Frank Faylen

Frank Faylen

1905-12-08 • Saint Louis, Missouri, USA • Male • 191 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-12-08

Place of Birth

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Known Credits

191

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Francis Charles Ruf, Frank Ruf, Charles Francis Ruf

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Known For Movies

It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life

1946
Variety Girl

Variety Girl

1947
Riot in Cell Block 11

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954
Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

1939
The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

1945
A Guy Named Joe

A Guy Named Joe

1949
Two Years Before the Mast

Two Years Before the Mast

1946
Easy Come, Easy Go

Easy Come, Easy Go

1947
You Can't Get Away with Murder

You Can't Get Away with Murder

1939
Across the Pacific

Across the Pacific

1942
A-Haunting We Will Go

A-Haunting We Will Go

1942
Mission to Moscow

Mission to Moscow

1943
No Place to Go

No Place to Go

1939
Everything But the Truth

Everything But the Truth

1956
Blood on the Moon

Blood on the Moon

1948
Tough as They Come

Tough as They Come

1942
The Pride of the Yankees

The Pride of the Yankees

1942
The Reluctant Dragon

The Reluctant Dragon

1941
No Time for Comedy

No Time for Comedy

1940
Blame It on Love

Blame It on Love

1940
The Invisible Menace

The Invisible Menace

1938
The Mystery of the 13th Guest

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

1943
Detective Story

Detective Story

1951
No Time to Marry

No Time to Marry

1938
Tanks a Million

Tanks a Million

1941
The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk

1950
Masquerade in Mexico

Masquerade in Mexico

1945
Our Hearts Were Growing Up

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

1946
They Won't Forget

They Won't Forget

1937
Young Ideas

Young Ideas

1943
North to Alaska

North to Alaska

1960
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?

Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?

