Frank Faylen
Acting · 79 years old
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.
Known For
The Trouble with Women
Geeger
It's a Wonderful Life
Ernie
Everything But the Truth
'Mac' McMillan
Gone with the Wind
Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
Tim
The Lost Weekend
'Bim' Nolan
Hazard
Oscar
La Conga Nights
Jeepers Peepers
Quincy, M.E.
Janus
The Pride of the Yankees
Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)
Curtain Call
Spike Malone
Fourteen Hours
Walter, room service waiter
Dino
Frank Mandel
Sergeant York
But! Boy (uncredited)
Funny Girl
Keeney
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
Detective Story
Det. Gallagher
Kid Galahad
Barney
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Sheriff Cotton Wilson