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.
TV credits
Rated 7.5 out of 10
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Rated 6.2 out of 10
That Girl
1966
Rated 4.8 out of 10
My Mother the Car
1965
Rated 10.0 out of 10
The Great Adventure
1963
Rated 5.9 out of 10
Petticoat Junction
1963
Rated 6.9 out of 10
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Rated 6.3 out of 10
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
Rated 5.5 out of 10
Man with a Camera
1958
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Rated 7.0 out of 10
Maverick
1957
Rated 6.2 out of 10
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Rated 6.5 out of 10
Telephone Time
1956
Rated 6.8 out of 10
General Electric Theater
1953
Rated 6.5 out of 10
Racket Squad
1951
Rated 6.9 out of 10
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Rated 7.0 out of 10
The Bob Hope Show
1950