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Frank Faylen

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Born: December 8, 1905 in 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.

Filmography175 TITLES
Gone with the Wind
7.9
Gone with the Wind1939
It's a Wonderful Life
8.3
It's a Wonderful Life1946
The Grapes of Wrath
7.8
The Grapes of Wrath1940
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
7.0
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral1957
Funny Girl
7.2
Funny Girl1968
Detective Story
7.0
Detective Story1951
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The Blue Dahlia
6.7
The Blue Dahlia1946
Sergeant York
7.2
Sergeant York1941
The Pride of the Yankees
7.4
The Pride of the Yankees1942
Blood on the Moon
6.2
Blood on the Moon1948
North to Alaska
6.5
North to Alaska1960
The Perils of Pauline
6.2
The Perils of Pauline1947
City for Conquest
6.8
City for Conquest1940
Away All Boats
5.2
Away All Boats1956
California
6.8
California1947
The Lusty Men
6.7
The Lusty Men1952
The Lost Weekend
7.6
The Lost Weekend1945
A Guy Named Joe
6.7
A Guy Named Joe1944
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
6.0
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life1987
The Sniper
6.7
The Sniper1952
Wake Island
5.8
Wake Island1942
No Time for Comedy
5.0
No Time for Comedy1940
Blossoms in the Dust
6.6
Blossoms in the Dust1941
Variety Girl
6.1
Variety Girl1947
Thank Your Lucky Stars
6.1
Thank Your Lucky Stars1943
Fourteen Hours
7.2
Fourteen Hours1951
Across the Pacific
6.6
Across the Pacific1942
The Affairs of Susan
6.1
The Affairs of Susan1945
Joe Smith, American
6.2
Joe Smith, American1942
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
7.1
H.M. Pulham, Esq.1941
Reno
6.0
Reno1939
The Palm Beach Story
7.0
The Palm Beach Story1942
The Reluctant Dragon
6.6
The Reluctant Dragon1941
Idiot's Delight
5.9
Idiot's Delight1939
Francis
5.6
Francis1950
Too Hot to Handle
5.8
Too Hot to Handle1938
You Can't Get Away with Murder
5.7
You Can't Get Away with Murder1939
Corvette K-225
6.1
Corvette K-2251943
Castle on the Hudson
6.8
Castle on the Hudson1940
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
5.8
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble1944
Hazard
7.5
Hazard1948
The McConnell Story
6.3
The McConnell Story1955
Edison, the Man
6.8
Edison, the Man1940
Slightly Dangerous
6.0
Slightly Dangerous1943
Nick Carter, Master Detective
5.7
Nick Carter, Master Detective1939
Come Live with Me
6.8
Come Live with Me1941
That Certain Woman
5.4
That Certain Woman1937
The Go-Getter
5.8
The Go-Getter1937
A-Haunting We Will Go
6.0
A-Haunting We Will Go1942
Marked Woman
6.5
Marked Woman1937
The Canterville Ghost
6.8
The Canterville Ghost1944
Race Street
5.8
Race Street1948
Whispering Smith
6.6
Whispering Smith1948
Invisible Stripes
6.1
Invisible Stripes1939
The Fighting 69th
5.7
The Fighting 69th1940
China Clipper
5.6
China Clipper1936
Copper Canyon
5.5
Copper Canyon1950
7th Cavalry
5.9
7th Cavalry1956
Kid Galahad
7.0
Kid Galahad1937
Yankee Doodle Dandy
7.0
Yankee Doodle Dandy1942
Footsteps in the Dark
6.8
Footsteps in the Dark1941
Bullets or Ballots
6.6
Bullets or Ballots1936
The Looters
5.6
The Looters1955
Tough as They Come
Tough as They Come1942
Riot in Cell Block 11
7.0
Riot in Cell Block 111954
Thieves Fall Out
5.5
Thieves Fall Out1941
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
7.0
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle1939
Dino
7.2
Dino1957
Tanks a Million
5.3
Tanks a Million1941
Maisie Gets Her Man
6.5
Maisie Gets Her Man1942
To Each His Own
6.9
To Each His Own1946
Women in the Wind
6.8
Women in the Wind1939
Smart Blonde
6.1
Smart Blonde1937
The Lone Gun
5.4
The Lone Gun1954
Everything But the Truth
8.2
Everything But the Truth1956
Night Waitress
5.8
Night Waitress1936
The Nevadan
5.8
The Nevadan1950
Lucky Night
6.6
Lucky Night1939
Dance Charlie Dance
6.0
Dance Charlie Dance1937
Easy Come, Easy Go
Easy Come, Easy Go1947
Hangman's Knot
6.4
Hangman's Knot1952
Convicted
6.1
