Frank Faylen

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-12-08 (80 years old)

Deathday

1985-08-02

Place of Birth

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.

Acting

1951

Detective Story

as Det. Gallagher

1941

The Reluctant Dragon

as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

1945

You Came Along

as Bellboy (uncredited)

1957

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

as Sheriff Cotton Wilson

1947

Road to Rio

as Trigger

1942

The Palm Beach Story

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

1952

The Sniper

as Anderson

1941

1954

Riot in Cell Block 11

as Commissioner Haskell

1945

The Lost Weekend

as 'Bim' Nolan

1956

Terror at Midnight

as Fred Hill

1950

Convicted

as Convict Ponti

1948

Blood on the Moon

as Jake Pindalest

1953

99 River Street

as Stan Hogan

1956

7th Cavalry

as Sgt. Kruger

1952

The Lusty Men

as Al Dawson

1968

Funny Girl

as Keeney

1946

The Blue Dahlia

as Man Recommending Motel

1950

1939

It's a Wonderful World

as Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)

1939

Nick Carter, Master Detective

as Pete Foley - 1st pilot

1939

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

as Adjutant (uncredited)

1937

1944

The Canterville Ghost

as Lieutenant John Kane

1956

Away All Boats

as Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran

1937

Kid Galahad

as Barney

1951

Fourteen Hours

as Walter, room service waiter

1946

Blue Skies

as Mack

1952

Hangman's Knot

as Cass Browne

1946

1948

Race Street

as Phil Dickson

1942

1939

Thunder Afloat

as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

1942

Maisie Gets Her Man

as Stage Manager (Uncredited)

1955

The McConnell Story

as Sfc. Sykes

1950

Copper Canyon

as Mullins

1951

1960

North to Alaska

as Arnie (uncredited)

1942

Star Spangled Rhythm

as Soldier (uncredited)

1944

Address Unknown

as Jimmie Blake

1947

California

as Whitey

1937

San Quentin

as Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited)

1947

Variety Girl

as Frank Faylen

1947

The Perils of Pauline

as Mr. Joe Gurt

1940

Curtain Call

as Spike Malone

1943

Taxi, Mister

as Henchman Silk

1945

The Affairs of Susan

as Brooklyn Boy (Uncredited)

1955

The Looters

as Stan Leppich

1957

Dino

as Frank Mandel

1942

The Pride of the Yankees

as Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)

1965

Fluffy

as Catfish

1954

The Lone Gun

as Fairweather

1951

Passage West

as Curly

1936

Road Gang

as Radio Dispatcher

1944

1939

No Place to Go

as Pete Shaffer

1936

1956

Three Brave Men

as Enos Warren

1956

Everything But the Truth

as 'Mac' McMillan

1944

1947

Welcome Stranger

as Bill Walters

1942

Across the Pacific

as Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited)

1939

Reno

as J. Hezmer Briggs

1965

The Monkey's Uncle

as Mr. Dearborne

1940

Married and in Love

as Jim Carter, Man in Bar

1941

Let's Go Collegiate

as Speed Dorman

1941

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

as Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

1942

Somewhere I'll Find You

as Soldier Driving Jeep

1940

Blame It on Love

as Studio Electrician

1940

Alice in Movieland

as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

1939

Waterfront

as Skids Riley

1977

1943

1939

Women in the Wind

as Chuck - the Mechanic (uncredited)

1940

The Fighting 69th

as Engineer Sergeant (uncredited)

1937

1948

Whispering Smith

as Whitey Du Sang

1938

The Invisible Menace

as Private of the Guard

1948

Hazard

as Oscar

1937

Ever Since Eve

as Bandit Leader at Monteray Tavern (uncredited)

1945

Masquerade in Mexico

as Brooklyn (uncredited)

1946

Cross My Heart

as Fingerprint Expert

1937

1939

The Flying Irishman

as New York Mechanic

1943

1939

Lucky Night

as Play Palace Announcer (uncredited)

1939

Five Came Back

as Photographer (uncredited)

1939

Gone with the Wind

as Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)

1941

Steel Against the Sky

as Egg Man in Diner (uncredited)

1950

Francis

as Sergeant Chillingbacker

1941

1946

1937

The Cherokee Strip

as Joe Brady

1937

Midnight Court

as Reporter

1943

Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Sailor (uncredited)

1936

Night Waitress

as Policeman at Torre's

1937

Smart Blonde

as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

1943

Dixie Dugan

as Soldier (uncredited)

1943

The Unknown Guest

as Truck Driver (uncredited)

1943

The Gang's All Here

as Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

1936

The Sky Parade

as Pilot (uncredited)

1947

Suddenly It's Spring

as Harold Michaels

1940

Brother Orchid

as Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited)

1940

Edison, the Man

as Galbreath

1936

All American Chump

as Reporter (uncredited)

1938

1940

1941

Father Steps Out

as Tall Hobo 'King', aka The King of Siam

1943

Good Morning, Judge

as Ben Pollard

1941

Tanks a Million

as Pvt. Skivic

1943

Get Going

as Hank

1942

Fall In

as Capt. Gillis

1943

Yanks Ahoy

as Quartermaster Jenkins

1941

1942

A-Haunting We Will Go

as Train Detective (uncredited)

1954

Red Garters

as Billy Buckett

1944

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

as Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)

1941

Sergeant York

as But! Boy (uncredited)

1940

City for Conquest

as Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)

1940

Saturday's Children

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

1940

No Time for Comedy

as Cab Driver

1937

Back in Circulation

as James Maxwell - a Reporter (uncredited)

1940

East of the River

as Tour Guide (uncredited)

1940

Castle on the Hudson

as Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)

1940

They Drive by Night

as Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

1940

Pop Always Pays

as Minerva Auto Loan Cashier

1939

You Can't Get Away with Murder

as Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)

1943

Young Ideas

as Reporter (uncredited)

1935

Double Exposure

as Press Photographer (uncredited)

1940

La Conga Nights

as Jeepers Peepers

1950

The Eagle and the Hawk

as Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman

1942

Tough as They Come

as Collector

1943

Corvette K-225

as Shipyard Painter

1936

Border Flight

as Jimmie

1941

Model Wife

as Master of Ceremonies

1942

About Face

as Bartender Jerry

1942

Mokey

as Police Desk Sergeant

1942

Yankee Doodle Dandy

as Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)

1943

Slightly Dangerous

as Gateman (uncredited)

1937

The Go-Getter

as Country Club Man #2 (uncredited)

1937

Marked Woman

as Cabbie #2 (uncredited)

1945

Bombalera

as Houlihan

1945

1943

A Guy Named Joe

as Major (uncredited)

1943

Mission to Moscow

as Reporter (uncredited)

1939

Slapsie Maxie's

as Tiger Dorsey

1941

Blossoms in the Dust

as Man with Man Carrying Dead Child

1943

Nazty Nuisance

as Seaman Benson

1943

The Falcon Strikes Back

as Cecil, a Hobo (uncredited)

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

1936

Bullets or Ballots

as Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)

1936

China Clipper

as Weatherman (uncredited)

1939

Twelve Crowded Hours

as Henchman (uncredited)

1945

Incendiary Blonde

as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

1939

Invisible Stripes

as Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited)

1944

See Here, Private Hargrove

as M.P. (uncredited)

1942

Joe Smith, American

as Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)

1941

Footsteps in the Dark

as Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)

1937

1936

Romance in the Air

as Sure-Fire

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