Petticoat Junction
1963
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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. 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. 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.
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.
Established actors Frank Faylen, a longtime acquaintance of the Hickman family and a fellow parishioner at their church, [2] and Florida Friebus were cast as Dobie's parents, Herbert T. Gillis and Winifred Gillis.
Aug 5, 1985 · BURBANK, Calif. -- Frank Faylen, a long-time character actor who played Dobie Gillis's father and appeared in more than 400 movies including 'The Grapes of Wrath,' 'Gunfight at the OK Corral' and...
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 ...
Aug 9, 2021 · Frank Faylen, a veteran character actor who played Dobie Gillis` father and appeared in more than 400 movies, including ”The Grapes of Wrath,” ”Gunfight at the OK Corral” and ”Funny Girl ...
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...
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...
