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.

Known For

Gone with the Wind

Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful Life

Ernie

Funny Girl

Keeney

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Sheriff Cotton Wilson

The Grapes of Wrath

Tim

Nazty Nuisance

Seaman Benson

They Drive by Night

Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)