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 It's a Wonderful Life 1946 Gone with the Wind 1939 The Grapes of Wrath 1940 The Lost Weekend 1945 Series ★ 7.5 Quincy, M.E. 1976
Janus ★ 7.2 Funny Girl 1968
Keeney Series ★ 6.2 That Girl 1966
★ 5.9 The Monkey's Uncle 1965
Mr. Dearborne Series ★ 5.9 Petticoat Junction 1963
Ralph Series ★ 6.9 The Beverly Hillbillies 1962
★ 6.5 North to Alaska 1960
Arnie (uncredited) Series ★ 7.1 Wanted: Dead or Alive 1958
Sheriff Earl Tipton ★ 7 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957
Sheriff Cotton Wilson Series ★ 7 Maverick 1957
Red Harrison ★ 5.3 Away All Boats 1956
Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran ★ 7.1 Riot in Cell Block 11 1954
Commissioner Haskell ★ 6.8 99 River Street 1953
Stan Hogan ★ 6.7 The Sniper 1952
Anderson ★ 6.7 The Lusty Men 1952
Al Dawson ★ 6.6 Hangman's Knot 1952
Cass Browne ★ 7 Detective Story 1951
Det. Gallagher ★ 7.3 Fourteen Hours 1951
Walter, room service waiter ★ 6.2 Convicted 1950
Convict Ponti ★ 5.9 The Nevadan 1950
Jeff ★ 5.7 Copper Canyon 1950
Mullins ★ 5.8 Francis 1950
Sergeant Chillingbacker ★ 6.2 Blood on the Moon 1948
Jake Pindalest ★ 6 Race Street 1948
Phil Dickson ★ 6.7 Whispering Smith 1948
Whitey Du Sang ★ 6.8 Road to Rio 1947
Trigger ★ 6.8 California 1947
Whitey ★ 8.3 It's a Wonderful Life 1946
Ernie ★ 6.7 The Blue Dahlia 1946
Man Recommending Motel ★ 6.2 Blue Skies 1946
Mack (uncredited) ★ 7 To Each His Own 1946
Babe ★ 7.6 The Lost Weekend 1945
'Bim' Nolan ★ 6.9 The Canterville Ghost 1944
Lieutenant John Kane ★ 6.4 Address Unknown 1944
Jimmie Blake ★ 6.7 A Guy Named Joe 1944
Major (uncredited) ★ 6.2 Thank Your Lucky Stars 1943
Sailor (uncredited) ★ 5.9 The Gang's All Here 1943
Marine Sergeant (uncredited) ★ 5.7 Mission to Moscow 1943
Reporter (uncredited) ★ 7 The Palm Beach Story 1942
Taxi Driver (uncredited) ★ 7.3 The Pride of the Yankees 1942
Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Across the Pacific 1942
Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited) ★ 5.9 Wake Island 1942
★ 6.2 A-Haunting We Will Go 1942
Train Detective (uncredited) ★ 7 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942
Sergeant on Parade (uncredited) ★ 6.6 The Reluctant Dragon 1941
Orchestra Leader (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Come Live with Me 1941
Waiter ★ 7.2 Sergeant York 1941
But! Boy (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Blossoms in the Dust 1941
Man with Man Carrying Dead Child ★ 7.8 The Grapes of Wrath 1940
Tim ★ 5.8 The Fighting 69th 1940
Engineer Sergeant (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Brother Orchid 1940
Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Edison, the Man 1940
Galbreath ★ 6.9 City for Conquest 1940
Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited) ★ 6.9 They Drive by Night 1940
Driver in Cafe (uncredited) ★ 6.5 It's a Wonderful World 1939
Peters - Stagehand (uncredited) ★ 7 The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939
Adjutant (uncredited) ★ 6.3 Five Came Back 1939
Photographer (uncredited) ★ 7.9 Gone with the Wind 1939
Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited) ★ 5.8 You Can't Get Away with Murder 1939
Boat Tour Guide (uncredited) ★ 6.2 Invisible Stripes 1939
Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited) ★ 6 Too Hot to Handle 1938
Assistant Dubber (uncredited) ★ 5.9 They Won't Forget 1937
Reporter ★ 7.1 Kid Galahad 1937
Barney ★ 6.7 San Quentin 1937
Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Marked Woman 1937
Cabbie #2 (uncredited) ★ 5.6 That Certain Woman 1937
Reporter (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Bullets or Ballots 1936
Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited) 
