William Frawley

Personal Info

Birthday

February 25, 1887

Day of Death

1966-03-03

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Burlington, Iowa, USA

Also Known As

Bill Frawley

William Clement Frawley

William Frawley

Biography

William Frawley was born in Burlington, Iowa. As a boy he sang at St.

Paul's Catholic Church and played at the Burlington Opera House. His first job was as a stenographer for the Union Pacific Railroad. He did vaudeville with his brother Paul, then joined pianist Franz Rath in an act they took to San Francisco in 1910.

Known For

The Lucy Show

I Love Lucy

My Three Sons

The Gale Storm Show

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

Letter to Loretta

Miracle on 34th Street

Lucy's Really Lost Moments

Filmography

2016
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
as Fred Mertz
2000
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
as Self (archive footage)
1962
Safe at Home!
as Bill Turner
1956
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
as Fred Mertz
1953
I Love Lucy: The Movie
as Fred Mertz
1952
Rancho Notorious
as Baldy Gunder
1951
Rhubarb
as Len Sickles
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Det. Roberts
The Lemon Drop Kid
as Gloomy Willie
1950
Pretty Baby
as Corcoran
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
as Byers
Kill the Umpire
as Jimmy O'Brien
Blondie's Hero
as Marty Greer
1949
East Side, West Side
as Bill the Bartender
The Lady Takes a Sailor
as Oliver Harker
Red Light
as Hotel Night Clerk
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
as Inspector Crane
Home in San Antone
as O'Fleery
Chicken Every Sunday
as George Kirby
1948
The Girl from Manhattan
as Mr. Bernouti
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
as Knobby Walsh
The Babe Ruth Story
as Jack Dunn
Good Sam
as Tom
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Agent
1947
My Wild Irish Rose
as William Scanlon
Blondie's Anniversary
as Sharkey the Loen Shark
Monsieur Verdoux
as Jean La Salle
Down to Earth
as Police Lieutenant
Mother Wore Tights
as Mr. Schneider
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
as Jim Mason
Miracle on 34th Street
as Charlie Halloran
1946
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
as Police Inspector Harry B. Manning
The Inner Circle
as Det. Lt. Webb
Rendezvous with Annie
as General Trent
The Virginian
as Honey Wiggen
1945
Ziegfeld Follies
as Martin (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
Lady on a Train
as Desk Sgt. Brennan
Hitchhike to Happiness
as Sandy Hill
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Wolf Wylie
1944
Lake Placid Serenade
as Jiggers
The Fighting Seabees
as Eddie Powers
Going My Way
as Max Dolan, Publisher (uncredited)
1943
Whistling in Brooklyn
as Detective Ramsey
Larceny with Music
as Mike Simms
We've Never Been Licked
as Traveling Salesman
1942
Gentleman Jim
as Billy Delaney
Moonlight in Havana
as Barney Crane
Wildcat
as Oliver Westbrook
Give Out, Sisters
as Harrison
It Happened in Flatbush
as Sam Sloan
Roxie Hart
as O'Malley
Treat 'Em Rough
as 'Hotfoot'
1941
Gangs Of The City
as Bang
Blondie in Society
as Waldo Pincus
The Bride Came C.O.D.
as Sheriff McGee
Cracked Nuts
as James Mitchell
Footsteps in the Dark
as Det. 'Hoppy' Hopkins
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
as Chauncey Beheegan
1940
One Night in the Tropics
as Roscoe
Sandy Gets Her Man
as Police Chief J. A. O'Hara
Dancing on a Dime
as Mac
The Quarterback
as Coach
Rhythm on the River
as Mr. Westlake
Golden Gloves
as Emory Balzar
Untamed
as Les Woodbury
Those Were the Days!
as Prisoner
Opened by Mistake
as Matt Kingsley
The Farmer's Daughter
as Scoop Trimble
1939
Stop, Look and Love
as Joe Haller
Night Work
as Bruiser Brown
Grand Jury Secrets
as Bright Eyes
Ex-Champ
as Mushy Harrington
Rose of Washington Square
as Harry Long
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as The 'Duke'
Persons in Hiding
as Alec Inglis
St. Louis Blues
as Major Martingale
Ambush
as Inspector J.L. Weber
1938
Sons of the Legion
as Uncle Willie Lee
Touchdown, Army
as Jack Heffernan
Professor Beware
as Snoop Donlan
Mad About Music
as Dusty Turner
1937
Blossoms On Broadway
as Francis X. Rush
Something to Sing About
as Hank Mayers
Double or Nothing
as John Pederson
High, Wide and Handsome
as Mac
1936
Rose Bowl
as 'Soapy' Moreland
The General Died at Dawn
as Brighton
Three Married Men
as Bill Mullins
The Princess Comes Across
as Benton
F-Man
as Detective Rogan
Desire
as Mr. Gibson
Strike Me Pink
as Mr. Copple
1935
Ship Cafe
as Briney O'Brien
Harmony Lane
as Edwin P. 'Ed' Christy
It's a Great Life
as Lt. McNulty
Welcome Home
as Painless
College Scandal
as Chief of Police Magoun
Alibi Ike
as Cap
Hold 'Em Yale
as Sunshine Joe
Roberta
as Bartender
Car 99
as Training Sgt. Barrel
1934
Here Is My Heart
as James Smith
Shoot the Works
as Larry Hale
The Witching Hour
as Jury Foreman
The Crime Doctor
as Fraser
Bolero
as Mike DeBaere
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
as Captain Murphy
1933
Hell and High Water
as Milton J. Bunsey
Moonlight and Pretzels
as Mac
1927
Ventriloquist
as 'Hoak' salesman
1925
Should Husbands Be Watched?
as Beat Cop