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