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.

Known For

Quincy, M.E. 1976 ★ 7.5

Funny Girl 1968 ★ 7.2

That Girl 1966 ★ 6.2

My Mother the Car 1965 ★ 4.8

Petticoat Junction 1963 ★ 5.9

The Great Adventure 1963 ★ 10.0

The Beverly Hillbillies 1962 ★ 6.9

North to Alaska 1960 ★ 6.5

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 1959 ★ 6.3

Wanted: Dead or Alive 1958 ★ 7.0

Man with a Camera 1958 ★ 5.5

Maverick 1957 ★ 7.0

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957 ★ 7.0

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 1956 ★ 6.2

Telephone Time 1956 ★ 6.5

Racket Squad 1951 ★ 6.5

Fourteen Hours 1951 ★ 7.3

Blood on the Moon 1948 ★ 6.3

It's a Wonderful Life 1946 ★ 8.3

The Lost Weekend 1945 ★ 7.6

Sergeant York 1941 ★ 7.2

The Reluctant Dragon 1941 ★ 6.6

The Grapes of Wrath 1940 ★ 7.8

Gone with the Wind 1939 ★ 7.9