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William Frawley
Acting

William Frawley

Known for exceptional acting in global cinema.

Profession

Acting

Birthday

25 Feb 1887

Age

139 Years

Born In

Burlington, Iowa, USA

Total Projects

127

Years Active

91 Yrs

Avg Rating

6.7 ★

Overview

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...

Filmography

I Love Lucy Christmas Special

movie

I Love Lucy Christmas Special

2016

I Love Lucy Christmas Special

as Fred Mertz

CineRaya

movie

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

2000

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

as Self (archive footage)

The Lucy Show

tv

The Lucy Show

1962

The Lucy Show

as Trainer

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

tv

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Safe at Home!

movie

Safe at Home!

1962

Safe at Home!

as Bill Turner

My Three Sons

tv

My Three Sons

1960

My Three Sons

as Bub O'Casey

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

tv

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

tv

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

as Fred Mertz

CineRaya

tv

The Gale Storm Show

1956

The Gale Storm Show

as Jim Comstock

Lucy's Really Lost Moments

movie

Lucy's Really Lost Moments

1956

Lucy's Really Lost Moments

as Fred Mertz

The Dirty Look

movie

The Dirty Look

1954

The Dirty Look

Letter to Loretta

tv

Letter to Loretta

1953

Letter to Loretta

as Sam

I Love Lucy: The Movie

movie

I Love Lucy: The Movie

1953

I Love Lucy: The Movie

as Fred Mertz

This Is Your Life

tv

This Is Your Life

1952

This Is Your Life

as Self

Rancho Notorious

movie

Rancho Notorious

1952

Rancho Notorious

as Baldy Gunder

I Love Lucy

tv

I Love Lucy

1951

I Love Lucy

as Fred Mertz

Rhubarb

movie

Rhubarb

1951

Rhubarb

as Len Sickles

The Lemon Drop Kid

movie

The Lemon Drop Kid

1951

The Lemon Drop Kid

as Gloomy Willie

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

movie

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

1951

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

as Det. Roberts

Pretty Baby

movie

Pretty Baby

1950

Pretty Baby

as Corcoran

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

movie

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

1950

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

as Byers

Kill the Umpire

movie

Kill the Umpire

1950

Kill the Umpire

as Jimmy O'Brien

The Bob Hope Show

tv

The Bob Hope Show

1950

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

Blondie's Hero

movie

Blondie's Hero

1950

Blondie's Hero

as Marty Greer

East Side, West Side

movie

East Side, West Side

1949

East Side, West Side

as Bill the Bartender

The Lady Takes a Sailor

movie

The Lady Takes a Sailor

1949

The Lady Takes a Sailor

as Oliver Harker

CineRaya

tv

The Ed Wynn Show

1949

The Ed Wynn Show

as Self

Red Light

movie

Red Light

1949

Red Light

as Hotel Night Clerk

The Lone Wolf and His Lady

movie

The Lone Wolf and His Lady

1949

The Lone Wolf and His Lady

as Inspector Crane

Home in San Antone

movie

Home in San Antone

1949

Home in San Antone

as O'Fleery

Chicken Every Sunday

movie

Chicken Every Sunday

1949

Chicken Every Sunday

as George Kirby

The Girl from Manhattan

movie

The Girl from Manhattan

1948

The Girl from Manhattan

as Mr. Bernouti

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

movie

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

1948

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

as Knobby Walsh

The Babe Ruth Story

movie

The Babe Ruth Story

1948

The Babe Ruth Story

as Jack Dunn

Good Sam

movie

Good Sam

1948

Good Sam

as Tom

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

movie

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

as Agent

The Ed Sullivan Show

tv

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

My Wild Irish Rose

movie

My Wild Irish Rose

1947

My Wild Irish Rose

as William Scanlon

Blondie's Anniversary

movie

Blondie's Anniversary

1947

Blondie's Anniversary

as Sharkey the Loen Shark

Monsieur Verdoux

movie

Monsieur Verdoux

1947

Monsieur Verdoux

as Jean La Salle

Down to Earth

movie

Down to Earth

1947

Down to Earth

as Police Lieutenant

Mother Wore Tights

movie

Mother Wore Tights

1947

Mother Wore Tights

as Mr. Schneider

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

movie

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

1947

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

as Jim Mason

Miracle on 34th Street

movie

Miracle on 34th Street

1947

Miracle on 34th Street

as Charlie Halloran

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

movie

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

1946

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

as Police Inspector Harry B. Manning

The Inner Circle

movie

The Inner Circle

1946

The Inner Circle

as Det. Lt. Webb

Rendezvous with Annie

movie

Rendezvous with Annie

1946

Rendezvous with Annie

as General Trent

The Virginian

movie

The Virginian

1946

The Virginian

as Honey Wiggen

Ziegfeld Follies

movie

Ziegfeld Follies

1945

Ziegfeld Follies

as Martin (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")

