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.
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Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gent...
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Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is the...
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In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to ke...
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A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. ...
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Germany's Adolf Hitler, with his Axis-stooges, Italy's Mussolini and Japan's Suki Yama, although he ...
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The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage wh...
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Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but hi...
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George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents ri...
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Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispu...
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In 1865, a troop of Confederate soldiers led by Major Matt Stewart attack the wagon of gold escorted...
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Eddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he's especially bothered by seeing women with their...
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A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel t...
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The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York,...
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | Funny Girl (1968) | Keeney | 7 | |
| 2 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) | Sheriff Cotton Wilson | 7.3 | |
| 3 | Terror at Midnight (1956) | Fred Hill | 6 | |
| 4 | Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) | Commissioner Haskell | 8 | |
| 5 | 99 River Street (1953) | Stan Hogan | 7 | |
| 6 | Hangman's Knot (1952) | Cass Browne | - | - |
| 7 | The Sniper (1952) | Anderson | 4 | |
| 8 | Detective Story (1951) | Det. Gallagher | - | - |
| 9 | Fourteen Hours (1951) | Walter, room service waiter | 5 | |
| 10 | Convicted (1950) | Convict Ponti | 5 | |
| 11 | Race Street (1948) | Phil Dickson | 6 | |
| 12 | Blood on the Moon (1948) | Jake Pindalest | 5 | |
| 13 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) | Ernie | 8.2 | |
| 14 | To Each His Own (1946) | Babe | 5 | |
| 15 | The Blue Dahlia (1946) | Man Recommending Motel | 6 | |
| 16 | The Lost Weekend (1945) | 'Bim' Nolan | 8.2 | |
| 17 | The Canterville Ghost (1944) | Lieutenant John Kane | 7 | |
| 18 | A Guy Named Joe (1944) | Major (uncredited) | 2 | |
| 19 | Nazty Nuisance (1943) | Seaman Benson | 1 | |
| 20 | The Falcon Strikes Back (1943) | Cecil, a Hobo (uncredited) | 7 | |
| 21 | The Gang's All Here (1943) | Marine Sergeant (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 22 | Wake Island (1942) | - | 5 | |
| 23 | Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) | Sergeant on Parade (uncredited) | 5.7 | |
| 24 | The Palm Beach Story (1942) | Taxi Driver (uncredited) | 7 | |
| 25 | The Pride of the Yankees (1942) | Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited) | 6.5 | |
| 26 | The Reluctant Dragon (1941) | Orchestra Leader (uncredited) | 7.3 | |
| 27 | Blossoms in the Dust (1941) | Man with Man Carrying Dead Child | 6.5 | |
| 28 | Sergeant York (1941) | But! Boy (uncredited) | 4 | |
| 29 | City for Conquest (1940) | Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 30 | They Drive by Night (1940) | Driver in Cafe (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 31 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | Tim | 7.3 | |
| 32 | Gone with the Wind (1939) | Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited) | 7.6 | |
| 33 | Invisible Stripes (1939) | Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited) | - | - |
| 34 | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) | Adjutant (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 35 | That Certain Woman (1937) | Reporter (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 36 | They Won't Forget (1937) | Reporter | 3 | |
| 37 | Marked Woman (1937) | Cabbie #2 (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 38 | Bullets or Ballots (1936) | Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited) | 6 |
