William Frawley
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1887-02-25 (79 years old)
Deathday
1966-03-03
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. 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 (...
Acting
1941
as Waldo Pincus
1947
as Sharkey the Loen Shark
1950
as Marty Greer
1945
as Desk Sgt. Brennan
1944
as Eddie Powers
1935
as Bartender
1936
as Benton
1951
as Gloomy Willie
1947
as Charlie Halloran
1949
as Hotel Night Clerk
1935
as Painless
1951
as Det. Roberts
1945
as Wolf Wylie
1952
as Baldy Gunder
1940
as Roscoe
1951
as Len Sickles
1948
as Jack Dunn
1942
as Billy Delaney
1939
as Harry Long
1938
as Dusty Turner
1941
as Det. 'Hoppy' Hopkins
1934
as Fraser
1950
as Byers
1946
as Det. Lt. Webb
1936
as 'Soapy' Moreland
1938
as Snoop Donlan
1943
as Detective Ramsey
1937
as John Pederson
1937
as Hank Mayers
1942
as O'Malley
1946
as Police Inspector Harry B. Manning
1939
as The 'Duke'
1936
as Mr. Gibson
1946
as Honey Wiggen
1947
as Mr. Schneider
1933
as Mac
1940
as Mr. Westlake
1940
as Emory Balzar
1936
as Mr. Copple
1954
1935
as Cap
1949
as Oliver Harker
1962
as Bill Turner
1934
as James Smith
1950
as Corcoran
1949
as Inspector Crane
1927
as 'Hoak' salesman
1934
as Mike DeBaere
1949
as George Kirby
1937
as Francis X. Rush
1934
as Larry Hale
1942
as Barney Crane
1934
as Captain Murphy
1938
as Uncle Willie Lee
1934
as Jury Foreman
1936
as Bill Mullins
1935
as Chief of Police Magoun
1940
as Mac
1935
as Training Sgt. Barrel
1943
as Traveling Salesman
1948
as Agent
1945
as Sandy Hill
1942
as Oliver Westbrook
1936
as Detective Rogan
1941
as Sheriff McGee
1947
as William Scanlon
1925
as Beat Cop
1937
as Mac
1941
as James Mitchell
1947
as Police Lieutenant
1940
as Prisoner
1947
as Jim Mason
1939
as Bright Eyes
1940
as Scoop Trimble
1941
as Bang
1940
as Les Woodbury
1933
as Milton J. Bunsey
1944
as Max Dolan, Publisher (uncredited)
1946
as General Trent
1935
as Lt. McNulty
1942
as 'Hotfoot'
1947
as Jean La Salle
1942
as Sam Sloan
1935
as Edwin P. 'Ed' Christy
1939
as Joe Haller
1939
as Inspector J.L. Weber
1939
as Alec Inglis
1938
as Jack Heffernan
1940
as Coach
1941
as Chauncey Beheegan
1942
as Harrison
1943
as Mike Simms
1939
as Major Martingale
1949
as Bill the Bartender
1953
as Fred Mertz
1949
as O'Fleery
1948
as Tom
1944
as Jiggers
1950
as Jimmy O'Brien
1934
as William Dunhill aka The Professor
1936
as Brighton
1940
as Police Chief J. A. O'Hara
1956
as Fred Mertz
1939
as Bruiser Brown
1939
as Mushy Harrington
1948
as Knobby Walsh
1945
as Martin (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
1940
as Matt Kingsley
1935
as Sunshine Joe
2016
as Fred Mertz
1935
as Briney O'Brien
1948
as Mr. Bernouti
2000
as Self (archive footage)
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