Frank Faylen

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.

Cast

The Grapes of Wrath

It's a Wonderful Life

When the Boys Meet the Girls

Detective Story

The Reluctant Dragon

Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Bellboy (uncredited)

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Sheriff Cotton Wilson

The Palm Beach Story

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Come Live with Me

Riot in Cell Block 11

Commissioner Haskell

The Lost Weekend

Terror at Midnight

Blood on the Moon

99 River Street

The Blue Dahlia

Man Recommending Motel

It's a Wonderful World

Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Pete Foley - 1st pilot

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Adjutant (uncredited)

They Won't Forget

The Canterville Ghost

Lieutenant John Kane

Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran

Walter, room service waiter

To Each His Own

Whispering Ghosts

Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

Maisie Gets Her Man

Stage Manager (Uncredited)

The McConnell Story

My Favorite Spy

North to Alaska

Arnie (uncredited)

Star Spangled Rhythm

Soldier (uncredited)

Address Unknown

Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited)

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

The Perils of Pauline

The Affairs of Susan

Brooklyn Boy (Uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees

Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)

Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)

Standing Room Only

Easy Come, Easy Go

Three Brave Men

Everything But the Truth

And the Angels Sing

Welcome Stranger

Across the Pacific

Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited)

J. Hezmer Briggs

The Monkey's Uncle

Two Years Before the Mast

Married and in Love

Jim Carter, Man in Bar

Let's Go Collegiate

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

Somewhere I'll Find You

Soldier Driving Jeep

Blame It on Love

Studio Electrician

Alice in Movieland

Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?

Herbert T. Gillis

Women in the Wind

Chuck - the Mechanic (uncredited)

The Fighting 69th

Engineer Sergeant (uncredited)

Wine, Women and Horses

Whispering Smith

The Invisible Menace

Private of the Guard

Bandit Leader at Monteray Tavern (uncredited)

Fingerprint Expert

Masquerade in Mexico

Brooklyn (uncredited)

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

Dance Charlie Dance

Idiot's Delight

The Flying Irishman

New York Mechanic

Prairie Chickens

Play Palace Announcer (uncredited)

Photographer (uncredited)

Gone with the Wind

Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)

Steel Against the Sky

Egg Man in Diner (uncredited)

Sergeant Chillingbacker

Thieves Fall Out

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

The Cherokee Strip

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Sailor (uncredited)

Policeman at Torre's

Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

Soldier (uncredited)

The Unknown Guest

Truck Driver (uncredited)

The Gang's All Here

Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

Pilot (uncredited)

Suddenly It's Spring

Harold Michaels

Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Edison, the Man

All American Chump

Reporter (uncredited)

No Time to Marry

Just a Cute Kid

Father Steps Out

Tall Hobo 'King', aka The King of Siam

Good Morning, Judge

Tanks a Million

Quartermaster Jenkins

Top Sergeant Mulligan

A-Haunting We Will Go

Train Detective (uncredited)

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)

But! Boy (uncredited)

City for Conquest

Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)

Saturday's Children

Cab Driver (uncredited)

No Time for Comedy

Back in Circulation

James Maxwell - a Reporter (uncredited)

East of the River

Tour Guide (uncredited)

Castle on the Hudson

Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)

They Drive by Night

Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

Pop Always Pays

Minerva Auto Loan Cashier

You Can't Get Away with Murder

Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)

Reporter (uncredited)

Double Exposure

Press Photographer (uncredited)

La Conga Nights

Jeepers Peepers

The Eagle and the Hawk

Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman

Tough as They Come

The Trouble with Women

Shipyard Painter

Master of Ceremonies

Bartender Jerry

Police Desk Sergeant

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous

Gateman (uncredited)

Country Club Man #2 (uncredited)

The Well Groomed Bride

Cabbie #2 (uncredited)

Bring on the Girls

A Guy Named Joe

Major (uncredited)

Mission to Moscow

Reporter (uncredited)

Slapsie Maxie's

Blossoms in the Dust

Man with Man Carrying Dead Child

The Falcon Strikes Back

Cecil, a Hobo (uncredited)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Self (archive footage)

Bullets or Ballots

Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)

Weatherman (uncredited)

Twelve Crowded Hours

Henchman (uncredited)

Incendiary Blonde

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes

Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited)

See Here, Private Hargrove

M.P. (uncredited)

Joe Smith, American

Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)

Footsteps in the Dark

Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Romance in the Air

The Sunrise Gun

Too Hot to Handle

Assistant Dubber (uncredited)

That Certain Woman

Reporter (uncredited)