Acting
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.
The Lost Weekend
1945
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
as Herbert T. Gillis
Funny Girl
as Keeney
The Monkey's Uncle
as Mr. Dearborne
Fluffy
as Catfish
When the Boys Meet the Girls
as Phin Gray
North to Alaska
as Arnie (uncredited)
The Sunrise Gun
as Doc Alvarez
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Sheriff Cotton Wilson
Dino
as Frank Mandel
Quincy, M.E.
as Janus · 1 ep.
That Girl
2 ep.
My Mother the Car
2 ep.
Petticoat Junction
as Ralph · 1 ep.
The Great Adventure
as O'Brien · 1 ep.
The Beverly Hillbillies
1 ep.
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as Herbert T. Gillis · 147 ep.
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Sheriff Earl Tipton · 1 ep.
Man with a Camera
1 ep.
Maverick
as Red Harrison · 1 ep.
