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Film & TV
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life — Self (archive footage)1987
- Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis? — Herbert T. Gillis1977
- Quincy, M.E. — Janus1976
- Funny Girl — Keeney1968
- That Girl1966
- When the Boys Meet the Girls — Phin Gray1965
- Fluffy — Catfish1965
- The Monkey's Uncle — Mr. Dearborne1965
- My Mother the Car1965
- The Great Adventure — O'Brien1963
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frank
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- St. Louis
- Place of death
- Burbank
- Spouse
- Carol Hughes
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- Western
- Image
- Frank-faylen-trailer.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1905-12-08
- date of death
- 1985-08-02
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- place of burial
- San Fernando Mission Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Frank Faylen
- start of work period
- 1936-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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