Frank Faylen

Frank Faylen

1905-12-08 • Saint Louis, Missouri, USA • Male • 190 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

190

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Francis Charles Ruf, Frank Ruf, Charles Francis Ruf

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Known For Movies

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

1939
It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life

1946
Fourteen Hours

Fourteen Hours

1951
Blue Skies

Blue Skies

1946
Away All Boats

Away All Boats

1956
The Gang's All Here

The Gang's All Here

1943
Nazty Nuisance

Nazty Nuisance

1943
Welcome Stranger

Welcome Stranger

1947
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957
The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

1940
And the Angels Sing

And the Angels Sing

1944
The Unknown Guest

The Unknown Guest

1943
The Go-Getter

The Go-Getter

1937
The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

1945
About Face

About Face

1942
Funny Girl

Funny Girl

1968
See Here, Private Hargrove

See Here, Private Hargrove

1944
Sergeant York

Sergeant York

1941
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

1944
Dino

Dino

1957
Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942
Incendiary Blonde

Incendiary Blonde

1945
North to Alaska

North to Alaska

1960
Road Gang

Road Gang

1936
My Favorite Spy

My Favorite Spy

1951
Night Waitress

Night Waitress

1936
Five Came Back

Five Came Back

1939
Variety Girl

Variety Girl

1947
It's a Wonderful World

It's a Wonderful World

1939
The Lone Gun

The Lone Gun

1954
Star Spangled Rhythm

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942
The Sky Parade

The Sky Parade

1936
Invisible Stripes

Invisible Stripes

1939
The Reluctant Dragon

The Reluctant Dragon

1941
The Well Groomed Bride

The Well Groomed Bride

1946
The Blue Dahlia

The Blue Dahlia

1946
Hangman's Knot

Hangman's Knot

1952
The McConnell Story

The McConnell Story

1955
Mission to Moscow

Mission to Moscow

1943
The Monkey's Uncle

The Monkey's Uncle

1965
Steel Against the Sky

Steel Against the Sky

1941
The Flying Irishman

The Flying Irishman

1939
Copper Canyon

Copper Canyon

1950
Kid Galahad

Kid Galahad

1937
Bombalera

Bombalera

1945
Footsteps in the Dark

Footsteps in the Dark

1941
Detective Story

Detective Story

1951
Hazard

Hazard

1948
They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night

1940
The Pride of the Yankees

The Pride of the Yankees

1942
The Perils of Pauline

The Perils of Pauline

1947
Somewhere I'll Find You

Somewhere I'll Find You

1942
To Each His Own

To Each His Own

1946
Thunder Afloat

Thunder Afloat

1939
Tanks a Million

Tanks a Million

1941
You Can't Get Away with Murder

You Can't Get Away with Murder

1939
That Certain Woman

That Certain Woman

1937
Slightly Dangerous

Slightly Dangerous

1943
Married and in Love

Married and in Love

1940
Model Wife

Model Wife

1941
The Fighting 69th

The Fighting 69th

1940
No Time for Comedy

No Time for Comedy

1940
California

California

1947
Whispering Smith

Whispering Smith

1948
The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk

1950
Whispering Ghosts

Whispering Ghosts

1942
Blood on the Moon

Blood on the Moon

1948
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987
Idiot's Delight

Idiot's Delight

1939
The Lusty Men

The Lusty Men

1952
Corvette K-225

Corvette K-225

1943
Saturday's Children

Saturday's Children

1940
A-Haunting We Will Go

A-Haunting We Will Go

1942
Cross My Heart

Cross My Heart

1946
The Looters

The Looters

1955
The Invisible Menace

The Invisible Menace

1938
Passage West

Passage West

1951
China Clipper

China Clipper

1936
Bullets or Ballots

Bullets or Ballots

1936
Let's Go Collegiate

Let's Go Collegiate

1941
Two Years Before the Mast

Two Years Before the Mast

1946
San Quentin

San Quentin

1937
They Won't Forget

They Won't Forget

1937
