Anecdotes

Former father-in-law of Regis Philbin.

Was in two Oscar Best Picture winners: Autant en emporte le vent (1939) and Le Poison (1945), and eight other Best Picture nominees: Les Raisins de la colère (1940), Les oubliés (1941), Sergent York (1941), La Glorieuse Parade (1942), Vainqueur du destin (1942), La sentinelle du Pacifique (1942), La vie est belle (1946) and Funny Girl (1968).

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.

Wore a white wig playing "Whitey," the hired gun killed by Alan Ladd in Smith le taciturne (1948).

Played a taxi driver in Preston Sturges' Madame et ses flirts (1942) and in Frank Capra's La vie est belle (1946).

The muppet "Ernie" on 1, rue Sésame (1969) was rumored to be named after Faylen's character (Ernie the Taxi Driver) in La vie est belle (1946).

Father of actress Carol Faylen and Kay Faylen.

His most famous line as Herbert T. Gillis from Dobie Gillis (1959) is "I"m gonna kill that boy.".

Best remembered at TV Dad Herbert T. Gillis father of Dobie Gillis on Dobie Gillis (1959).