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Frank Faylen
🎭 Acting

Frank Faylen

December 8, 1905 (age 79)
August 2, 1985
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Male
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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.

Movies

175 credits
Gone with the Wind
★ 7.9
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Gone with the Wind
1939 as Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade…
It's a Wonderful Life
★ 8.3
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It's a Wonderful Life
1946 as Ernie
Sergeant York
★ 7.2
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Sergeant York
1941 as But! Boy (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
★ 7.8
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The Grapes of Wrath
1940 as Tim
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
★ 7.0
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957 as Sheriff Cotton Wilson
Funny Girl
★ 7.2
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Funny Girl
1968 as Keeney
North to Alaska
★ 6.5
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North to Alaska
1960 as Arnie (uncredited)
The Lost Weekend
★ 7.6
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The Lost Weekend
1945 as 'Bim' Nolan
The Go-Getter
★ 6.2
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The Go-Getter
1937 as Country Club Man #2…
Marked Woman
★ 6.6
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Marked Woman
1937 as Cabbie #2 (uncredited)
7th Cavalry
★ 6.1
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7th Cavalry
1956 as Sgt. Kruger
The Nevadan
★ 5.9
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The Nevadan
1950 as Jeff
Riot in Cell Block 11
★ 7.1
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Riot in Cell Block 11
1954 as Commissioner Haskell
The Blue Dahlia Movie
★ 6.7
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Crime, Mystery
The Blue Dahlia
1946 Crime, Mystery
California
★ 6.8
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California
1947 as Whitey
Copper Canyon
★ 5.7
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Copper Canyon
1950 as Mullins
Wake Island
★ 5.9
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Wake Island
1942
Detective Story
★ 7.0
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Detective Story
1951 as Det. Gallagher
Mokey
★ 6.7
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Mokey
1942 as Police Desk Sergeant
Variety Girl
★ 6.5
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Variety Girl
1947 as Frank Faylen
Blood on the Moon
★ 6.2
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Blood on the Moon
1948 as Jake Pindalest
The Reluctant Dragon
★ 6.6
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The Reluctant Dragon
1941 as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Passage West
★ 6.6
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Passage West
1951 as Curly
The Palm Beach Story
★ 7.0
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The Palm Beach Story
1942 as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Blossoms in the Dust
★ 6.7
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Blossoms in the Dust
1941 as Man with Man Carrying…
Thunder Afloat
★ 6.1
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Thunder Afloat
1939 as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
Kid Galahad
★ 7.0
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Kid Galahad
1937 as Barney
Prairie Chickens
★ 8.0
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Prairie Chickens
1943 as Clem
Midnight Court
★ 5.1
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Midnight Court
1937 as Reporter
Nazty Nuisance
★ 4.1
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Nazty Nuisance
1943 as Seaman Benson

TV Shows

16 credits
Maverick TV
★ 6.9
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Comedy, Western
Maverick
1957 Comedy, Western
The Beverly Hillbillies TV
★ 6.9
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Comedy, Family
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 Comedy, Family
Quincy, M.E. TV
★ 7.5
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Crime, Drama
Quincy, M.E.
1976 Crime, Drama
Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theatre TV
★ 6.2
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Drama, Western
Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theatre
1956 Drama, Western
Petticoat Junction TV
★ 5.8
PRO
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Comedy, Family
Petticoat Junction
1963 Comedy, Family
Wanted: Dead or Alive TV
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Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 as Sheriff Earl Tipton
That Girl TV
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That Girl
1966
The Colgate Comedy Hour TV
★ 6.9
PRO
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Comedy
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 Comedy
The Bob Hope Show TV
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The Bob Hope Show
1950 as Self
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis TV
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The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959 as Herbert T. Gillis
Telephone Time TV
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Telephone Time
1956
The Great Adventure TV
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The Great Adventure
1963 as O'Brien
Racket Squad TV
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Racket Squad
1951
Man with a Camera TV
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Man with a Camera
1958
My Mother the Car TV
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My Mother the Car
1965
General Electric Theater TV
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General Electric Theater
1953 as Farber
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