Convicted1950
The Monkey's Uncle
5.7
The Monkey's Uncle1965
The Flying Irishman
4.6
The Flying Irishman1939
The Well Groomed Bride
4.0
The Well Groomed Bride1946
Midnight Court
4.4
Midnight Court1937
The Falcon Strikes Back
5.5
The Falcon Strikes Back1943
Blue Skies
6.1
Blue Skies1946
Brother Orchid
6.6
Brother Orchid1940
And the Angels Sing
7.0
And the Angels Sing1944
The Eagle and the Hawk
5.4
The Eagle and the Hawk1950
Red Garters
4.7
Red Garters1954
Road to Rio
6.8
Road to Rio1947
La Conga Nights
7.5
La Conga Nights1940
99 River Street
6.8
99 River Street1953
Married and in Love
5.4
Married and in Love1940
Mission to Moscow
5.6
Mission to Moscow1943
Young Ideas
4.6
Young Ideas1943
King of Hockey
5.0
King of Hockey1936
They Drive by Night
6.9
They Drive by Night1940
Steel Against the Sky
5.0
Steel Against the Sky1941
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
6.8
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop1937
Fall In
6.0
Fall In1942
Star Spangled Rhythm
6.0
Star Spangled Rhythm1942
Alice in Movieland
6.3
Alice in Movieland1940
Five Came Back
6.2
Five Came Back1939
When the Boys Meet the Girls
3.0
When the Boys Meet the Girls1965
The Trouble with Women
9.0
The Trouble with Women1947
No Place to Go
6.0
No Place to Go1939
Three Brave Men
5.9
Three Brave Men1956
It's a Wonderful World
6.4
It's a Wonderful World1939
Dixie Dugan
5.0
Dixie Dugan1943
Mokey
5.0
Mokey1942
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
6.2
Our Hearts Were Growing Up1946
Good Morning, Judge
Good Morning, Judge1943
The Cherokee Strip
6.0
The Cherokee Strip1937
Bring on the Girls
6.1
Bring on the Girls1945
Road Gang
6.5
Road Gang1936
Curtain Call
7.3
Curtain Call1940
Terror at Midnight
4.7
Terror at Midnight1956
Two Years Before the Mast
6.1
Two Years Before the Mast1946
The Unknown Guest
The Unknown Guest1943
No Time to Marry
6.0
No Time to Marry1938
The Sky Parade
The Sky Parade1936
Wine, Women and Horses
4.3
Wine, Women and Horses1937
Father Steps Out
3.0
Father Steps Out1941
San Quentin
6.5
San Quentin1937
The Invisible Menace
3.8
The Invisible Menace1938
You Came Along
7.0
You Came Along1945
Standing Room Only
5.0
Standing Room Only1944
Address Unknown
6.4
Address Unknown1944
Masquerade in Mexico
5.4
Masquerade in Mexico1945
Somewhere I'll Find You
5.6
Somewhere I'll Find You1942
The Gang's All Here
6.0
The Gang's All Here1943
Silver Skates
5.0
Silver Skates1943
Cross My Heart
Cross My Heart1946
Border Flight
6.0
Border Flight1936
They Won't Forget
5.8
They Won't Forget1937
Romance in the Air
Romance in the Air1936
Let's Go Collegiate
5.0
Let's Go Collegiate1941
Incendiary Blonde
4.6
Incendiary Blonde1945
Fluffy
6.5
Fluffy1965
My Favorite Spy
6.0
My Favorite Spy1951
The Sunrise Gun
The Sunrise Gun1959
Pop Always Pays
Pop Always Pays1940
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
5.4
The Mystery of the 13th Guest1943
Model Wife
5.0
Model Wife1941
Just a Cute Kid
Just a Cute Kid1940
See Here, Private Hargrove
6.0
See Here, Private Hargrove1944
Suddenly It's Spring
3.9
Suddenly It's Spring1947
Waterfront
6.3
Waterfront1939
Twelve Crowded Hours
5.2
Twelve Crowded Hours1939
Thunder Afloat
5.9
Thunder Afloat1939
Slapsie Maxie's
5.0
Slapsie Maxie's1939
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?1977
All American Chump
5.8
All American Chump1936
Back in Circulation
5.3
Back in Circulation1937
Get Going
Get Going1943
East of the River
5.7
East of the River1940
Yanks Ahoy
6.3
Yanks Ahoy1943
Saturday's Children
6.6
Saturday's Children1940
Passage West
6.2
Passage West1951
Ever Since Eve
5.5
Ever Since Eve1937
About Face
6.0
About Face1942
Nazty Nuisance
3.8
Nazty Nuisance1943
Whispering Ghosts
6.4
Whispering Ghosts1942
Top Sergeant Mulligan
5.0
Top Sergeant Mulligan1941
Crime Rave
Crime Rave1939
Double Exposure
7.0
Double Exposure1935
Prairie Chickens
Prairie Chickens1943
Welcome Stranger
6.6
Welcome Stranger1947
Taxi, Mister
3.6
Taxi, Mister1943
Blame It on Love
2.5
Blame It on Love1940
Headin' East
Headin' East1937
Bombalera
Bombalera1945