Personal Info

  • Known For

    Acting

  • Known Credits

    171

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    December 08, 1905 ( 80 years old )

  • Place of Birth

    Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

  • Also Known As

    Francis Charles Ruf

    Frank Ruf

    Charles Francis Ruf

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.