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