Frank Faylen (December 8, 1905 – August 2, 1985) 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. After traveling with his showbiz parents through his childhood, Faylen became a stage actor at 18, and eventually began working in movies in the 1930s. He began playing a number of unmemorable bit parts for Warner Bros. Faylen's breakthrough came in 1945, where he was cast as Bim, the cynical male nurse at Bellevue's alcoholic ward in The Lost Weekend. He was then cast as in a series of bad guy roles for a number of years. Faylen appeared in almost 200 films. Faylen's career also stretched to television, playing Herbert T. Gillis on the 1950s television sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. In 1968 he had a small part in the Barbra Streisand film Funny Girl. Faylen was married to Carol Hughes, also a movie actress. Frank Faylen died from pneumonia in 1985. He was interred in the San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California.
Notable films
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- Blood on the Moon (1948)
- Detective Story (1951)
- The Sniper (1952)
- 99 River Street (1953)
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
- Funny Girl (1968)
