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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
174
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-12-08
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
Francis Charles Ruf, Frank Ruf, Charles Francis Ruf
Known For
The Grapes of Wrath 
It's a Wonderful Life 
When the Boys Meet the Girls 
Detective Story 
The Reluctant Dragon 
You Came Along 
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 
Road to Rio 
The Palm Beach Story 
The Sniper 
Come Live with Me 
Riot in Cell Block 11 
The Lost Weekend 
Terror at Midnight 
Convicted 
Blood on the Moon 
99 River Street 
7th Cavalry 
The Lusty Men 
Funny Girl 
The Blue Dahlia 
The Nevadan 
It's a Wonderful World 
Nick Carter, Master Detective 
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 
They Won't Forget 
The Canterville Ghost 
Away All Boats 
Kid Galahad 
Fourteen Hours 
Blue Skies 
Hangman's Knot 
To Each His Own 
Race Street 
Whispering Ghosts 
Thunder Afloat 
Maisie Gets Her Man 
The McConnell Story 
Copper Canyon 
My Favorite Spy 
North to Alaska 
Star Spangled Rhythm 
Address Unknown 
California 
San Quentin 
Variety Girl 
The Mystery of the 13th Guest 
The Perils of Pauline 
Curtain Call 
Taxi, Mister 
The Affairs of Susan 
The Looters 
Dino 
The Pride of the Yankees 
Fluffy 
The Lone Gun 
Passage West 
Road Gang 
Standing Room Only 
No Place to Go 
King of Hockey 
Easy Come, Easy Go 
Three Brave Men 
Everything But the Truth 
And the Angels Sing 
Welcome Stranger 
Across the Pacific 
Reno 
The Monkey's Uncle 
Two Years Before the Mast 
Married and in Love 
Let's Go Collegiate 
H.M. Pulham, Esq. 
Somewhere I'll Find You 
Blame It on Love 
Alice in Movieland 
Waterfront 
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis? 
Silver Skates 
Women in the Wind 
The Fighting 69th 
Wine, Women and Horses 
Whispering Smith 
The Invisible Menace 
Hazard 
Ever Since Eve 
Masquerade in Mexico 
Cross My Heart 
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop 
Dance Charlie Dance 
Idiot's Delight 
The Flying Irishman 
Prairie Chickens 
Lucky Night 
Five Came Back 
Gone with the Wind 
Steel Against the Sky 
Francis 
Thieves Fall Out 
Our Hearts Were Growing Up 
The Cherokee Strip 
Midnight Court 
Wake Island 
Thank Your Lucky Stars 
Night Waitress 
Smart Blonde 
Dixie Dugan 
The Unknown Guest 
The Gang's All Here 
The Sky Parade 
Suddenly It's Spring 
Brother Orchid 
Edison, the Man 
All American Chump 
No Time to Marry 
Just a Cute Kid 
Father Steps Out 
Good Morning, Judge 
Tanks a Million 
Get Going 
Fall In 
Yanks Ahoy 
Top Sergeant Mulligan 
A-Haunting We Will Go 
Red Garters 
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble 
Sergeant York 
City for Conquest 
Saturday's Children 
No Time for Comedy 
Back in Circulation 
East of the River 
Castle on the Hudson 
They Drive by Night 
Pop Always Pays 
You Can't Get Away with Murder 
Young Ideas 
Double Exposure 
La Conga Nights 
The Eagle and the Hawk 
Tough as They Come 
The Trouble with Women 
Corvette K-225 
Border Flight 
Model Wife 
About Face 
Mokey 
Yankee Doodle Dandy 
Slightly Dangerous 
The Go-Getter 
Crime Rave 
The Well Groomed Bride 
Marked Woman Bombalera 
Bring on the Girls 
A Guy Named Joe 
Mission to Moscow 
Slapsie Maxie's 
Blossoms in the Dust 
Nazty Nuisance 
The Falcon Strikes Back 
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life 
Bullets or Ballots 
China Clipper 
Twelve Crowded Hours 
Incendiary Blonde 
Invisible Stripes 
See Here, Private Hargrove 
Joe Smith, American 
Footsteps in the Dark 
Headin' East 
Romance in the Air 
Too Hot to Handle 
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