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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. 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.
Taxi, Mister is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Kurt Neumann and written by Earle Snell and Clarence Marks. The film stars William Bendix, Grace Bradley, Joe Sawyer, Sheldon Leonard, Joe Devlin, Jack Norton, Frank Faylen, Mike Mazurki, Sig Arno, Clyde Fillmore, Jimmy Conlin, Lew Kelly and Iris Adrian. The film was released on April 16 ...
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.
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 ...
Veteran character player, who first appeared onstage at the age of eighteen months in parents vaudeville act. In his 20s Faylen made the transition from a vaudeville song-and-dance man to touch guys in films of the 1930s. One of his most memorable performances is as the sadistic male nurse in...
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...
An American actor, born on December 8, 1905 in St. Louis, Missouri. He started his acting career on stage, then started acting in films in the 1930s. His film debut was in the 1936 movie Bullets or Ballots. He appeared in the movies The Grapes of Wrath (1940), It's a Wonderful ...Read more. Nationality: US. Date of Birth: 8 December 1905.
Frank Faylen was an American movie and television actor. Born Frank Ruf in St. Louis, Missouri, he began his acting career as an infant appearing with his vaudeville performing parents on stage.