Riot in Cell Block 11

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954
Maisie Gets Her Man

Maisie Gets Her Man

1942
Blossoms in the Dust

Blossoms in the Dust

1941
The Sniper

The Sniper

1952
Across the Pacific

Across the Pacific

1942
Headin' East

Headin' East

1937
Smart Blonde

Smart Blonde

1937
A Guy Named Joe

A Guy Named Joe

1944
Address Unknown

Address Unknown

1944
The Affairs of Susan

The Affairs of Susan

1945
Everything But the Truth

Everything But the Truth

1956
Marked Woman

Marked Woman

1937
Race Street

Race Street

1948
Young Ideas

Young Ideas

1943
Reno

Reno

1939
La Conga Nights

La Conga Nights

1940
Brother Orchid

Brother Orchid

1940
Women in the Wind

Women in the Wind

1939
Dance Charlie Dance

Dance Charlie Dance

1937
Standing Room Only

Standing Room Only

1944
Wake Island

Wake Island

1942
Father Steps Out

Father Steps Out

1941
Joe Smith, American

Joe Smith, American

1942
You Came Along

You Came Along

1945
Three Brave Men

Three Brave Men

1956
Alice in Movieland

Alice in Movieland

1940
East of the River

East of the River

1940
Castle on the Hudson

Castle on the Hudson

1940
Wine, Women and Horses

Wine, Women and Horses

1937
Come Live with Me

Come Live with Me

1941
Thieves Fall Out

Thieves Fall Out

1941
City for Conquest

City for Conquest

1940
H.M. Pulham, Esq.

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

1941
When the Boys Meet the Girls

When the Boys Meet the Girls

1965
Tough as They Come

Tough as They Come

1942
The Palm Beach Story

The Palm Beach Story

1942
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

1939
Twelve Crowded Hours

Twelve Crowded Hours

1939
King of Hockey

King of Hockey

1936
Red Garters

Red Garters

1954
Double Exposure

Double Exposure

1935
Get Going

Get Going

1943
Lucky Night

Lucky Night

1939
Mokey

Mokey

1942
Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man

1940
Fluffy

Fluffy

1965
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

1937
No Time to Marry

No Time to Marry

1938
Bring on the Girls

Bring on the Girls

1945
Too Hot to Handle

Too Hot to Handle

1938
Road to Rio

Road to Rio

1947
Midnight Court

Midnight Court

1937
Nick Carter, Master Detective

Nick Carter, Master Detective

1939
The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

1944
Pop Always Pays

Pop Always Pays

1940
Thank Your Lucky Stars

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943
7th Cavalry

7th Cavalry

1956
Fall In

Fall In

1942
Suddenly It's Spring

Suddenly It's Spring

1947
Curtain Call

Curtain Call

1940
Border Flight

Border Flight

1936
Francis

Francis

1950
99 River Street

99 River Street

1953
Easy Come, Easy Go

Easy Come, Easy Go

1947
Taxi, Mister

Taxi, Mister

1943
The Cherokee Strip

The Cherokee Strip

1937
Waterfront

Waterfront

1939
Yanks Ahoy

Yanks Ahoy

1943
Slapsie Maxie's

Slapsie Maxie's

1939
Just a Cute Kid

Just a Cute Kid

1940
Convicted

Convicted

1950
No Place to Go

No Place to Go

1939
The Trouble with Women

The Trouble with Women

1947
All American Chump

All American Chump

1936
Prairie Chickens

Prairie Chickens

1943
Masquerade in Mexico

Masquerade in Mexico

1945
The Nevadan

The Nevadan

1950
Ever Since Eve

Ever Since Eve

1937
Our Hearts Were Growing Up

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

1946
Silver Skates

Silver Skates

1943
Back in Circulation

Back in Circulation

1937
The Falcon Strikes Back

The Falcon Strikes Back

1943
The Mystery of the 13th Guest

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

1943
Good Morning, Judge

Good Morning, Judge

1943
Top Sergeant Mulligan

Top Sergeant Mulligan

1941
Dixie Dugan

Dixie Dugan

1943
Crime Rave

Crime Rave

1939
Romance in the Air

Romance in the Air

1936
Terror at Midnight

Terror at Midnight

1956
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?

Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?

