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Frank Faylen

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1905-12-08

Birth Place

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Movies and TV shows :

7th Cavalry

7th Cavalry

1956

5.8

Movie
99 River Street

99 River Street

1953

6.8

Movie
A Guy Named Joe

A Guy Named Joe

1943

6.5

Movie
A-Haunting We Will Go

A-Haunting We Will Go

1942

6.0

Movie
About Face

About Face

1942

5.0

Movie
Across the Pacific

Across the Pacific

1942

6.5

Movie
Address Unknown

Address Unknown

1944

6.3

Movie
Alice in Movieland

Alice in Movieland

1940

6.3

Movie
All American Chump

All American Chump

1936

5.8

Movie
And the Angels Sing

And the Angels Sing

1944

7.8

Movie
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

1944

5.7

Movie
Away All Boats

Away All Boats

1956

5.1

Movie
Back in Circulation

Back in Circulation

1937

5.3

Movie
Blame It on Love

Blame It on Love

1940

2.5

Movie
Blood on the Moon

Blood on the Moon

1948

6.1

Movie
Blossoms in the Dust

Blossoms in the Dust

1941

6.5

Movie
Blue Skies

Blue Skies

1946

6.0

Movie
Bombalera

Bombalera

1945

0.0

Movie
Border Flight

Border Flight

1936

6.0

Movie
Bring on the Girls

Bring on the Girls

1945

6.1

Movie
Brother Orchid

Brother Orchid

1940

6.4

Movie
Bullets or Ballots

Bullets or Ballots

1936

6.5

Movie
California

California

1947

6.5

Movie
Castle on the Hudson

Castle on the Hudson

1940

6.8

Movie
China Clipper

China Clipper

1936

5.6

Movie
City for Conquest

City for Conquest

1940

6.8

Movie
Come Live with Me

Come Live with Me

1941

6.9

Movie
Convicted

Convicted

1950

6.3

Movie
Copper Canyon

Copper Canyon

1950

5.2

Movie
Corvette K-225

Corvette K-225

1943

6.2

Movie
Crime Rave

Crime Rave

1939

0.0

Movie
Cross My Heart

Cross My Heart

1946

0.0

Movie
Curtain Call

Curtain Call

1940

7.3

Movie
Dance Charlie Dance

Dance Charlie Dance

1937

6.0

Movie
Detective Story

Detective Story

1951

7.0

Movie
poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

5.5

TV
Dino

Dino

1957

7.2

Movie
Dixie Dugan

Dixie Dugan

1943

5.0

Movie
Double Exposure

Double Exposure

1935

7.0

Movie
East of the River

East of the River

1940

5.7

Movie
Easy Come, Easy Go

Easy Come, Easy Go

1947

0.0

Movie
Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man

1940

6.6

Movie
Ever Since Eve

Ever Since Eve

1937

5.8

Movie
Everything But the Truth

Everything But the Truth

1956

8.2

Movie
Fall In

Fall In

1942

5.0

Movie
Father Steps Out

Father Steps Out

1941

3.0

Movie
Five Came Back

Five Came Back

1939

6.3

Movie
Fluffy

Fluffy

1965

6.5

Movie
Footsteps in the Dark

Footsteps in the Dark

1941

6.9

Movie
Fourteen Hours

Fourteen Hours

1951

7.2

Movie
Francis

Francis

1950

5.5

Movie
Funny Girl

Funny Girl

1968

7.2

Movie
poster

General Electric Theater

1953

6.0

TV
Get Going

Get Going

1943

0.0

Movie
Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

1939

7.9

Movie
Good Morning, Judge

Good Morning, Judge

1943

0.0

Movie
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957

7.0

Movie
H.M. Pulham, Esq.

