I always thought Frank Faylen was a sinister-looking guy in a real rundown 1940's kind of way, and it works well in this role.
Even when I was first seeing him as Dobie Gillis's dad on TV, he seemed a little creepy, and Wonderful Life and Disney didn't change that. He's got a hardness like a murderer from Shakespeare.
Can't say that I agree with you. I've liked him in virtually every role I've seen him in, but I absolutely loved him as ' Herbert T. Gillis '.
share"It's Bim, Bim, BIM! What's he gonna do about Bim?" - Rupert Holmes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_eQ63Plv6A
"I will not go down in history as the greatest mass-murderer since Adolf Hitler!" - Merkin Muffley