Gone with the Wind1939
As Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Frank Faylen
Born
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.
Filmography (174)
It's a Wonderful Life1946
As Ernie
TMDb 8.3 / 10
The Grapes of Wrath1940
As Tim
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral1957
As Sheriff Cotton Wilson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Funny Girl1968
As Keeney
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Lost Weekend1945
As 'Bim' Nolan
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Sergeant York1941
As But! Boy (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Fourteen Hours1951
As Walter, room service waiter
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Blood on the Moon1948
As Jake Pindalest
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Reluctant Dragon1941
As Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Detective Story1951
As Det. Gallagher
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Palm Beach Story1942
As Taxi Driver (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
North to Alaska1960
As Arnie (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
They Drive by Night1940
As Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Sniper1952
As Anderson
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Lusty Men1952
As Al Dawson
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Monkey's Uncle1965
As Mr. Dearborne
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Kid Galahad1937
As Barney
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Pride of the Yankees1942
As Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
It's a Wonderful World1939
As Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Hangman's Knot1952
As Cass Browne
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Riot in Cell Block 111954
As Commissioner Haskell
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Yankee Doodle Dandy1942
As Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Guy Named Joe1944
As Major (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Gang's All Here1943
As Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Across the Pacific1942
As Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
My Favorite Spy1951
As Newton
TMDb 6.0 / 10
99 River Street1953
As Stan Hogan
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Whispering Smith1948
As Whitey Du Sang
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Invisible Stripes1939
As Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Blue Skies1946
As Mack (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
To Each His Own1946
As Babe
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Away All Boats1956
As Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Convicted1950
As Convict Ponti
TMDb 6.2 / 10
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life1987
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Blue Dahlia1946
As Man Recommending Motel
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle1939
As Adjutant (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
H.M. Pulham, Esq.1941
As Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Blossoms in the Dust1941
As Man with Man Carrying Dead Child
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Thank Your Lucky Stars1943
As Sailor (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
A-Haunting We Will Go1942
As Train Detective (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Steel Against the Sky1941
As Egg Man in Diner (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Bullets or Ballots1936
As Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Come Live with Me1941
As Waiter
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Francis1950
As Sergeant Chillingbacker
TMDb 5.8 / 10
7th Cavalry1956
As Sgt. Kruger
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Perils of Pauline1947
As Mr. Joe Gurt
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Two Years Before the Mast1946
As Hansen
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Edison, the Man1940
As Galbreath
TMDb 6.8 / 10
They Won't Forget1937
As Reporter
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Castle on the Hudson1940
As Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Somewhere I'll Find You1942
As Soldier Driving Jeep
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Fighting 69th1940
As Engineer Sergeant (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Canterville Ghost1944
As Lieutenant John Kane
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Corvette K-2251943
As Shipyard Painter
TMDb 6.2 / 10
You Can't Get Away with Murder1939
As Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
And the Angels Sing1944
As Holman
TMDb 7.3 / 10
City for Conquest1940
As Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Marked Woman1937
As Cabbie #2 (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Idiot's Delight1939
As Ed
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Falcon Strikes Back1943
As Cecil, a Hobo (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Footsteps in the Dark1941
As Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
No Time for Comedy1940
As Cab Driver
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Lone Gun1954
As Fairweather
TMDb 5.6 / 10
East of the River1940
As Tour Guide (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Address Unknown1944
As Jimmie Blake
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The McConnell Story1955
As Sfc. Sykes
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Too Hot to Handle1938
As Assistant Dubber (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Our Hearts Were Growing Up1946
As Federal Agent
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Lucky Night1939
As Play Palace Announcer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Copper Canyon1950
As Mullins
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Bring on the Girls1945
As Sailor
TMDb 6.3 / 10
When the Boys Meet the Girls1965
As Phin Gray
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Night Waitress1936
As Policeman at Torre's
TMDb 6.4 / 10
California1947
As Whitey
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Brother Orchid1940
As Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Eagle and the Hawk1950
As Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Dino1957
As Frank Mandel
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Slightly Dangerous1943
As Gateman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Mission to Moscow1943
As Reporter (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Trouble with Women1947
As Geeger
TMDb 9.5 / 10
No Time to Marry1938
As Waxler
TMDb 7.0 / 10
That Certain Woman1937
As Reporter (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Nick Carter, Master Detective1939
As Pete Foley - 1st pilot
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Road to Rio1947
As Trigger
TMDb 6.8 / 10
See Here, Private Hargrove1944
As M.P. (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Wake Island1942
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Model Wife1941