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

1941

6.9

Movie
Hangman's Knot

Hangman's Knot

1952

6.3

Movie
Hazard

Hazard

1948

8.0

Movie
Headin' East

Headin' East

1937

0.0

Movie
Idiot's Delight

Idiot's Delight

1939

5.8

Movie
Incendiary Blonde

Incendiary Blonde

1945

5.1

Movie
Invisible Stripes

Invisible Stripes

1939

6.1

Movie
It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

8.3

Movie
It's a Wonderful World

It's a Wonderful World

1939

6.4

Movie
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1988

6.0

Movie
Joe Smith, American

Joe Smith, American

1942

5.7

Movie
Just a Cute Kid

Just a Cute Kid

1940

0.0

Movie
Kid Galahad

Kid Galahad

1937

6.9

Movie
King of Hockey

King of Hockey

1936

5.0

Movie
La Conga Nights

La Conga Nights

1940

7.5

Movie
Let's Go Collegiate

Let's Go Collegiate

1941

5.0

Movie
Lucky Night

Lucky Night

1939

6.6

Movie
Maisie Gets Her Man

Maisie Gets Her Man

1942

6.5

Movie
poster

Man with a Camera

1958

4.8

TV
Marked Woman

Marked Woman

1937

6.5

Movie
Married and in Love

Married and in Love

1940

5.3

Movie
Masquerade in Mexico

Masquerade in Mexico

1945

5.4

Movie
poster

Maverick

1957

6.8

TV
Midnight Court

Midnight Court

1937

4.8

Movie
Mission to Moscow

Mission to Moscow

1943

5.2

Movie
Model Wife

Model Wife

1941

0.0

Movie
Mokey

Mokey

1942

5.0

Movie
My Favorite Spy

My Favorite Spy

1951

6.0

Movie
poster

My Mother the Car

1965

3.6

TV
Nazty Nuisance

Nazty Nuisance

1943

3.6

Movie
Nick Carter, Master Detective

Nick Carter, Master Detective

1939

5.7

Movie
Night Waitress

Night Waitress

1936

5.8

Movie
No Place to Go

No Place to Go

1939

6.0

Movie
No Time for Comedy

No Time for Comedy

1940

5.5

Movie
No Time to Marry

No Time to Marry

1938

6.0

Movie
North to Alaska

North to Alaska

1960

6.5

Movie
Our Hearts Were Growing Up

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

1946

6.2

Movie
Passage West

Passage West

1951

6.2

Movie
poster

Petticoat Junction

1963

5.9

TV
Pop Always Pays

Pop Always Pays

1940

0.0

Movie
Prairie Chickens

Prairie Chickens

1943

0.0

Movie
poster

Quincy, M.E.