1977
The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

1940
The Palm Beach Story

The Palm Beach Story

1942
The Falcon Strikes Back

The Falcon Strikes Back

1943
San Quentin

San Quentin

1937
Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man

1940
The Well Groomed Bride

The Well Groomed Bride

1946
Too Hot to Handle

Too Hot to Handle

1938
Five Came Back

Five Came Back

1939
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

1939
The McConnell Story

The McConnell Story

1955
Let's Go Collegiate

Let's Go Collegiate

1941
The Trouble with Women

The Trouble with Women

1947
Sergeant York

Sergeant York

1941
The Sniper

The Sniper

1952
Silver Skates

Silver Skates

1943
Copper Canyon

Copper Canyon

1950
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

1937
Whispering Ghosts

Whispering Ghosts

1942
Francis

Francis

1950
7th Cavalry

7th Cavalry

1956
Night Waitress

Night Waitress

1936
Road to Rio

Road to Rio

1947
Fluffy

Fluffy

1965
The Fighting 69th

The Fighting 69th

1940
Red Garters

Red Garters

1954
And the Angels Sing

And the Angels Sing

1944
Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942
Funny Girl

Funny Girl

1968
The Affairs of Susan

The Affairs of Susan

1945
Passage West

Passage West

1951
About Face

About Face

1942
Yanks Ahoy

Yanks Ahoy

1943
Invisible Stripes

Invisible Stripes

1939
California

California

1947
Dino

Dino

1957
Blue Skies

Blue Skies

1946
Border Flight

Border Flight

1936
Wake Island

Wake Island

1942
Come Live with Me

Come Live with Me

1941
Convicted

Convicted

1950
Thieves Fall Out

Thieves Fall Out

1941
All American Chump

All American Chump

1936
Slightly Dangerous

Slightly Dangerous

1943
The Blue Dahlia

The Blue Dahlia

1946
Dance Charlie Dance

Dance Charlie Dance

1937
Good Morning, Judge

Good Morning, Judge

1943
Somewhere I'll Find You

Somewhere I'll Find You

1942
Idiot's Delight

Idiot's Delight

1939
The Monkey's Uncle

The Monkey's Uncle

1965
When the Boys Meet the Girls

When the Boys Meet the Girls

1965
Fall In

Fall In

1942
The Nevadan

The Nevadan

1950
Prairie Chickens

Prairie Chickens

1943
Get Going

Get Going

1943
Ever Since Eve

Ever Since Eve

1937
The Looters

The Looters

1955
Blossoms in the Dust

Blossoms in the Dust

1941
Curtain Call

Curtain Call

1940
Race Street

Race Street

1948
Thunder Afloat

Thunder Afloat

1939
Waterfront

Waterfront

1939
99 River Street

99 River Street

1953
Address Unknown

Address Unknown

1944
Reno

Reno

1939
Brother Orchid

Brother Orchid

1940
Mokey

Mokey

1942
Romance in the Air

Romance in the Air

1936
The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

1944
To Each His Own

To Each His Own

1946
The Lone Gun

The Lone Gun

1954
Incendiary Blonde

Incendiary Blonde

1945
Model Wife

Model Wife

1941
The Sky Parade

The Sky Parade

1936
H.M. Pulham, Esq.

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

1941
Headin' East

Headin' East

1937
The Go-Getter

The Go-Getter

1937
Taxi, Mister

Taxi, Mister

1943
China Clipper

China Clipper

1936
Women in the Wind

Women in the Wind

1939
Road Gang

Road Gang

1936
Fourteen Hours

Fourteen Hours

1951
Marked Woman

Marked Woman

1937
That Certain Woman

That Certain Woman

1937
Saturday's Children

Saturday's Children

1940
The Gang's All Here

The Gang's All Here

1943
The Lusty Men

The Lusty Men

1952
Lucky Night

Lucky Night

1939
Away All Boats

Away All Boats

1956
East of the River

East of the River

1940
Alice in Movieland

Alice in Movieland

1940
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987
Three Brave Men

Three Brave Men

1956
Whispering Smith

Whispering Smith

1948
Welcome Stranger

Welcome Stranger

1947
Married and in Love

Married and in Love

1940
Father Steps Out

Father Steps Out

1941
Pop Always Pays

Pop Always Pays

1940
Bullets or Ballots

Bullets or Ballots

1936
The Unknown Guest

The Unknown Guest

1943
You Came Along

You Came Along

1945
Kid Galahad

Kid Galahad

1937
Slapsie Maxie's

Slapsie Maxie's

1939
Corvette K-225

Corvette K-225

1943
It's a Wonderful World

It's a Wonderful World

1939
La Conga Nights

La Conga Nights

1940
Joe Smith, American

Joe Smith, American

1942
Star Spangled Rhythm

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942
City for Conquest

City for Conquest

1940
Bring on the Girls

Bring on the Girls

1945
My Favorite Spy

My Favorite Spy

1951
Standing Room Only

Standing Room Only

1944
See Here, Private Hargrove

See Here, Private Hargrove

1944
Suddenly It's Spring

Suddenly It's Spring

1947
Hazard

Hazard

1948
Top Sergeant Mulligan

Top Sergeant Mulligan

1941
They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night

1940
Bombalera

Bombalera

1945
Nick Carter, Master Detective

Nick Carter, Master Detective

1939
Nazty Nuisance

Nazty Nuisance

1943
The Perils of Pauline

The Perils of Pauline

1947
Hangman's Knot

Hangman's Knot

1952
The Cherokee Strip

The Cherokee Strip

1937
Terror at Midnight

Terror at Midnight

1956
Thank Your Lucky Stars

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943
Midnight Court

Midnight Court

1937
Castle on the Hudson

Castle on the Hudson

1940
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

1944
Back in Circulation

Back in Circulation

1937
Footsteps in the Dark

Footsteps in the Dark

1941
The Flying Irishman

The Flying Irishman

1939
Cross My Heart

Cross My Heart

1946
King of Hockey

King of Hockey

1936
Twelve Crowded Hours

Twelve Crowded Hours

1939
Wine, Women and Horses

Wine, Women and Horses

1937
Just a Cute Kid

Just a Cute Kid

1940
Steel Against the Sky

Steel Against the Sky

1941
Smart Blonde

Smart Blonde

1937
The Sunrise Gun

The Sunrise Gun

1959
Maisie Gets Her Man

Maisie Gets Her Man

1942
Dixie Dugan

Dixie Dugan

1943
Crime Rave

Crime Rave

1939
Double Exposure

Double Exposure

1935

Known For TV Shows

Maverick

Maverick

1957
Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

1976
The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956
Petticoat Junction

Petticoat Junction

1963
Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958
The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950
That Girl

That Girl

1966
The Great Adventure

The Great Adventure

1963
The Bob Hope Show

The Bob Hope Show

1950
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

1959
Telephone Time

Telephone Time

1956
Racket Squad

Racket Squad

1951
My Mother the Car

My Mother the Car

1965
Man with a Camera

Man with a Camera

1958
General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

1953

Movie Credits

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

Ernie

Variety Girl

1947

Frank Faylen

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954

Commissioner Haskell

Gone with the Wind

1939

Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)

