Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
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Aug 5, 1985 · Times Staff Writer. 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....
December 08, 1905. Died. August 02, 1985. Biography. Read More. 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.
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 ...
Actor Born Dec. 8, 1905 in St. Louis, MO. Died Aug. 3, 1985 of respiratory failure in Burbank, Calif. F rank Faylen was a character actor whose 70-year entertainment career ranged from a...
Actor. Birth Date: December 8, 1905. Death Date: August 2, 1985. Birth Place: St. Louis, Missouri. Spouses: Carol Hughes. Veteran character player, who first appeared onstage at the age of eighteen...
American actor Frank Faylen was born into a vaudeville act; as an infant, he was carried on stage by his parents, the song-and-dance team Ruf and Clark. Traveling with his parents from one engagement to another, Faylen somehow managed to complete his education at St. Joseph's Prep School in Kirkwood, Missouri.
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,” has...
