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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.
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.
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.
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).
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 ...
Dec 8, 2023 · Here are 10 things you should know about Frank Faylen, born on December 8, 1905. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific character actors in the 1930s and '4...
