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Frank Faylen
Person

Frank Faylen

Specialty
Acting
Birth
December 8, 1905 · 79 years
Death
August 2, 1985
Origin
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Technical Alias

Francis Charles RufFrank RufCharles Francis Ruf

Professional Trajectory

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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