Acting credits
189
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Frank Faylen
Acting
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Movies: 173Series: 16
TMDB ID: 17759
IMDb ID: nm0269709
Known for: Acting
Born: December 8, 1905
Died: August 2, 1985
Age: 79
Place of birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1935 - 1987
Years active: 53
Average TMDB rating: 6.62
Wikidata: Q459786
Also known as
Francis Charles Ruf • Frank Ruf • Charles Francis Ruf
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Frank Faylen.
6.0
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987 Movie
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
as Herbert T. Gillis
1977 Movie
7.2
Funny Girl
as Keeney
1968 Movie
3.0
When the Boys Meet the Girls
as Phin Gray
1965 Movie
5.7
The Monkey's Uncle
as Mr. Dearborne
1965 Movie
6.5
Fluffy
as Catfish
1965 Movie
6.5
North to Alaska
as Arnie (uncredited)
1960 Movie
The Sunrise Gun
as Doc Alvarez
1959 Movie
7.2
Dino
as Frank Mandel
1957 Movie
7.0
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Sheriff Cotton Wilson
1957 Movie
5.9
7th Cavalry
as Sgt. Kruger
1956 Movie
5.9
Three Brave Men
as Enos Warren
1956 Movie
8.2
Everything But the Truth
as 'Mac' McMillan
1956 Movie
5.1
Away All Boats
as Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
1956 Movie
4.7
Terror at Midnight
as Fred Hill
1956 Movie
6.3
The McConnell Story
as Sfc. Sykes
1955 Movie
5.6
The Looters
as Stan Leppich
1955 Movie
5.4
The Lone Gun
as Fairweather
1954 Movie
7.0
Riot in Cell Block 11
as Commissioner Haskell
1954 Movie
4.7
Red Garters
as Billy Buckett
1954 Movie
6.8
99 River Street
as Stan Hogan
1953 Movie
6.4
Hangman's Knot
as Cass Browne
1952 Movie
6.7
The Lusty Men
as Al Dawson
1952 Movie
6.7
The Sniper
as Anderson
1952 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Frank Faylen.
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
as Janus • 1 eps
1976 Series
6.1
That Girl
2 eps
1966 Series
4.3
My Mother the Car
2 eps
1965 Series
The Great Adventure
as O'Brien • 1 eps
1963 Series
5.7
Petticoat Junction
as Ralph • 1 eps
1963 Series
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1 eps
1962 Series
6.0
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as Herbert T. Gillis • 147 eps
1959 Series
4.6
Man with a Camera
1 eps
1958 Series
6.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Sheriff Earl Tipton • 1 eps
1958 Series
6.9
Maverick
as Red Harrison • 1 eps
1957 Series
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Doc Alvarez • 1 eps
1956 Series
6.3
Telephone Time
1 eps
1956 Series
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Farber • 1 eps
1953 Series
6.0
Racket Squad
1 eps
1951 Series
6.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self • 1 eps
1950 Series
7.0
The Bob Hope Show
as Self • 1 eps
1950 Series