Frank Faylen
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Maverick
Red Harrison
1957
Series
Quincy, M.E.
Janus
1976
Series
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Doc Alvarez
1956
Series
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Series
Petticoat Junction
Ralph
1963
Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Sheriff Earl Tipton
1958
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Film
It's a Wonderful Life
Ernie
1946
Series
That Girl
1966
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Series
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Herbert T. Gillis
1959
Series
Telephone Time
1956
Film
Gone with the Wind
Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)
1939
Series
Racket Squad
1951
Series
The Great Adventure
O'Brien
1963
Series
My Mother the Car
1965
Film
The Grapes of Wrath
Tim
1940
Series
Man with a Camera
1958
Film
Funny Girl
Keeney
1968
Film
Sergeant York
But! Boy (uncredited)
1941
Film
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Sheriff Cotton Wilson
1957
Film
The Lost Weekend
'Bim' Nolan
1945
Film
Fourteen Hours
Walter, room service waiter
1951
Series
General Electric Theater
Farber
1953
Film
North to Alaska
Arnie (uncredited)
1960
Film
Detective Story
Det. Gallagher
1951
Film
Blood on the Moon
Jake Pindalest
1948
Film
The Reluctant Dragon
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
1941
Film
The Blue Dahlia
Man Recommending Motel
1946
Film
It's a Wonderful World
Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Lusty Men
Al Dawson
1952
Film
Kid Galahad
Barney
1937
Film
A Guy Named Joe
Major (uncredited)
1944
Film
Night Waitress
Policeman at Torre's
1936
Film
The Sky Parade
Pilot (uncredited)
1936
Film
Marked Woman
Cabbie #2 (uncredited)
1937
Film
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)
1942
Film
Riot in Cell Block 11
Commissioner Haskell
1954
Film
My Favorite Spy
Newton
1951
Film
They Drive by Night
Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
1940
Film
Away All Boats
Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
1956
Film
Blue Skies
Mack (uncredited)
1946
Film
Across the Pacific
Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited)
1942
Film
Brother Orchid
Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Gang's All Here
Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
1943
Film
Invisible Stripes
Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited)
1939
Film
Edison, the Man
Galbreath
1940
Film
Francis
Sergeant Chillingbacker
1950
Film
Corvette K-225
Shipyard Painter
1943
Film
Mission to Moscow
Reporter (uncredited)
1943
Film
The Sniper
Anderson
1952
Film
Hangman's Knot
Cass Browne
1952
Film
The Palm Beach Story
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1942
Film
Copper Canyon
Mullins
1950
Film
Bullets or Ballots
Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)
1936
Film
The Pride of the Yankees
Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)
1942
Film
Nazty Nuisance
Seaman Benson
1943
Film
Wake Island
1942
Film
Welcome Stranger
Bill Walters
1947
Film
To Each His Own
Babe
1946
Film
Blossoms in the Dust
Man with Man Carrying Dead Child
1941
Film
The Fighting 69th
Engineer Sergeant (uncredited)
1940
Film
About Face
Bartender Jerry
1942
Film
Whispering Smith
Whitey Du Sang
1948
Film
You Came Along
Bellboy (uncredited)
1945
Film
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)
1939
Film
Idiot's Delight
Ed
1939
Film
California
Whitey
1947
Film
City for Conquest
Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)
1940
Film
Variety Girl
Frank Faylen
1947
Film
Star Spangled Rhythm
Soldier (uncredited)
1942
Film
Incendiary Blonde
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1945
Film
Whispering Ghosts
Curly
1942
Film
See Here, Private Hargrove
M.P. (uncredited)
1944
Film
99 River Street
Stan Hogan
1953
Film
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
Come Live with Me
Waiter
1941
Film
Too Hot to Handle
Assistant Dubber (uncredited)
1938
Film
Three Brave Men
Enos Warren
1956
Film
Five Came Back
Photographer (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Canterville Ghost
Lieutenant John Kane
1944
Film
The Lone Gun
Fairweather
1954
Film
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Sailor (uncredited)
1943
Film
Road to Rio
Trigger
1947
Film
Thunder Afloat
Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Go-Getter
Country Club Man #2 (uncredited)
1937
Film
The Monkey's Uncle
Mr. Dearborne
1965
Film
Slightly Dangerous
Gateman (uncredited)
1943
Film
San Quentin
Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited)
1937
Film
Footsteps in the Dark
Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1941
Film
No Time for Comedy
Cab Driver
1940
Film
And the Angels Sing
Holman
1944
Film
7th Cavalry
Sgt. Kruger
1956
Film
Back in Circulation
James Maxwell - a Reporter (uncredited)
1937
Film
A-Haunting We Will Go
Train Detective (uncredited)
1942
Film
Convicted
Convict Ponti
1950
Film
Dino
Frank Mandel
1957
Film
East of the River
Tour Guide (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Adjutant (uncredited)
1939
Film
Lucky Night
Play Palace Announcer (uncredited)
1939
Film
Maisie Gets Her Man
Stage Manager (Uncredited)
1942
Film
Two Years Before the Mast
Hansen
1946
Film
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Pete Foley - 1st pilot
1939
Film
Smart Blonde
Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
1937
Film
Castle on the Hudson
Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)
1940
Film
The McConnell Story
Sfc. Sykes
1955
Film
That Certain Woman
Reporter (uncredited)
1937
Film
The Perils of Pauline
Mr. Joe Gurt
1947
Film
China Clipper
Weatherman (uncredited)
1936
Film
Somewhere I'll Find You
Soldier Driving Jeep
1942
Film
They Won't Forget
Reporter
1937
Film
Twelve Crowded Hours
Henchman (uncredited)
1939
Film
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
1941
Film
Model Wife
Master of Ceremonies
1941
Film
La Conga Nights
Jeepers Peepers
1940
Film
Border Flight
Jimmie
1936
Film
The Affairs of Susan
Brooklyn Boy (uncredited)
1945
Film
Everything But the Truth
'Mac' McMillan
1956
Film
Alice in Movieland
Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
1940
Film
Red Garters
Billy Buckett
1954
Film
When the Boys Meet the Girls
Phin Gray
1965
Film
Thieves Fall Out
Pick
1941
Film
Saturday's Children
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1940
Film
Steel Against the Sky
Egg Man in Diner (uncredited)
1941
Film
The Nevadan
Jeff
1950
Film
The Unknown Guest
Truck Driver (uncredited)
1943
Film
Slapsie Maxie's
Tiger Dorsey
1939
Film
Road Gang
Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
1936
Film
Tanks a Million
Pvt. Skivic
1941
Film
Young Ideas
Reporter (uncredited)
1943
Film
Race Street
Phil Dickson
1948
Bombalera
Houlihan
1945
Film
The Well Groomed Bride
Cabbie
1946
Film
Joe Smith, American
Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)
1942
Film
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)
1944
Film
Passage West
Curly
1951
Film
Dixie Dugan
Soldier (uncredited)
1943
Film
Address Unknown
Jimmie Blake
1944
Film
No Time to Marry
Waxler
1938
Film
The Trouble with Women
Geeger
1947
Film
The Eagle and the Hawk
Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman
1950
Film
Fluffy
Catfish
1965
Film
Cross My Heart
Fingerprint Expert
1946
Film
The Cherokee Strip
Joe Brady
1937
Film
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Federal Agent
1946
Film
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Charlie Downs
1937
Film
Wine, Women and Horses
Horse Buyer
1937
Film
Hazard
Oscar
1948
Film
Women in the Wind
Chuck - the Mechanic (uncredited)
1939
Film
King of Hockey
Swede
1936
Film
Married and in Love
Jim Carter, Man in Bar
1940
Film
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Speed Dugan
1943
Film
Reno
J. Hezmer Briggs
1939
Film
The Looters
Stan Leppich
1955
Film
Prairie Chickens
Clem
1943
Film
Headin' East
Joe
1937
Film
Easy Come, Easy Go
Boss
1947
Film
Terror at Midnight
Fred Hill
1956
Film
Dance Charlie Dance
Ted Parks
1937
Film
The Invisible Menace
Private of the Guard
1938
Film
Yanks Ahoy
Quartermaster Jenkins
1943
Film
Suddenly It's Spring
Harold Michaels
1947
Film
Good Morning, Judge
Ben Pollard
1943
Film
Taxi, Mister
Henchman Silk
1943
Film
No Place to Go
Pete Shaffer
1939
Film
Waterfront
Skids Riley
1939
Film
Silver Skates
Eddie
1943
Film
Pop Always Pays
Minerva Auto Loan Cashier
1940
Film
Ever Since Eve
Bandit Leader at Monteray Tavern (uncredited)
1937
Film
Tough as They Come
Collector
1942
Film
Standing Room Only
Cabbie
1944
Film
The Falcon Strikes Back
Cecil, a Hobo (uncredited)
1943
Film
Midnight Court
Reporter
1937
Film
Just a Cute Kid
Benny
1940
Film
Double Exposure
Press Photographer (uncredited)
1935
Film
Fall In
Capt. Gillis
1942
Film
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
Herbert T. Gillis
1977
Film
Curtain Call
Spike Malone
1940
Film
Masquerade in Mexico
Brooklyn (uncredited)
1945
Film
The Flying Irishman
New York Mechanic
1939
Film
Romance in the Air
Sure-Fire
1936
Film
All American Chump
Reporter (uncredited)
1936
Film
Mokey
Police Desk Sergeant
1942
Film
Let's Go Collegiate
Speed Dorman
1941
Film
Bring on the Girls
Sailor
1945
Film
Father Steps Out
Tall Hobo 'King', aka The King of Siam
1941
Film
Get Going
Hank
1943
Film
Blame It on Love
Studio Electrician
1940
Film
Top Sergeant Mulligan
Pat Dolan
1941
Crime Rave
1939