Lady on a Train

movie

Lady on a Train

1945

Lady on a Train

as Desk Sgt. Brennan

Hitchhike to Happiness

movie

Hitchhike to Happiness

1945

Hitchhike to Happiness

as Sandy Hill

Flame of Barbary Coast

movie

Flame of Barbary Coast

1945

Flame of Barbary Coast

as Wolf Wylie

Lake Placid Serenade

movie

Lake Placid Serenade

1944

Lake Placid Serenade

as Jiggers

The Fighting Seabees

movie

The Fighting Seabees

1944

The Fighting Seabees

as Eddie Powers

Going My Way

movie

Going My Way

1944

Going My Way

as Max Dolan, Publisher (uncredited)

Whistling in Brooklyn

movie

Whistling in Brooklyn

1943

Whistling in Brooklyn

as Detective Ramsey

Larceny with Music

movie

Larceny with Music

1943

Larceny with Music

as Mike Simms

We've Never Been Licked

movie

We've Never Been Licked

1943

We've Never Been Licked

as Traveling Salesman

Gentleman Jim

movie

Gentleman Jim

1942

Gentleman Jim

as Billy Delaney

The Yankee Doodler

movie

The Yankee Doodler

1942

The Yankee Doodler

Moonlight in Havana

movie

Moonlight in Havana

1942

Moonlight in Havana

as Barney Crane

Wildcat

movie

Wildcat

1942

Wildcat

as Oliver Westbrook

Give Out, Sisters

movie

Give Out, Sisters

1942

Give Out, Sisters

as Harrison

It Happened in Flatbush

movie

It Happened in Flatbush

1942

It Happened in Flatbush

as Sam Sloan

Roxie Hart

movie

Roxie Hart

1942

Roxie Hart

as O'Malley

CineRaya

movie

Treat 'Em Rough

1942

Treat 'Em Rough

as 'Hotfoot'

CineRaya

movie

Gangs Of The City

1941

Gangs Of The City

as Bang

Blondie in Society

movie

Blondie in Society

1941

Blondie in Society

as Waldo Pincus

The Bride Came C.O.D.

movie

The Bride Came C.O.D.

1941

The Bride Came C.O.D.

as Sheriff McGee

Cracked Nuts

movie

Cracked Nuts

1941

Cracked Nuts

as James Mitchell

Footsteps in the Dark

movie

Footsteps in the Dark

1941

Footsteps in the Dark

as Det. 'Hoppy' Hopkins

Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga

movie

Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga

1941

Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga

as Chauncey Beheegan

One Night in the Tropics

movie

One Night in the Tropics

1940

One Night in the Tropics

as Roscoe

Sandy Gets Her Man

movie

Sandy Gets Her Man

1940

Sandy Gets Her Man

as Police Chief J. A. O'Hara

Dancing on a Dime

movie

Dancing on a Dime

1940

Dancing on a Dime

as Mac

The Quarterback

movie

The Quarterback

1940

The Quarterback

as Coach

Rhythm on the River

movie

Rhythm on the River

1940

Rhythm on the River

as Mr. Westlake

Golden Gloves

movie

Golden Gloves

1940

Golden Gloves

as Emory Balzar

Untamed

movie

Untamed

1940

Untamed

as Les Woodbury

Those Were the Days!

movie

Those Were the Days!