1976

7.5

TV
Race Street

Race Street

1948

5.8

Movie
poster

Racket Squad

1951

6.0

TV
Red Garters

Red Garters

1954

5.0

Movie
Reno

Reno

1939

6.0

Movie
Riot in Cell Block 11

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954

6.9

Movie
Road Gang

Road Gang

1936

6.5

Movie
Road to Rio

Road to Rio

1947

6.7

Movie
San Quentin

San Quentin

1937

6.5

Movie
Saturday's Children

Saturday's Children

1940

6.4

Movie
See Here, Private Hargrove

See Here, Private Hargrove

1944

6.0

Movie
Sergeant York

Sergeant York

1941

7.2

Movie
Silver Skates

Silver Skates

1943

5.0

Movie
Slapsie Maxie's

Slapsie Maxie's

1939

5.0

Movie
Slightly Dangerous

Slightly Dangerous

1943

5.8

Movie
Smart Blonde

Smart Blonde

1937

6.2

Movie
Somewhere I'll Find You

Somewhere I'll Find You

1942

5.9

Movie
Standing Room Only

Standing Room Only

1944

5.0

Movie
Star Spangled Rhythm

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942

5.9

Movie
Steel Against the Sky

Steel Against the Sky

1941

5.0

Movie
Suddenly It's Spring

Suddenly It's Spring

1947

4.3

Movie
Tanks a Million

Tanks a Million

1941

5.0

Movie
Taxi, Mister

Taxi, Mister

1943

3.0

Movie
poster

Telephone Time

1956

6.3

TV
Terror at Midnight

Terror at Midnight

1956

4.9

Movie
Thank Your Lucky Stars

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943

6.1

Movie
poster

That Girl

1966

6.1

TV
The Affairs of Susan

The Affairs of Susan

1945

6.1

Movie
poster

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

6.9

TV
The Blue Dahlia

The Blue Dahlia

1946

6.6

Movie
poster

The Bob Hope Show

1950

7.0

TV
The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

1944

6.6

Movie
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

1937

6.8

Movie
The Cherokee Strip

The Cherokee Strip

1937

6.0

Movie
poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

7.0

TV
The Eagle and the Hawk

The Eagle and the Hawk

1950

5.0

Movie
The Falcon Strikes Back

The Falcon Strikes Back

1943

5.6

Movie
The Fighting 69th

The Fighting 69th

1940

5.4

Movie
The Flying Irishman

The Flying Irishman

1939

4.6

Movie
The Gang's All Here

The Gang's All Here

1943

5.8

Movie
The Go-Getter

The Go-Getter

1937

5.3

Movie
The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

7.8

Movie
poster

The Great Adventure

1963

0.0

TV
The Invisible Menace

The Invisible Menace

1938

4.1

Movie
The Lone Gun

The Lone Gun

1954

5.3

Movie
The Looters

The Looters

1955

5.6

Movie
The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

1945

7.6

Movie
The Lusty Men

The Lusty Men

1952

6.6

Movie
poster

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

1959

5.9

TV
The McConnell Story

The McConnell Story

1955

6.3

Movie
The Monkey's Uncle

The Monkey's Uncle

1965

6.0

Movie
The Mystery of the 13th Guest

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

1943

5.4

Movie
The Nevadan

The Nevadan

1950

5.8

Movie
The Palm Beach Story

The Palm Beach Story

1942

7.0

Movie
The Perils of Pauline

The Perils of Pauline

1947

6.2

Movie
The Pride of the Yankees

The Pride of the Yankees

1942

7.4

Movie
The Reluctant Dragon

The Reluctant Dragon

1941

6.6

Movie
The Sky Parade

The Sky Parade

1936

0.0

Movie
The Sniper

The Sniper

1952

6.7

Movie
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

1939

7.0

Movie
The Trouble with Women

The Trouble with Women

1947

0.0

Movie
The Unknown Guest

The Unknown Guest

1943

0.0

Movie
The Well Groomed Bride

The Well Groomed Bride

1946

4.0

Movie
They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night

1940

6.9

Movie
They Won't Forget

They Won't Forget

1937

5.7

Movie
Thieves Fall Out

Thieves Fall Out

1941

5.5

Movie
Three Brave Men

Three Brave Men

1956

4.8

Movie
Thunder Afloat

Thunder Afloat

1939

5.9

Movie
To Each His Own

To Each His Own

1946

6.8

Movie
Top Sergeant Mulligan

Top Sergeant Mulligan

1941

5.0

Movie
Tough as They Come

Tough as They Come

1942

0.0

Movie
Twelve Crowded Hours

Twelve Crowded Hours

1939

5.2

Movie
Two Years Before the Mast

Two Years Before the Mast

1946

6.2

Movie
Variety Girl

Variety Girl

1947

6.1

Movie
Wake Island

Wake Island

1942

5.6

Movie
poster

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958

6.9

TV
Waterfront

Waterfront

1939

6.3

Movie
Welcome Stranger

Welcome Stranger

1947

6.6

Movie
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?

Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?

1977

0.0

Movie
When the Boys Meet the Girls

When the Boys Meet the Girls

1965

3.0

Movie
Whispering Ghosts

Whispering Ghosts

1942

6.9

Movie
Whispering Smith

Whispering Smith

1948

6.5

Movie
Wine, Women and Horses

Wine, Women and Horses

1937

4.0

Movie
Women in the Wind

Women in the Wind

1939

6.8

Movie
Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942

7.0

Movie
Yanks Ahoy

Yanks Ahoy

1943

6.5

Movie
You Came Along

You Came Along

1945

7.0

Movie
You Can't Get Away with Murder

You Can't Get Away with Murder

1939

5.6

Movie
Young Ideas

Young Ideas

1943

4.6

Movie