
Frank Faylen
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

Maverick
1957

The Beverly Hillbillies
1962

Quincy, M.E.
1976

Petticoat Junction
1963

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956

Telephone Time
1956

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959

Gone with the Wind
1939

The Bob Hope Show
1950

It's a Wonderful Life
1946

That Girl
1966

Racket Squad
1951

The Great Adventure
1963

The Reluctant Dragon
1941

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957

The Grapes of Wrath
1940

Man with a Camera
1958

My Mother the Car
1965

Funny Girl
1968

The Lost Weekend
1945

Sergeant York
1941

Away All Boats
1956