William Frawley
Acting
- Naissance:
- 1887-02-25
- Décès:
- 1966-03-03
- Lieu de naissance:
- Burlington, Iowa, USA
Biographie
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.
Connu pour
Filmographie
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
The Lucy Show
The Tonight Show avec Johnny Carson
Safe at Home!
My Three Sons
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
The Gale Storm Show
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
The Dirty Look
Letter to Loretta
I Love Lucy: The Movie
This Is Your Life
L'Ange des maudits
I Love Lucy
Rhubarb
The Lemon Drop Kid
Deux nigauds et l'homme invisible
Pretty Baby
Le Fauve en liberté
Kill the Umpire
The Bob Hope Show
Blondie's Hero
Ville haute, ville basse
The Lady Takes a Sailor
The Ed Wynn Show
Red Light
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
Home in San Antone
Chicken Every Sunday
The Girl from Manhattan
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
The Babe Ruth Story
Ce bon vieux Sam
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
The Ed Sullivan Show
My Wild Irish Rose
Blondie's Anniversary
Monsieur Verdoux
L'Étoile des étoiles
Maman était new-look
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Miracle sur la 34ème rue
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
The Inner Circle
Rendezvous with Annie
Le Traître du Far-West
Ziegfeld Follies
Deanna mène l'enquête
Hitchhike to Happiness
La Belle de San-Francisco
Lake Placid Serenade
Alerte aux marines
La Route semée d'étoiles
Whistling in Brooklyn
Larceny with Music
We've Never Been Licked
Gentleman Jim
The Yankee Doodler
Moonlight in Havana
Wildcat
Give Out, Sisters
It Happened in Flatbush
La Folle Histoire de Roxie Hart
Treat 'Em Rough
Gangs Of The City
Blondie in Society
Fiancée contre remboursement
Cracked Nuts
Des pas dans la nuit
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
Une nuit sous les tropiques
Sandy Gets Her Man
Dancing on a Dime
The Quarterback
Le rythme de la rivière
Golden Gloves
Untamed
Those Were the Days!
Opened by Mistake
The Farmer's Daughter
Stop, Look and Love
Night Work
Grand Jury Secrets
Ex-Champ
Rose of Washington Square
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Persons in Hiding
St. Louis Blues
Ambush
Sons of the Legion
Touchdown, Army
Professor Beware
Mad About Music
Blossoms On Broadway
Something to Sing About
Double or Nothing
High, Wide and Handsome
Rose Bowl
Le général est mort à l'aube
Three Married Men
Three Cheers for Love
Une princesse à bord
F-Man
Désir
Strike Me Pink
Beautiful Dreamer
Ship Cafe
Harmony Lane
It's a Great Life
Welcome Home
College Scandal
Alibi Ike
Hold 'Em Yale
Roberta
Car 99
Here Is My Heart
The Lemon Drop Kid
Shoot the Works
The Witching Hour
The Crime Doctor
Bolero
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Hell and High Water
Moonlight and Pretzels
Ventriloquist
Should Husbands Be Watched?