Frank Faylen

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Frank Faylen

Acting December 8, 1905

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

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…

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It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life

8.3 1946 Movie
Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

7.9 1939 Movie
The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

7.8 1940 Movie
Maverick

Maverick

7.0 1957 TV Show
Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

7.5 1976 TV Show
The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

7.6 1945 Movie
The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies

6.9 1962 TV Show
Funny Girl

Funny Girl

7.2 1968 Movie
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

7.0 1957 Movie
Petticoat Junction

Petticoat Junction

5.9 1963 TV Show
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

6.2 1956 TV Show
Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

7.1 1958 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1987
    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 1977
    Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?

    Movie Herbert T. Gillis

  3. 1976
    Quincy, M.E.

    TV show Janus

  4. 1968
    Funny Girl

    Movie Keeney

  5. 1966
    That Girl

    TV show

  6. 1965
    When the Boys Meet the Girls

    Movie Phin Gray

  7. 1965
    My Mother the Car

    TV show

  8. 1965
    The Monkey's Uncle

    Movie Mr. Dearborne

  9. 1965
    Fluffy

    Movie Catfish

  10. 1963
    The Great Adventure

    TV show O'Brien

  11. 1963
    Petticoat Junction

    TV show Ralph

  12. 1962
    The Beverly Hillbillies

    TV show

  13. 1960
    North to Alaska

    Movie Arnie (uncredited)

  14. 1959
    The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

    TV show Herbert T. Gillis

  15. 1958
    Man with a Camera

    TV show

  16. 1958
    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    TV show Sheriff Earl Tipton

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  1. 1957
    Maverick

    TV show Red Harrison

  2. 1957
    Dino

    Movie Frank Mandel

  3. 1957
    Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

    Movie Sheriff Cotton Wilson

  4. 1956
    7th Cavalry

    Movie Sgt. Kruger

  5. 1956
    Three Brave Men

    Movie Enos Warren

  6. 1956
    Everything But the Truth

    Movie 'Mac' McMillan

  7. 1956
    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    TV show Doc Alvarez

  8. 1956
    Away All Boats

    Movie Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran

  9. 1956
    Terror at Midnight

    Movie Fred Hill

  10. 1956
    Telephone Time

    TV show

  11. 1955
    The McConnell Story

    Movie Sfc. Sykes

  12. 1955
    The Looters

    Movie Stan Leppich

  13. 1954
    The Lone Gun

    Movie Fairweather

  14. 1954
    Riot in Cell Block 11

    Movie Commissioner Haskell

  15. 1954
    Red Garters

    Movie Billy Buckett

  16. 1953
    99 River Street

    Movie Stan Hogan

  17. 1953
    General Electric Theater

    TV show Farber

  18. 1952
    Hangman's Knot

    Movie Cass Browne

  19. 1952
    The Lusty Men

    Movie Al Dawson

  20. 1952
    The Sniper

    Movie Anderson

  21. 1951
    My Favorite Spy

    Movie Newton

  22. 1951
    Detective Story

    Movie Det. Gallagher

  23. 1951
    Passage West

    Movie Curly

  24. 1951
    Racket Squad

    TV show