Frank Faylen

Born

12/8/1905

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

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.

Known For172 Movies

It's a Wonderful Life
1946
★8.3
Gone with the Wind
1939
★7.9
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
★7.0
The Reluctant Dragon
1941
★6.6
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
★7.8
Sergeant York
1941
★7.2
Funny Girl
1968
★7.2
The Lost Weekend
1945
★7.6
North to Alaska
1960
★6.5
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
★7.0
The Sniper
1952
★6.7
It's a Wonderful World
1939
★6.5
Fourteen Hours
1951
★7.3
Detective Story
1951
★7.0
They Drive by Night
1940
★6.9
The Lusty Men
1952
★6.7
The Blue Dahlia
1946
★6.7
Kid Galahad
1937
★7.1
Blue Skies
1946
★6.2
Blood on the Moon
1948
★6.2
Marked Woman
1937
★6.6
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954
★7.1
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
★7.3
The Sky Parade
1936
★8.0
The Palm Beach Story
1942
★7.0
Away All Boats
1956
★5.3
Across the Pacific
1942
★6.6
Bullets or Ballots
1936
★6.6
That Certain Woman
1937
★5.6
The Fighting 69th
1940
★5.8
Idiot's Delight
1939
★6.1
The Canterville Ghost
1944
★6.9
Nazty Nuisance
1943
★4.1
Francis
1950
★5.8
Edison, the Man
1940
★6.8
Variety Girl
1947
★6.5
The Lone Gun
1954
★5.6
Copper Canyon
1950
★5.7
7th Cavalry
1956
★6.1
Invisible Stripes
1939
★6.2
No Time for Comedy
1940
★5.3
Incendiary Blonde
1945
★5.1
My Favorite Spy
1951
★6.0
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
★7.0
Road Gang
1936
★7.0
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
★7.1
Welcome Stranger
1947
★6.9
Too Hot to Handle
1938
★6.0
About Face
1942
★6.6
The Gang's All Here
1943
★5.9
The Monkey's Uncle
1965
★5.9
Brother Orchid
1940
★6.6
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942
★6.2
Model Wife
1941
★6.5
Dino
1957
★7.4
Convicted
1950
★6.2
Wake Island
1942
★5.9
A Guy Named Joe
1944
★6.7
99 River Street
1953
★6.8
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944
★6.5
To Each His Own
1946
★7.0
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
★6.5
City for Conquest
1940
★6.9
California
1947
★6.8
The McConnell Story
1955
★6.8
When the Boys Meet the Girls
1965
★4.8
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
★6.6
And the Angels Sing
1944
★7.3
Road to Rio
1947
★6.8
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
★6.2
The Perils of Pauline
1947
★6.7
Mission to Moscow
1943
★5.7
Hangman's Knot
1952
★6.6
Footsteps in the Dark
1941
★7.0
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
★6.5
Slightly Dangerous
1943
★6.0
Corvette K-225
1943
★6.2
Cross My Heart
1946
★9.0
The Eagle and the Hawk
1950
★5.9
The Affairs of Susan
1945
★6.5
San Quentin
1937
★6.7
The Trouble with Women
1947
★9.5
The Unknown Guest
1943
★7.0
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
★6.2
Thunder Afloat
1939
★6.1
Come Live with Me
1941
★6.8
The Go-Getter
1937
★6.2
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939
★5.8
Lucky Night
1939
★6.8
China Clipper
1936
★5.8
Whispering Ghosts
1942
★6.8
Address Unknown
1944
★6.4
Night Waitress
1936
★6.4
Alice in Movieland
1940
★6.4
Women in the Wind
1939
★6.8
Married and in Love
1940
★5.7
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944
★6.3
Whispering Smith
1948
★6.7
The Falcon Strikes Back
1943
★5.6
Castle on the Hudson
1940
★7.0
No Time to Marry
1938
★7.0
Joe Smith, American
1942
★6.5
East of the River
1940
★6.3
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942
★5.7
The Looters
1955
★6.1
Race Street
1948
★6.0
Back in Circulation
1937
★6.5
Five Came Back
1939
★6.3
The Nevadan
1950
★5.9
Young Ideas
1943
★5.3
Hazard
1948
★8.0
Steel Against the Sky
1941
★5.4
Masquerade in Mexico
1945
★6.0
They Won't Forget
1937
★5.9
Smart Blonde
1937
★6.4
Get Going
1943
★7.0
Fluffy
1965
★7.0
Headin' East
1937
★10.0
Tanks a Million
1941
★5.8
Thieves Fall Out
1941
★6.0
Father Steps Out
1941
★6.5
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939
★6.0
Bring on the Girls
1945
★6.3
Red Garters
1954
★5.0
Mokey
1942
★6.7
La Conga Nights
1940
★7.7
Slapsie Maxie's
1939
★6.0
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
★7.0
Good Morning, Judge
1943
★10.0
Taxi, Mister
1943
★4.2
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937
★7.2
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942
★6.7
Terror at Midnight
1956
★5.2
The Well Groomed Bride
1946
★5.7
Dixie Dugan
1943
★6.5
You Came Along
1945
★7.3
Twelve Crowded Hours
1939
★5.7
Fall In
1942
★6.5
Tough as They Come
1942
★9.0
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943
★5.7
No Place to Go
1939
★8.0
Standing Room Only
1944
★5.7
Three Brave Men
1956
★6.3
Reno
1939
★6.7
Border Flight
1936
★6.5
The Cherokee Strip
1937
★6.5
The Invisible Menace
1938
★4.3
Just a Cute Kid
1940
★7.0
Silver Skates
1943
★6.3
The Flying Irishman
1939
★5.0
Suddenly It's Spring
1947
★4.3
Ever Since Eve
1937
★5.8
Midnight Court
1937
★5.1
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
1977
★10.0
Romance in the Air
1936
★10.0
Everything But the Truth
1956
★8.2
Top Sergeant Mulligan
1941
★6.5
Waterfront
1939
★6.5
Dance Charlie Dance
1937
★8.0
King of Hockey
1936
★5.4
Saturday's Children
1940
★6.9
Double Exposure
1935
★7.4
Blame It on Love
1940
★4.8
Curtain Call
1940
★7.3
Let's Go Collegiate
1941
★5.4
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
1946
★6.5
Prairie Chickens
1943
★8.0
Pop Always Pays
1940
★6.7
Wine, Women and Horses
1937
★5.3
Yanks Ahoy
1943
★6.6
Passage West
1951
★6.6
All American Chump
1936
★6.2