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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. 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 ...
Frank Faylen. 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.
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.
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.
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 ...
He was the consummate character actor who was seen in 187 films. 84% of his appearance occurred in the 30s and 40s. Movie genres included: drama (90); romance (58); comedy (87) and crime/film noir (45). Faylen's IMDb data breaks down like this: mean = 6.7, median - 6.4 and mode 7.0 (14).
Birthday: Dec 8, 1905. Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Veteran character player, who first appeared onstage at the age of eighteen months in parents vaudeville act. In his 20s Faylen...
