| Home > Listing Index > Actors > Frank Faylen |
Actors - Frank Faylen |
|
||
| 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 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. On his passing in 1985, Frank Faylen was interred in the San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California. Notable films
[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Frank Faylen ] Some related entries: William Boyett | Dan Butler | John Leyton | Caroline Blakiston | Dennis Hopper | List of Jewish actors and actresses | Testament | Donnie Wahlberg | Vondie Curtis-Hall | Dean Edwards | Shae Marks This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Frank Faylen; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL. | Searches on eBay |
eBay Pulse | eBay Reviews | eBay Stores | Half.com | Kijiji | PayPal | Popular Searches | ProStores | Rent.com | Shopping.com Australia | Austria | Belgium | China | France | Germany | India | Italy | Spain | United Kingdom |
About eBay | Announcements | Security Center | Policies | Site Map | Help |
| Copyright © 1995-2005 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of the eBay User Agreement and Privacy Policy. |
eBay official time |