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TV Show List
Rancho Notorious

as Baldy Gunder

1952
The Lemon Drop Kid

as Gloomy Willie

1951
Red Light

as Hotel Night Clerk

1949
The Lady Takes a Sailor

as Oliver Harker

1949
Good Sam

as Tom

1948
The Girl from Manhattan

as Mr. Bernouti

1948
Down to Earth

as Police Lieutenant

1947
Mother Wore Tights

as Mr. Schneider

1947
My Wild Irish Rose

as William Scanlon

1947
The Inner Circle

as Det. Lt. Webb

1946
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

as Police Inspector Harry B. Manning

1946
The Virginian

as Honey Wiggen

1946
Rendezvous with Annie

as General Trent

1946
Flame of Barbary Coast

as Wolf Wylie

1945
The Fighting Seabees

as Eddie Powers

1944
Whistling in Brooklyn

as Detective Ramsey

1943
We've Never Been Licked

as Traveling Salesman

1943
Larceny with Music

as Mike Simms

1943
Gentleman Jim

as Billy Delaney

1942
Roxie Hart

as O'Malley

1942
Treat 'Em Rough

as 'Hotfoot'

1942
Give Out, Sisters

as Harrison

1942
The Bride Came C.O.D.

as Sheriff McGee

1941
Footsteps in the Dark

as Det. 'Hoppy' Hopkins

1941
Gangs Of The City

as Bang

1941
William Frawley William Frawley

Birthday

1887-02-26

Place of Birth

Burlington, Iowa, USA

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. Four years later he formed a light comedy act with his new wife Edna Louise Broedt, "Frawley and Louise", touring the Orpheum and Keith circuits until they divorced in 1927. He next moved to Broadway and then, in 1932, to Hollywood with Paramount. By 1951, when he contacted Lucille Ball about a part in her TV show I Love Lucy (1951), he had performed in over 100 films. His Fred Mertz role lasted until the show ended in 1960, after which he did a five-year stint on My Three Sons (1960). Poor health forced his retirement. He collapsed of a heart attack on March 3, 1966, aged 79, walking along Hollywood Boulevard after seeing a movie. He is buried in San Fernando Mission Cemetery.
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