1977
Blame It on Love

Blame It on Love

1940

Known For TV Shows

Maverick

Maverick

1957
The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962
Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

1976
Petticoat Junction

Petticoat Junction

1963
The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956
Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958
The Bob Hope Show

The Bob Hope Show

1950
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

1959
That Girl

That Girl

1966
Telephone Time

Telephone Time

1956
Racket Squad

Racket Squad

1951
The Great Adventure

The Great Adventure

1963
Man with a Camera

Man with a Camera

1958
My Mother the Car

My Mother the Car

1965
General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

1953

Movie Credits

Gone with the Wind

1939

Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

Ernie

Fourteen Hours

1951

Walter, room service waiter

Blue Skies

1946

Mack (uncredited)

Away All Boats

1956

Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran

The Gang's All Here

1943

Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

Nazty Nuisance

1943

Seaman Benson

Welcome Stranger

1947

Bill Walters

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957

Sheriff Cotton Wilson

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

Tim

And the Angels Sing

1944

Holman

The Unknown Guest

1943

Truck Driver (uncredited)

The Go-Getter

1937

Country Club Man #2 (uncredited)

The Lost Weekend

1945

'Bim' Nolan

About Face

1942

Bartender Jerry

Funny Girl

1968

Keeney

See Here, Private Hargrove

1944

M.P. (uncredited)

Sergeant York

1941

But! Boy (uncredited)

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

1944

Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)

Dino

1957

Frank Mandel

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942

Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)

Incendiary Blonde

1945

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

North to Alaska

1960

Arnie (uncredited)

Road Gang

1936

Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)

My Favorite Spy

1951

Newton

Night Waitress

1936

Policeman at Torre's

Five Came Back

1939

Photographer (uncredited)

Variety Girl

1947

Frank Faylen

It's a Wonderful World

1939

Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)

The Lone Gun

1954

Fairweather

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942

Soldier (uncredited)

The Sky Parade

1936

Pilot (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes

1939

Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited)

The Reluctant Dragon

1941

Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

The Well Groomed Bride

1946

Cabbie

The Blue Dahlia

1946

Man Recommending Motel

Hangman's Knot

1952

Cass Browne

The McConnell Story

1955

Sfc. Sykes

Mission to Moscow

1943

Reporter (uncredited)

The Monkey's Uncle

1965

Mr. Dearborne

Steel Against the Sky

1941

Egg Man in Diner (uncredited)

The Flying Irishman

1939

New York Mechanic

Copper Canyon

1950

Mullins

Kid Galahad

1937

Barney

Bombalera

1945

Houlihan

Footsteps in the Dark

1941

Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Detective Story

1951

Det. Gallagher

Hazard

1948

Oscar

They Drive by Night

1940

Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees

1942

Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)

The Perils of Pauline

1947

Mr. Joe Gurt

Somewhere I'll Find You

1942

Soldier Driving Jeep

To Each His Own

1946

Babe

Thunder Afloat

1939

Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

Tanks a Million

1941

Pvt. Skivic

You Can't Get Away with Murder

1939

Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)

That Certain Woman

1937

Reporter (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous

1943

Gateman (uncredited)

Married and in Love

1940

Jim Carter, Man in Bar

Model Wife

1941

Master of Ceremonies

The Fighting 69th

1940

Engineer Sergeant (uncredited)

No Time for Comedy

1940

Cab Driver

California

1947

Whitey

Whispering Smith

1948

Whitey Du Sang

The Eagle and the Hawk

1950

Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman

Whispering Ghosts

1942

Curly

Blood on the Moon

1948

Jake Pindalest

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

Self (archive footage)

Idiot's Delight

1939

Ed

The Lusty Men

1952

Al Dawson

Corvette K-225

1943

Shipyard Painter

Saturday's Children

1940

Cab Driver (uncredited)

A-Haunting We Will Go

1942

Train Detective (uncredited)

Cross My Heart

1946

Fingerprint Expert

The Looters

1955

Stan Leppich

The Invisible Menace

1938

Private of the Guard

Passage West

1951

Curly

China Clipper

1936

Weatherman (uncredited)

Bullets or Ballots

1936

Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)

Let's Go Collegiate

1941

Speed Dorman

Two Years Before the Mast

1946

Hansen

San Quentin

1937

Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited)

They Won't Forget

1937

Reporter

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954

Commissioner Haskell

Maisie Gets Her Man

1942

Stage Manager (Uncredited)

Blossoms in the Dust

1941

Man with Man Carrying Dead Child

The Sniper

1952

Anderson

Across the Pacific

1942

Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited)

Headin' East

1937

Joe

Smart Blonde

1937

Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

A Guy Named Joe

1944

Major (uncredited)

Address Unknown

1944

Jimmie Blake

The Affairs of Susan

1945

Brooklyn Boy (uncredited)

Everything But the Truth

1956

'Mac' McMillan

Marked Woman

1937

Cabbie #2 (uncredited)

Race Street

1948

Phil Dickson

Young Ideas

1943

Reporter (uncredited)

