Frank Faylen
Born: 1905-12-08
Place of Birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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.
Known For
The McConnell Story
1955★ 6.3
It's a Wonderful Life
1946★ 8.3
Gone with the Wind
1939★ 7.9
Masquerade in Mexico
1945★ 5.4
Edison, the Man
1940★ 6.8
The Sniper
1952★ 6.7
San Quentin
1937★ 6.5
Brother Orchid
1940★ 6.5
Slightly Dangerous
1943★ 6.1
The Looters
1955★ 5.6
Sergeant York
1941★ 7.2
Curtain Call
1940★ 7.3
Francis
1950★ 5.6
Prairie Chickens
1943★ 0.0
Fall In
1942★ 6.0
About Face
1942★ 6.0
Funny Girl
1968★ 7.2
North to Alaska
1960★ 6.5
Model Wife
1941★ 5.0
California
1947★ 6.7
Thunder Afloat
1939★ 5.9
Silver Skates
1943★ 5.0
7th Cavalry
1956★ 5.9
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957★ 7.0
Reno
1939★ 6.0
The Grapes of Wrath
1940★ 7.8
Copper Canyon
1950★ 5.3
Race Street
1948★ 5.8
Waterfront
1939★ 6.3
Mokey
1942★ 5.0
Address Unknown
1944★ 6.4
Border Flight
1936★ 6.0
Red Garters
1954★ 4.7
Whispering Smith
1948★ 6.6
Road Gang
1936★ 6.5
Blue Skies
1946★ 6.1
Dino
1957★ 7.2
Fluffy
1965★ 6.5
Convicted
1950★ 6.0
Wake Island
1942★ 5.8
Night Waitress
1936★ 5.8
Fourteen Hours
1951★ 7.2
China Clipper
1936★ 5.6
The Affairs of Susan
1945★ 6.1
Welcome Stranger
1947★ 6.6
The Nevadan
1950★ 5.8
Invisible Stripes
1939★ 6.1
Idiot's Delight
1939★ 6.1
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937★ 6.8
It's a Wonderful World
1939★ 6.4
Headin' East
1937★ 0.0
Good Morning, Judge
1943★ 0.0
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942★ 7.0
Get Going
1943★ 0.0
Lucky Night
1939★ 6.6
Ever Since Eve
1937★ 5.5
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944★ 5.8
The Canterville Ghost
1944★ 6.7
They Drive by Night
1940★ 6.9
Dance Charlie Dance
1937★ 6.0
Taxi, Mister
1943★ 3.6
Incendiary Blonde
1945★ 4.6
Marked Woman
1937★ 6.5
My Favorite Spy
1951★ 6.0
The Lost Weekend
1945★ 7.6
The Lusty Men
1952★ 6.6
Bullets or Ballots
1936★ 6.6
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941★ 7.1
La Conga Nights
1940★ 7.5
The Blue Dahlia
1946★ 6.7
Detective Story
1951★ 7.0
Nazty Nuisance
1943★ 3.7
The Lone Gun
1954★ 5.4
The Reluctant Dragon
1941★ 6.6
The Pride of the Yankees
1942★ 7.4
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
1977★ 0.0
Road to Rio
1947★ 6.8
Away All Boats
1956★ 5.1
99 River Street
1953★ 6.8
King of Hockey
1936★ 5.0
That Certain Woman
1937★ 5.4
And the Angels Sing
1944★ 7.0
Three Brave Men
1956★ 5.9
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942★ 6.0
Blood on the Moon
1948★ 6.2
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942★ 5.6
To Each His Own
1946★ 6.9
Kid Galahad
1937★ 7.0
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939★ 5.7
Blossoms in the Dust
1941★ 6.6
A Guy Named Joe
1949★ 6.6
Slapsie Maxie's
1939★ 5.0
Cross My Heart
1946★ 0.0
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987★ 6.0
Women in the Wind
1939★ 6.8
Joe Smith, American
1942★ 5.8
Hangman's Knot
1952★ 6.4
Footsteps in the Dark
1941★ 6.8
Hazard
1948★ 8.0
Pop Always Pays
1940★ 0.0
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944★ 6.0
Come Live with Me
1941★ 6.8
City for Conquest
1940★ 6.8
The Unknown Guest
1943★ 0.0
Across the Pacific
1942★ 6.6
Corvette K-225
1943★ 6.1
The Go-Getter
1937★ 5.8
You Came Along
1945★ 7.0
Variety Girl
1947★ 6.1
Mission to Moscow
1943★ 5.3
Too Hot to Handle
1938★ 5.8
Romance in the Air
1936★ 0.0
The Well Groomed Bride
1946★ 4.0
The Fighting 69th
1940★ 5.5
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954★ 7.0
The Palm Beach Story
1942★ 7.0
The Trouble with Women
1947★ 0.0
Father Steps Out
1941★ 3.0
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939★ 6.9
Standing Room Only
1944★ 5.0
No Time for Comedy
1940★ 5.0
East of the River
1940★ 5.7
The Eagle and the Hawk
1950★ 5.4
Passage West
1951★ 6.2
Terror at Midnight
1956★ 4.7
The Gang's All Here
1943★ 5.9
The Flying Irishman
1939★ 4.6
The Invisible Menace
1938★ 3.8
When the Boys Meet the Girls
1965★ 3.0
Alice in Movieland
1940★ 6.3
The Sky Parade
1936★ 0.0
Suddenly It's Spring
1947★ 3.9
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942★ 6.0
Tough as They Come
1942★ 0.0
No Time to Marry
1938★ 6.0
The Falcon Strikes Back
1943★ 5.5
Saturday's Children
1940★ 6.3
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
1946★ 6.2
The Cherokee Strip
1937★ 6.0
The Perils of Pauline
1947★ 6.2
Top Sergeant Mulligan
1941★ 5.0
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943★ 6.0
The Monkey's Uncle
1965★ 5.7
Tanks a Million
1941★ 5.3
They Won't Forget
1937★ 5.6
Five Came Back
1939★ 6.2
Dixie Dugan
1943★ 5.0
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939★ 5.7
Young Ideas
1943★ 4.6
Bring on the Girls
1945★ 6.1
Two Years Before the Mast
1946★ 6.1
Smart Blonde
1937★ 6.1
Castle on the Hudson
1940★ 6.8
Let's Go Collegiate
1941★ 5.0
Whispering Ghosts
1942★ 6.4
Back in Circulation
1937★ 5.3
Steel Against the Sky
1941★ 5.0
Double Exposure
1935★ 7.0
Just a Cute Kid
1940★ 0.0
No Place to Go
1939★ 6.0
Twelve Crowded Hours
1939★ 5.2
The Sunrise Gun
1959★ 0.0
Thieves Fall Out
1941★ 5.5
Married and in Love
1940★ 5.4
Wine, Women and Horses
1937★ 4.3
Everything But the Truth
1956★ 8.2
All American Chump
1936★ 5.8
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943★ 5.4
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942★ 6.5
Yanks Ahoy
1943★ 6.3
Midnight Court
1937★ 4.4
Blame It on Love
1940★ 2.5
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947★ 0.0