Birthday
1887/02/25
Day of death
1966/03/03 (79 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Burlington, Iowa, USA
Also know as
Bill Frawley, William Clement Frawley
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 ne...Read more
(1941) Blondie in Society
as Waldo Pincus
(1947) Blondie's Anniversary
as Sharkey the Loen Shark
(1950) Blondie's Hero
as Marty Greer
(1945) Lady on a Train
as Desk Sgt. Brennan
(1944) The Fighting Seabees
as Eddie Powers
(1935) Roberta
as Bartender
(1936) The Princess Comes Across
as Benton
(1951) The Lemon Drop Kid
as Gloomy Willie
(1947) Miracle on 34th Street
as Charlie Halloran
(1949) Red Light
as Hotel Night Clerk
(1951) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Det. Roberts
(1935) Welcome Home
as Painless
(1945) Flame of Barbary Coast
as Wolf Wylie
(1952) Rancho Notorious
as Baldy Gunder
(1940) One Night in the Tropics
as Roscoe
(1951) Rhubarb
as Len Sickles
(1948) The Babe Ruth Story
as Jack Dunn
(1942) Gentleman Jim
as Billy Delaney
(1939) Rose of Washington Square
as Harry Long
(1938) Mad About Music
as Dusty Turner
(1941) Footsteps in the Dark
as Det. 'Hoppy' Hopkins
(1934) The Crime Doctor
as Fraser
(1950) Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
as Byers
(1946) The Inner Circle
as Det. Lt. Webb
(1936) Rose Bowl
as 'Soapy' Moreland
(1938) Professor Beware
as Snoop Donlan
(1943) Whistling in Brooklyn
as Detective Ramsey
(1937) Double or Nothing
as John Pederson
(1937) Something to Sing About
as Hank Mayers
(1942) Roxie Hart
as O'Malley
(1946) Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
as Police Inspector Harry B. Manning
(1939) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as The 'Duke'
(1936) Desire
as Mr. Gibson
(1946) The Virginian
as Honey Wiggen
(1947) Mother Wore Tights
as Mr. Schneider
(1933) Moonlight and Pretzels
as Mac
(1940) Rhythm on the River
as Mr. Westlake
(1940) Golden Gloves
as Emory Balzar
(1936) Strike Me Pink
as Mr. Copple
(1954) The Dirty Look
as ---
(1935) Alibi Ike
as Cap
(1949) The Lady Takes a Sailor
as Oliver Harker
(1962) Safe at Home!
as Bill Turner
(1934) Here Is My Heart
as James Smith
(1950) Pretty Baby
as Corcoran
(1949) The Lone Wolf and His Lady
as Inspector Crane
(1927) Ventriloquist
as 'Hoak' salesman
(1934) Bolero
as Mike DeBaere
(1949) Chicken Every Sunday
as George Kirby
(1937) Blossoms On Broadway
as Francis X. Rush
(1934) Shoot the Works
as Larry Hale
(1942) Moonlight in Havana
as Barney Crane
(1934) Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
as Captain Murphy
(1938) Sons of the Legion
as Uncle Willie Lee
(1934) The Witching Hour
as Jury Foreman
(1936) Three Married Men
as Bill Mullins
(1935) College Scandal
as Chief of Police Magoun
(1940) Dancing on a Dime
as Mac
(1943) We've Never Been Licked
as Traveling Salesman
(1935) Car 99
as Training Sgt. Barrel
(1948) Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Agent
(1945) Hitchhike to Happiness
as Sandy Hill
(1942) Wildcat
as Oliver Westbrook
(1936) F-Man
as Detective Rogan
(1941) The Bride Came C.O.D.
as Sheriff McGee
(1947) My Wild Irish Rose
as William Scanlon
(1925) Should Husbands Be Watched?
as Beat Cop
(1937) High, Wide and Handsome
as Mac
(1941) Cracked Nuts
as James Mitchell
(1947) Down to Earth
as Police Lieutenant
(1940) Those Were the Days!
as Prisoner
(1947) I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
as Jim Mason
(1939) Grand Jury Secrets
as Bright Eyes
(1940) The Farmer's Daughter
as Scoop Trimble
(1941) Gangs Of The City
as Bang
(1940) Untamed
as Les Woodbury
(1933) Hell and High Water
as Milton J. Bunsey
(1944) Going My Way
as Max Dolan (Publicher)
(1946) Rendezvous with Annie
as General Trent
(1935) It's a Great Life
as Lt. McNulty
(1942) Treat 'Em Rough
as 'Hotfoot'
(1947) Monsieur Verdoux
as Jean La Salle
(1942) It Happened in Flatbush
as Sam Sloan
(1935) Harmony Lane
as Edwin P. 'Ed' Christy
(1939) Stop, Look and Love
as Joe Haller
(1939) Ambush
as Inspector J.L. Weber
(1939) Persons in Hiding
as Alec Inglis
(1938) Touchdown, Army
as Jack Heffernan
(1940) The Quarterback
as Coach
(1941) Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
as Chauncey Beheegan
(1942) Give Out, Sisters
as Harrison
(1943) Larceny with Music
as Mike Simms
(1939) St. Louis Blues
as Major Martingale
(1949) East Side, West Side
as Bill the Bartender
(1953) I Love Lucy: The Movie
as Fred Mertz
(1949) Home in San Antone
as O'Fleery
(1948) Good Sam
as Tom
(1944) Lake Placid Serenade
as Jiggers
(1950) Kill the Umpire
as Jimmy O'Brien
(1934) The Lemon Drop Kid
as William Dunhill aka The Professor
(1936) The General Died at Dawn
as Brighton
(1940) Sandy Gets Her Man
as Police Chief J. A. O'Hara
(1956) Lucy's Really Lost Moments
as Fred Mertz
(1942) The Yankee Doodler
as ---
(1939) Night Work
as Bruiser Brown
(1939) Ex-Champ
as Mushy Harrington
(1948) Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
as Knobby Walsh
(1945) Ziegfeld Follies
as Martin (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
(1940) Opened by Mistake
as Matt Kingsley
(1935) Hold 'Em Yale
as Sunshine Joe
(2016) I Love Lucy Christmas Special
as ---
(1935) Ship Cafe
as Briney O'Brien
(1948) The Girl from Manhattan
as Mr. Bernouti
(1960) My Three Sons
as Bub O'Casey
(1957) The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Fred Mertz
(1962) The Lucy Show
as Trainer
(1951) I Love Lucy
as Fred Mertz
(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as ---
(1952) This Is Your Life
as Self
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Sam
(1949) The Ed Wynn Show
as Self
(1950) The Bob Hope Show
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1956) The Gale Storm Show
as Jim Comstock