As Master of Ceremonies
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Variety Girl1947
As Frank Faylen
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Incendiary Blonde1945
As Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Five Came Back1939
As Photographer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Road Gang1936
As Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Flying Irishman1939
As New York Mechanic
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Mystery of the 13th Guest1943
As Speed Dugan
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Married and in Love1940
As Jim Carter, Man in Bar
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Welcome Stranger1947
As Bill Walters
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Affairs of Susan1945
As Brooklyn Boy (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Easy Come, Easy Go1947
As Boss
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Maisie Gets Her Man1942
As Stage Manager (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Headin' East1937
As Joe
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Star Spangled Rhythm1942
As Soldier (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Everything But the Truth1956
As 'Mac' McMillan
TMDb 8.2 / 10
The Well Groomed Bride1946
As Cabbie
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Go-Getter1937
As Country Club Man #2 (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Fluffy1965
As Catfish
TMDb 7.0 / 10
China Clipper1936
As Weatherman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
About Face1942
As Bartender Jerry
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Nevadan1950
As Jeff
TMDb 5.9 / 10
No Place to Go1939
As Pete Shaffer
TMDb 8.0 / 10
San Quentin1937
As Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Tough as They Come1942
As Collector
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble1944
As Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Red Garters1954
As Billy Buckett
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop1937
As Charlie Downs
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Cross My Heart1946
As Fingerprint Expert
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Fall In1942
As Capt. Gillis
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Wine, Women and Horses1937
As Horse Buyer
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Thunder Afloat1939
As Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Ever Since Eve1937
As Bandit Leader at Monteray Tavern (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Three Brave Men1956
As Enos Warren
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Unknown Guest1943
As Truck Driver (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Young Ideas1943
As Reporter (uncredited)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Nazty Nuisance1943
As Seaman Benson
TMDb 4.1 / 10
Women in the Wind1939
As Chuck - the Mechanic (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Looters1955
As Stan Leppich
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Blame It on Love1940
As Studio Electrician
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Joe Smith, American1942
As Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Race Street1948
As Phil Dickson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Alice in Movieland1940
As Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Hazard1948
As Oscar
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Suddenly It's Spring1947
As Harold Michaels
TMDb 4.2 / 10
You Came Along1945
As Bellboy (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Dixie Dugan1943
As Soldier (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Sky Parade1936
As Pilot (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?1977
As Herbert T. Gillis
TMDb 10.0 / 10
King of Hockey1936
As Swede
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Yanks Ahoy1943
As Quartermaster Jenkins
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Thieves Fall Out1941
As Pick
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Let's Go Collegiate1941
As Speed Dorman
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Saturday's Children1940
As Cab Driver (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Passage West1951
As Curly
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Masquerade in Mexico1945
As Brooklyn (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Get Going1943
As Hank
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Terror at Midnight1956
As Fred Hill
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Whispering Ghosts1942
As Curly
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Father Steps Out1941
As Tall Hobo 'King', aka The King of Siam
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Invisible Menace1938
As Private of the Guard
TMDb 4.3 / 10
La Conga Nights1940
As Jeepers Peepers
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Mokey1942
As Police Desk Sergeant
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Bombalera
Bombalera1945
As Houlihan
Smart Blonde1937
As Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Border Flight1936
As Jimmie
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Standing Room Only1944
As Cabbie
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Midnight Court1937
As Reporter
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Tanks a Million1941
As Pvt. Skivic
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Curtain Call1940
As Spike Malone
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Good Morning, Judge1943
As Ben Pollard
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Prairie Chickens1943
As Clem
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Reno1939
As J. Hezmer Briggs
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Cherokee Strip1937
As Joe Brady
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Dance Charlie Dance1937
As Ted Parks
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Taxi, Mister1943
As Henchman Silk
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Twelve Crowded Hours1939
As Henchman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Top Sergeant Mulligan1941
As Pat Dolan
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Silver Skates1943
As Eddie
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Slapsie Maxie's1939
As Tiger Dorsey
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Double Exposure1935
As Press Photographer (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Just a Cute Kid1940
As Benny
TMDb 7.0 / 10
All American Chump1936
As Reporter (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Pop Always Pays1940
As Minerva Auto Loan Cashier
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Back in Circulation1937
As James Maxwell - a Reporter (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Romance in the Air1936
As Sure-Fire
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Waterfront1939
As Skids Riley
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Crime Rave
Crime Rave1939
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb