Frank Faylen
Frank Faylen is credited on 84 movies and 8 TV shows, best known by TMDB votes for It's a Wonderful Life, Gone with the Wind and The Grapes of Wrath.
Born December 8, 1905 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; died August 2, 1985.
Filmography · 60 titles
The 60 best known of 92 credits on TMDB, by votes.
US streaming apps shown for the 12 best-known titles, checked October 6, 2026. Tap any title for where it streams and what it costs.
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Movie
On Prime Video
Gone with the Wind
1939 · Movie
On HBO Max and YouTube TV
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Movie
Free with ads on Hoopla
The Lost Weekend
1945 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
Funny Girl
1968 · Movie
On Sony Pictures Core
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957 · Movie
Free with ads on Kanopy
Sergeant York
1941 · Movie
Free with ads on Kanopy
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
The Palm Beach Story
1942 · Movie
On YouTube TV
Detective Story
1951 · Movie
Free with ads on Kanopy
The Blue Dahlia
1946 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
The Reluctant Dragon
1941 · Movie
On Disney+ and Prime Video
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 · Movie
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · TV show
They Drive by Night
1940 · Movie
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · TV show
North to Alaska
1960 · Movie
The Lusty Men
1952 · Movie
Across the Pacific
1942 · Movie
99 River Street
1953 · Movie
The Sniper
1952 · Movie
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954 · Movie
Marked Woman
1937 · Movie
Blood on the Moon
1948 · Movie
Kid Galahad
1937 · Movie
Fourteen Hours
1951 · Movie
A Guy Named Joe
1944 · Movie
Bullets or Ballots
1936 · Movie
It's a Wonderful World
1939 · Movie
The Canterville Ghost
1944 · Movie
Road to Rio
1947 · Movie
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939 · Movie
Maverick
1957 · TV show
Brother Orchid
1940 · Movie
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · TV show
Five Came Back
1939 · Movie
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942 · Movie
City for Conquest
1940 · Movie
The Gang's All Here
1943 · Movie
Come Live with Me
1941 · Movie
Blossoms in the Dust
1941 · Movie
Petticoat Junction
1963 · TV show
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · Movie
To Each His Own
1946 · Movie
Hangman's Knot
1952 · Movie
That Girl
1966 · TV show
San Quentin
1937 · Movie
Convicted
1950 · Movie
Address Unknown
1944 · Movie
They Won't Forget
1937 · Movie
Edison, the Man
1940 · Movie
Blue Skies
1946 · Movie
Invisible Stripes
1939 · Movie
The Monkey's Uncle
1965 · Movie
Wake Island
1942 · Movie
Francis
1950 · Movie
The Fighting 69th
1940 · Movie
Whispering Smith
1948 · Movie
California
1947 · Movie
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939 · Movie
About Frank Faylen
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...
Biography from TMDB, written by its community.