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- Frank Faylen (born Charles Francis Ruf, December 8, 1905 [citation needed] – August 2, 1985) was an American film and television actor.
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Frank Faylen (born Charles Francis Ruf, [1] December 8, 1905 [citation needed] – August 2, 1985) was an American film and television actor. Largely a bit player and character actor , he occasionally played more fleshed-out supporting roles during his forty-two year acting career, during which he appeared in some 223 film and television ...
His most famous film roles were as the vicious male nurse Bim in The Lost Weekend (1945) and as the cabdriver Ernie in It's a Wonderful Life (1946). But his greatest fame came in television, particularly as Dobie's dad Herbert T. Gillis in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959).
- December 8, 1905
- August 2, 1985
Actor: It's a Wonderful Life. American character actor who specialized in average-guy parts and who could be equally effective in sympathetic or unlikeable roles. His parents, the vaudeville team of Ruf and Cusik, took him onstage with them when he was a baby, and Faylen grew up in the theatre.
- January 1, 1
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- January 1, 1
- Burbank, California, USA
Aug 5, 1985 · Frank Faylen, a character actor whose 70-year entertainment career ranged from a Mississippi River showboat act to a role on the “Dobie Gillis” television series, is dead.
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 ...
Frank Faylen was an American stage, screen, and television actor. He is best remembered for his movie performances as the cynical male nurse in The Lost Weeke
Aug 9, 2021 · Frank Faylen, a veteran character actor who played Dobie Gillis` father and appeared in more than 400 movies, including ”The Grapes of Wrath,” ”Gunfight at the OK Corral” and ”Funny...
