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.
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Brother Orchid
Marked Woman
Blue Skies
The Nevadan
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Wake Island
The Grapes of Wrath
Gone with the Wind
It's a Wonderful Life
North to Alaska
Funny Girl
The Blue Dahlia
Sergeant York
They Drive by Night
Across the Pacific
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
The Pride of the Yankees
The Canterville Ghost
