Frank Faylen
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.
Known for
1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1977Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
Herbert T. Gillis
1968Funny Girl
Keeney
1965When the Boys Meet the Girls
Phin Gray
1965Fluffy
Catfish
1965The Monkey's Uncle
Mr. Dearborne
1960North to Alaska
Arnie (uncredited)
1959The Sunrise Gun
Doc Alvarez
1957Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Sheriff Cotton Wilson
1957Dino
Frank Mandel
1956Terror at Midnight
Fred Hill
19567th Cavalry
Sgt. Kruger
1956Away All Boats
Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
1956Three Brave Men
Enos Warren
1956Everything But the Truth
'Mac' McMillan
1955The McConnell Story
Sfc. Sykes
1955The Looters
Stan Leppich
1954Riot in Cell Block 11
Commissioner Haskell
1954The Lone Gun
Fairweather
1954Red Garters
Billy Buckett
195399 River Street
Stan Hogan
1952The Sniper
Anderson
1952The Lusty Men
Al Dawson
1952Hangman's Knot
Cass Browne