6.9
Maverick
1957· TV Series
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
December 8, 1905(79)
Day of Death
August 2, 1985
Place of Birth
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
Francis Charles RufFrank RufCharles Francis Ruf
Frank Faylen
Acting
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
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976· TV Series
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956· TV Series
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962· TV Series
5.7
Petticoat Junction
1963· TV Series
6.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958· TV Series
7.9
6.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950· TV Series
6.0
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959· TV Series
Top
8.3
6.2
That Girl
1966· TV Series
7.0
The Bob Hope Show
1950· TV Series
Filmography
- 1987MovieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Lifeas Self (archive footage)
- 1977MovieWhatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?as Herbert T. Gillis
- 1976TVQuincy, M.E.as Janus
- 1968MovieFunny Girlas Keeney
- 1966TVThat Girl
- 1965MovieWhen the Boys Meet the Girlsas Phin Gray
- 1965TVMy Mother the Car
- 1965MovieThe Monkey's Uncleas Mr. Dearborne
- 1965MovieFluffyas Catfish
- 1963TVThe Great Adventureas O'Brien
- 1963TVPetticoat Junctionas Ralph
- 1962TVThe Beverly Hillbillies
- 1960MovieNorth to Alaskaas Arnie (uncredited)
- 1959TVThe Many Loves of Dobie Gillisas Herbert T. Gillis
- 1959MovieThe Sunrise Gunas Doc Alvarez
- 1958TVMan with a Camera
- 1958TVWanted: Dead or Aliveas Sheriff Earl Tipton
- 1957TVMaverickas Red Harrison
- 1957MovieDinoas Frank Mandel
- 1957MovieGunfight at the O.K. Corralas Sheriff Cotton Wilson
- 1956Movie7th Cavalryas Sgt. Kruger
- 1956MovieThree Brave Menas Enos Warren
- 1956MovieEverything But the Truthas 'Mac' McMillan
- 1956TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatreas Doc Alvarez
- 1956MovieAway All Boatsas Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
- 1956MovieTerror at Midnightas Fred Hill
- 1956TVTelephone Time
- 1955MovieThe McConnell Storyas Sfc. Sykes
- 1955MovieThe Lootersas Stan Leppich
- 1954MovieThe Lone Gunas Fairweather
- 1954MovieRiot in Cell Block 11as Commissioner Haskell
- 1954MovieRed Gartersas Billy Buckett
- 1953Movie99 River Streetas Stan Hogan
- 1953TVGeneral Electric Theateras Farber
- 1952MovieHangman's Knotas Cass Browne
- 1952MovieThe Lusty Menas Al Dawson
- 1952MovieThe Sniperas Anderson
- 1951MovieMy Favorite Spyas Newton
- 1951MovieDetective Storyas Det. Gallagher
- 1951MoviePassage Westas Curly
- 1951TVRacket Squad
- 1951MovieFourteen Hoursas Walter, room service waiter
- 1950MovieCopper Canyonas Mullins
- 1950MovieThe Eagle and the Hawkas Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman
- 1950TVThe Colgate Comedy Houras Self
- 1950MovieConvictedas Convict Ponti
- 1950TVThe Bob Hope Showas Self
- 1950MovieFrancisas Sergeant Chillingbacker
- 1950MovieThe Nevadanas Jeff
- 1948MovieWhispering Smithas Whitey Du Sang