1940

Those Were the Days!

as Prisoner

Opened by Mistake

movie

Opened by Mistake

1940

Opened by Mistake

as Matt Kingsley

The Farmer's Daughter

movie

The Farmer's Daughter

1940

The Farmer's Daughter

as Scoop Trimble

Stop, Look and Love

movie

Stop, Look and Love

1939

Stop, Look and Love

as Joe Haller

Night Work

movie

Night Work

1939

Night Work

as Bruiser Brown

Grand Jury Secrets

movie

Grand Jury Secrets

1939

Grand Jury Secrets

as Bright Eyes

Ex-Champ

movie

Ex-Champ

1939

Ex-Champ

as Mushy Harrington

Rose of Washington Square

movie

Rose of Washington Square

1939

Rose of Washington Square

as Harry Long

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

movie

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1939

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

as The 'Duke'

Persons in Hiding

movie

Persons in Hiding

1939

Persons in Hiding

as Alec Inglis

St. Louis Blues

movie

St. Louis Blues

1939

St. Louis Blues

as Major Martingale

Ambush

movie

Ambush

1939

Ambush

as Inspector J.L. Weber

Sons of the Legion

movie

Sons of the Legion

1938

Sons of the Legion

as Uncle Willie Lee

Touchdown, Army

movie

Touchdown, Army

1938

Touchdown, Army

as Jack Heffernan

Professor Beware

movie

Professor Beware

1938

Professor Beware

as Snoop Donlan

Mad About Music

movie

Mad About Music

1938

Mad About Music

as Dusty Turner

Blossoms On Broadway

movie

Blossoms On Broadway

1937

Blossoms On Broadway

as Francis X. Rush

Something to Sing About

movie

Something to Sing About

1937

Something to Sing About

as Hank Mayers

Double or Nothing

movie

Double or Nothing

1937

Double or Nothing

as John Pederson

High, Wide and Handsome

movie

High, Wide and Handsome

1937

High, Wide and Handsome

as Mac

Rose Bowl

movie

Rose Bowl

1936

Rose Bowl

as 'Soapy' Moreland

The General Died at Dawn

movie

The General Died at Dawn

1936

The General Died at Dawn

as Brighton

Three Married Men

movie

Three Married Men

1936

Three Married Men

as Bill Mullins

The Princess Comes Across

movie

The Princess Comes Across

1936

The Princess Comes Across

as Benton

F-Man

movie

F-Man

1936

F-Man

as Detective Rogan

Desire

movie

Desire

1936

Desire

as Mr. Gibson

Strike Me Pink

movie

Strike Me Pink

1936

Strike Me Pink

as Mr. Copple

CineRaya

movie

Beautiful Dreamer

1935

Beautiful Dreamer

Ship Cafe

movie

Ship Cafe

1935

Ship Cafe

as Briney O'Brien

Harmony Lane

movie

Harmony Lane

1935

Harmony Lane

as Edwin P. 'Ed' Christy

It's a Great Life

movie

It's a Great Life

1935

It's a Great Life

as Lt. McNulty

Welcome Home

movie

Welcome Home

1935

Welcome Home

as Painless

College Scandal

movie

College Scandal

1935

College Scandal

as Chief of Police Magoun

Alibi Ike

movie

Alibi Ike

1935

Alibi Ike

as Cap

Hold 'Em Yale

movie

Hold 'Em Yale

1935

Hold 'Em Yale

as Sunshine Joe

Roberta

movie

Roberta

1935

Roberta

as Bartender (uncredited)

Car 99

movie

Car 99

1935

Car 99

as Training Sgt. Barrel

Here Is My Heart

movie

Here Is My Heart

1934

Here Is My Heart

as James Smith

The Lemon Drop Kid

movie

The Lemon Drop Kid

1934

The Lemon Drop Kid

as William Dunhill aka The Professor

Shoot the Works

movie

Shoot the Works

1934

Shoot the Works

as Larry Hale

The Witching Hour

movie

The Witching Hour

1934

The Witching Hour

as Jury Foreman

The Crime Doctor

movie

The Crime Doctor

1934

The Crime Doctor

as Fraser

Bolero

movie

Bolero

1934

Bolero

as Mike DeBaere

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

movie

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

1934

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

as Captain Murphy

CineRaya

movie

Hell and High Water

1933

Hell and High Water

as Milton J. Bunsey

Moonlight and Pretzels

movie

Moonlight and Pretzels

1933

Moonlight and Pretzels

as Mac

CineRaya

movie

Ventriloquist

1927

Ventriloquist

as 'Hoak' salesman

Should Husbands Be Watched?

movie

Should Husbands Be Watched?

1925

Should Husbands Be Watched?

as Beat Cop

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