Frank Faylen
ActingDecember 8, 1905 (79 years old at death)Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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.
Movies
9.0
Movie
The Trouble with Women
1947
8.3
Movie
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
8.2
Movie
Everything But the Truth
1956
7.9
Movie
Gone with the Wind
1939
7.8
Movie
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
7.6
Movie
The Lost Weekend
1945
7.5
Movie
Hazard
1948
7.5
Movie
La Conga Nights
1940
7.4
Movie
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
7.3
Movie
Curtain Call
1940
7.2
Movie
Fourteen Hours
1951
7.2
Movie
Funny Girl
1968
TV Shows
7.5
TV
Quincy, M.E.
1976
7.0
TV
The Bob Hope Show
1950
6.9
TV
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.9
TV
Maverick
1957
6.8
TV
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
6.8
TV
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
6.4
TV
General Electric Theater
1953
6.3
TV
Telephone Time
1956
6.1
TV
That Girl
1966
6.0
TV
Racket Squad
1951
6.0
TV
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
6.0
TV
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959