Frank Faylen
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.
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.
Top Movies & Series
Maverick
Quincy, M.E.
Petticoat Junction
The Beverly Hillbillies
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Bob Hope Show
That Girl
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
It's a Wonderful Life
Gone with the Wind
Telephone Time
Racket Squad
The Great Adventure
My Mother the Car
The Grapes of Wrath
Man with a Camera
Funny Girl
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Sergeant York
North to Alaska
General Electric Theater
The Lost Weekend