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Frank Faylen (born Charles Francis Ruf, [1] 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.
Frank Faylen (1905 - 1985) fue un actor de Estados Unidos conocido por ¡Qué bello es vivir!, Días sin huella, Motín en el pabellón 11, Rifle solitario, Terror at Midnight, Calle River, 99, El séptimo de caballería, Los forasteros, Nevada y Pasaje al Oeste.
His most famous film roles were as the vicious male nurse Bim in The Lost Weekend (1945) and as the cabdriver Ernie in It's a Wonderful Life (1946). But his greatest fame came in television, particularly as Dobie's dad Herbert T. Gillis in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959).
5 de ago. de 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.
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).