The Lost Weekend

1945

'Bim' Nolan

A Guy Named Joe

1949

Major (uncredited)

Two Years Before the Mast

1946

Hansen

Easy Come, Easy Go

1947

Boss

You Can't Get Away with Murder

1939

Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)

Across the Pacific

1942

Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited)

A-Haunting We Will Go

1942

Train Detective (uncredited)

Mission to Moscow

1943

Reporter (uncredited)

No Place to Go

1939

Pete Shaffer

Everything But the Truth

1956

'Mac' McMillan

Blood on the Moon

1948

Jake Pindalest

Tough as They Come

1942

Collector

The Pride of the Yankees

1942

Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)

The Reluctant Dragon

1941

Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

No Time for Comedy

1940

Cab Driver

Blame It on Love

1940

Studio Electrician

The Invisible Menace

1938

Private of the Guard

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

1943

Speed Dugan

Detective Story

1951

Det. Gallagher

No Time to Marry

1938

Waxler

Tanks a Million

1941

Pvt. Skivic

The Eagle and the Hawk

1950

Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman

Masquerade in Mexico

1945

Brooklyn (uncredited)

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

1946

Federal Agent

They Won't Forget

1937

Reporter

Young Ideas

1943

Reporter (uncredited)

North to Alaska

1960

Arnie (uncredited)

Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?

1977

Herbert T. Gillis

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

Tim

The Palm Beach Story

1942

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

The Falcon Strikes Back

1943

Cecil, a Hobo (uncredited)

San Quentin

1937

Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited)

Edison, the Man

1940

Galbreath

The Well Groomed Bride

1946

Cabbie

Too Hot to Handle

1938

Assistant Dubber (uncredited)

Five Came Back

1939

Photographer (uncredited)

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957

Sheriff Cotton Wilson

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

1939

Adjutant (uncredited)

The McConnell Story

1955

Sfc. Sykes

Let's Go Collegiate

1941

Speed Dorman

The Trouble with Women

1947

Geeger

Sergeant York

1941

But! Boy (uncredited)

The Sniper

1952

Anderson

Silver Skates

1943

Eddie

Copper Canyon

1950

Mullins

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

1937

Charlie Downs

Whispering Ghosts

1942

Curly

Francis

1950

Sergeant Chillingbacker

7th Cavalry

1956

Sgt. Kruger

Night Waitress

1936

Policeman at Torre's

Road to Rio

1947

Trigger

Fluffy

1965

Catfish

The Fighting 69th

1940

Engineer Sergeant (uncredited)

Red Garters

1954

Billy Buckett

And the Angels Sing

1944

Holman

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942

Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)

Funny Girl

1968

Keeney

The Affairs of Susan

1945

Brooklyn Boy (Uncredited)

Passage West

1951

Curly

About Face

1942

Bartender Jerry

Yanks Ahoy

1943

Quartermaster Jenkins

Invisible Stripes

1939

Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited)

California

1947

Whitey

Dino

1957

Frank Mandel

Blue Skies

1946

Mack

Border Flight

1936

Jimmie

Wake Island

1942

Come Live with Me

1941

Waiter

Convicted

1950

Convict Ponti

Thieves Fall Out

1941

Pick

All American Chump

1936

Reporter (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous

1943

Gateman (uncredited)

The Blue Dahlia

1946

Man Recommending Motel

Dance Charlie Dance

1937

Ted Parks

Good Morning, Judge

1943

Ben Pollard

Somewhere I'll Find You

1942

Soldier Driving Jeep

Idiot's Delight

1939

Ed

The Monkey's Uncle

1965

Mr. Dearborne

When the Boys Meet the Girls

1965

Phin Gray

Fall In

1942

Capt. Gillis

The Nevadan

1950

Jeff

Prairie Chickens

1943

Clem

Get Going

1943

Hank

Ever Since Eve

1937

Bandit Leader at Monteray Tavern (uncredited)

The Looters

1955

Stan Leppich

Blossoms in the Dust

1941

Man with Man Carrying Dead Child

Curtain Call

1940

Spike Malone

Race Street

1948

Phil Dickson

Thunder Afloat

1939

Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

Waterfront

1939

Skids Riley

99 River Street

1953

Stan Hogan

Address Unknown

1944

Jimmie Blake

Reno

1939

J. Hezmer Briggs

Brother Orchid

1940

Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Mokey

1942

Police Desk Sergeant

Romance in the Air

1936

Sure-Fire

The Canterville Ghost

1944

Lieutenant John Kane

To Each His Own

1946

Babe

The Lone Gun

1954

Fairweather

Incendiary Blonde

1945

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Model Wife

1941

Master of Ceremonies

The Sky Parade

1936

Pilot (uncredited)

