
Frank Faylen
Birthday: 1905-12-08 | Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USAFrank 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Keeney
as Catfish
as Mr. Dearborne
as Phin Gray
as Herbert T. Gillis
as Frank Mandel
as Sheriff Cotton Wilson
as Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
as Enos Warren
as Fred Hill
as Sgt. Kruger
as Sfc. Sykes
as Stan Leppich
as Billy Buckett
as Commissioner Haskell
as Fairweather
as Stan Hogan
as Al Dawson
as Anderson
as Cass Browne
as Curly
as Convict Ponti
as Jeff
as Mullins
as Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman
as Sergeant Chillingbacker
as Jake Pindalest