Reno

1939

J. Hezmer Briggs

La Conga Nights

1940

Jeepers Peepers

Brother Orchid

1940

Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Women in the Wind

1939

Chuck - the Mechanic (uncredited)

Dance Charlie Dance

1937

Ted Parks

Standing Room Only

1944

Cabbie

Wake Island

1942

Father Steps Out

1941

Tall Hobo 'King', aka The King of Siam

Joe Smith, American

1942

Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)

You Came Along

1945

Bellboy (uncredited)

Three Brave Men

1956

Enos Warren

Alice in Movieland

1940

Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

East of the River

1940

Tour Guide (uncredited)

Castle on the Hudson

1940

Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)

Wine, Women and Horses

1937

Horse Buyer

Come Live with Me

1941

Waiter

Thieves Fall Out

1941

Pick

City for Conquest

1940

Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

1941

Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

When the Boys Meet the Girls

1965

Phin Gray

Tough as They Come

1942

Collector

The Palm Beach Story

1942

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

1939

Adjutant (uncredited)

Twelve Crowded Hours

1939

Henchman (uncredited)

King of Hockey

1936

Swede

Red Garters

1954

Billy Buckett

Double Exposure

1935

Press Photographer (uncredited)

Get Going

1943

Hank

Lucky Night

1939

Play Palace Announcer (uncredited)

Mokey

1942

Police Desk Sergeant

Edison, the Man

1940

Galbreath

Fluffy

1965

Catfish

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

1937

Charlie Downs

No Time to Marry

1938

Waxler

Bring on the Girls

1945

Sailor

Too Hot to Handle

1938

Assistant Dubber (uncredited)

Road to Rio

1947

Trigger

Midnight Court

1937

Reporter

Nick Carter, Master Detective

1939

Pete Foley - 1st pilot

The Canterville Ghost

1944

Lieutenant John Kane

Pop Always Pays

1940

Minerva Auto Loan Cashier

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943

Sailor (uncredited)

7th Cavalry

1956

Sgt. Kruger

Fall In

1942

Capt. Gillis

Suddenly It's Spring

1947

Harold Michaels

Curtain Call

1940

Spike Malone

Border Flight

1936

Jimmie

Francis

1950

Sergeant Chillingbacker

99 River Street

1953

Stan Hogan

Easy Come, Easy Go

1947

Boss

Taxi, Mister

1943

Henchman Silk

The Cherokee Strip

1937

Joe Brady

Waterfront

1939

Skids Riley

Yanks Ahoy

1943

Quartermaster Jenkins

Slapsie Maxie's

1939

Tiger Dorsey

Just a Cute Kid

1940

Benny

Convicted

1950

Convict Ponti

No Place to Go

1939

Pete Shaffer

The Trouble with Women

1947

Geeger

All American Chump

1936

Reporter (uncredited)

Prairie Chickens

1943

Clem

Masquerade in Mexico

1945

Brooklyn (uncredited)

The Nevadan

1950

Jeff

Ever Since Eve

1937

Bandit Leader at Monteray Tavern (uncredited)

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

1946

Federal Agent

Silver Skates

1943

Eddie

Back in Circulation

1937

James Maxwell - a Reporter (uncredited)

The Falcon Strikes Back

1943

Cecil, a Hobo (uncredited)

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

1943

Speed Dugan

Good Morning, Judge

1943

Ben Pollard

Top Sergeant Mulligan

1941

Pat Dolan

Dixie Dugan

1943

Soldier (uncredited)

Crime Rave

1939

Romance in the Air

1936

Sure-Fire

Terror at Midnight

1956

Fred Hill

Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?

1977

Herbert T. Gillis

Blame It on Love

1940

Studio Electrician

TV Credits

Maverick

1957

Red Harrison (1 episodes)

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

(1 episodes)

Quincy, M.E.

1976

Janus (1 episodes)

Petticoat Junction

1963

Ralph (1 episodes)

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

Self (1 episodes)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

Doc Alvarez (1 episodes)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958

Sheriff Earl Tipton (1 episodes)

The Bob Hope Show

1950

Self (1 episodes)

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

1959

Herbert T. Gillis (147 episodes)

That Girl

1966

(2 episodes)

Telephone Time

1956

(1 episodes)

Racket Squad

1951

(1 episodes)

The Great Adventure

1963

O'Brien (1 episodes)

Man with a Camera

1958

(1 episodes)

My Mother the Car

1965

(2 episodes)

General Electric Theater

1953

Farber (1 episodes)

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TV Production Credits

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