terror at Midnight
Tanks a Million
Whispering Ghosts
The Invisible Menace
Masquerade in Mexico
Fall In
Father Steps Out
Passage West
Curtain Call
Yanks Ahoy
Prairie Chickens
Waterfront
Dixie Dugan
Get Going
Good Morning, Judge
Taxi, Mister
Double Exposure
