
Frank Faylen
Acting
Born 1905-12-08 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA · Died 1985-08-02
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.
Acting

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)

Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
Herbert T. Gillis

Quincy, M.E.
Janus

Funny Girl
Keeney

That Girl

When the Boys Meet the Girls
Phin Gray

My Mother the Car

The Monkey's Uncle
Mr. Dearborne

Fluffy
Catfish

The Great Adventure
O'Brien

Petticoat Junction
Ralph

The Beverly Hillbillies

North to Alaska
Arnie (uncredited)

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Herbert T. Gillis

The Sunrise Gun
Doc Alvarez

Man with a Camera

Wanted: Dead or Alive
Sheriff Earl Tipton

Maverick
Red Harrison

Dino
Frank Mandel

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Sheriff Cotton Wilson

7th Cavalry
Sgt. Kruger

Three Brave Men
Enos Warren

Everything But the Truth
'Mac' McMillan

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Doc Alvarez

Away All Boats
Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran

Terror at Midnight
Fred Hill

Telephone Time

The McConnell Story
Sfc. Sykes

The Looters
Stan Leppich

The Lone Gun
Fairweather