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

1941

Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

Headin' East

1937

Joe

The Go-Getter

1937

Country Club Man #2 (uncredited)

Taxi, Mister

1943

Henchman Silk

China Clipper

1936

Weatherman (uncredited)

Women in the Wind

1939

Chuck - the Mechanic (uncredited)

Road Gang

1936

Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)

Fourteen Hours

1951

Walter, room service waiter

Marked Woman

1937

Cabbie #2 (uncredited)

That Certain Woman

1937

Reporter (uncredited)

Saturday's Children

1940

Cab Driver (uncredited)

The Gang's All Here

1943

Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

The Lusty Men

1952

Al Dawson

Lucky Night

1939

Play Palace Announcer (uncredited)

Away All Boats

1956

Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran

East of the River

1940

Tour Guide (uncredited)

Alice in Movieland

1940

Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

Self (archive footage)

Three Brave Men

1956

Enos Warren

Whispering Smith

1948

Whitey Du Sang

Welcome Stranger

1947

Bill Walters

Married and in Love

1940

Jim Carter, Man in Bar

Father Steps Out

1941

Tall Hobo 'King', aka The King of Siam

Pop Always Pays

1940

Minerva Auto Loan Cashier

Bullets or Ballots

1936

Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)

The Unknown Guest

1943

Truck Driver (uncredited)

You Came Along

1945

Bellboy (uncredited)

Kid Galahad

1937

Barney

Slapsie Maxie's

1939

Tiger Dorsey

Corvette K-225

1943

Shipyard Painter

It's a Wonderful World

1939

Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)

La Conga Nights

1940

Jeepers Peepers

Joe Smith, American

1942

Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942

Soldier (uncredited)

City for Conquest

1940

Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)

Bring on the Girls

1945

Sailor

My Favorite Spy

1951

Newton

Standing Room Only

1944

Cabbie

See Here, Private Hargrove

1944

M.P. (uncredited)

Suddenly It's Spring

1947

Harold Michaels

Hazard

1948

Oscar

Top Sergeant Mulligan

1941

Pat Dolan

They Drive by Night

1940

Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

Bombalera

1945

Houlihan

Nick Carter, Master Detective

1939

Pete Foley - 1st pilot

Nazty Nuisance

1943

Seaman Benson

The Perils of Pauline

1947

Mr. Joe Gurt

Hangman's Knot

1952

Cass Browne

The Cherokee Strip

1937

Joe Brady

Terror at Midnight

1956

Fred Hill

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943

Sailor (uncredited)

Midnight Court

1937

Reporter

Castle on the Hudson

1940

Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

1944

Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)

Back in Circulation

1937

James Maxwell - a Reporter (uncredited)

Footsteps in the Dark

1941

Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)

The Flying Irishman

1939

New York Mechanic

Cross My Heart

1946

Fingerprint Expert

King of Hockey

1936

Swede

Twelve Crowded Hours

1939

Henchman (uncredited)

Wine, Women and Horses

1937

Horse Buyer

Just a Cute Kid

1940

Benny

Steel Against the Sky

1941

Egg Man in Diner (uncredited)

Smart Blonde

1937

Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

The Sunrise Gun

1959

Doc Alvarez

Maisie Gets Her Man

1942

Stage Manager (Uncredited)

Dixie Dugan

1943

Soldier (uncredited)

Crime Rave

1939

Double Exposure

1935

Press Photographer (uncredited)

TV Credits

Maverick

1957

Red Harrison (1 episodes)

Quincy, M.E.

1976

Janus (1 episodes)

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

(1 episodes)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

Doc Alvarez (1 episodes)

Petticoat Junction

1963

Ralph (1 episodes)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958

Sheriff Earl Tipton (1 episodes)

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

Self (1 episodes)

That Girl

1966

(2 episodes)

The Great Adventure

1963

O'Brien (1 episodes)

The Bob Hope Show

1950

Self (1 episodes)

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

1959

Herbert T. Gillis (147 episodes)

Telephone Time

1956

(1 episodes)

Racket Squad

1951

(1 episodes)

My Mother the Car

1965

(2 episodes)

Man with a Camera

1958

(1 episodes)

General Electric Theater

1953

Farber (1 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

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TV Production Credits

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