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 For
Maverick
Quincy, M.E.
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
The Beverly Hillbillies
Petticoat Junction
Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Bob Hope Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
That Girl
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Telephone Time
It's a Wonderful Life
Gone with the Wind
The Great Adventure
Racket Squad
My Mother the Car
Man with a Camera
The Grapes of Wrath