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William Frawley

William 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

Born

Feb 25, 1887

Burlington, Iowa, USA

Died

Mar 03, 1966

Known For

Acting

Movies

116 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.0

Known For

Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street
1947 • as Charlie Halloran
★ 7.4
Desire
Desire
1936 • as Mr. Gibson
★ 7.0
Good Sam
Good Sam
1948 • as Tom
★ 6.3
Roxie Hart
Roxie Hart
1942 • as O'Malley
★ 7.0
Touchdown, Army
Touchdown, Army
1938 • as Jack Heffernan
★ 7.5
Down to Earth
Down to Earth
1947 • as Police Lieutenant
★ 6.0
Monsieur Verdoux
Monsieur Verdoux
1947 • as Jean La Salle
★ 7.7
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950 • as Byers
★ 6.8
One Night in the Tropics
One Night in the Tropics
1940 • as Roscoe
★ 5.8
Going My Way
Going My Way
1944 • as Max Dolan, Publisher (uncredited)
★ 6.7
Double or Nothing
Double or Nothing
1937 • as John Pederson
★ 6.8
movie
Gangs Of The City
1941 • as Bang
★ 7.0
Rose of Washington Square
Rose of Washington Square
1939 • as Harry Long
★ 6.7
movie
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Flame of Barbary Coast
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945 • as Wolf Wylie
★ 5.5
Blondie's Hero
Blondie's Hero
1950 • as Marty Greer
★ 6.8
The Fighting Seabees
The Fighting Seabees
1944 • as Eddie Powers
★ 6.2
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
★ 6.7
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947 • as Jim Mason
★ 7.5
Rancho Notorious
Rancho Notorious
1952 • as Baldy Gunder
★ 6.5
The Inner Circle
The Inner Circle
1946 • as Det. Lt. Webb
★ 5.7
Lady on a Train
Lady on a Train
1945 • as Desk Sgt. Brennan
★ 6.6
Blondie in Society
Blondie in Society
1941 • as Waldo Pincus
★ 6.4
Ziegfeld Follies
Ziegfeld Follies
1945 • as Martin (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
★ 6.0
movie
Three Cheers for Love
1936 • as Milton Shakespeare
★ 8.0
Blondie's Anniversary
Blondie's Anniversary
1947 • as Sharkey the Loen Shark
★ 5.9
Gentleman Jim
Gentleman Jim
1942 • as Billy Delaney
★ 7.2
Shoot the Works
Shoot the Works
1934 • as Larry Hale
★ 6.7
The Crime Doctor
The Crime Doctor
1934 • as Fraser
★ 3.8
The Virginian
The Virginian
1946 • as Honey Wiggen
★ 6.0
The Bride Came C.O.D.
The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941 • as Sheriff McGee
★ 6.9
Something to Sing About
Something to Sing About
1937 • as Hank Mayers
★ 6.2
East Side, West Side
East Side, West Side
1949 • as Bill the Bartender
★ 7.1
The Princess Comes Across
The Princess Comes Across
1936 • as Benton
★ 6.2
It's a Great Life
It's a Great Life
1935 • as Lt. McNulty
★ 9.0
The General Died at Dawn
The General Died at Dawn
1936 • as Brighton
★ 6.5
Opened by Mistake
Opened by Mistake
1940 • as Matt Kingsley
★ 7.0
Red Light
Red Light
1949 • as Hotel Night Clerk
★ 6.0
Roberta
Roberta
1935 • as Bartender (uncredited)
★ 7.1
The Lemon Drop Kid
The Lemon Drop Kid
1951 • as Gloomy Willie
★ 6.5
College Scandal
College Scandal
1935 • as Chief of Police Magoun
★ 6.8
movie
Hell and High Water
1933 • as Milton J. Bunsey
★ 7.0
Dancing on a Dime
Dancing on a Dime
1940 • as Mac
★ 5.0
Rhubarb
Rhubarb
1951 • as Len Sickles
★ 5.8
Footsteps in the Dark
Footsteps in the Dark
1941 • as Det. 'Hoppy' Hopkins
★ 7.0
Larceny with Music
Larceny with Music
1943 • as Mike Simms
★ 5.3
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
1934 • as Captain Murphy
★ 6.0
Kill the Umpire
Kill the Umpire
1950 • as Jimmy O'Brien
★ 6.9
High, Wide and Handsome
★ 6.2
The Babe Ruth Story
The Babe Ruth Story
1948 • as Jack Dunn
★ 6.1
My Wild Irish Rose
My Wild Irish Rose
1947 • as William Scanlon
★ 6.0
Rhythm on the River
Rhythm on the River
1940 • as Mr. Westlake
★ 6.9
The Lady Takes a Sailor
The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949 • as Oliver Harker
★ 5.7
Professor Beware
Professor Beware
1938 • as Snoop Donlan
★ 5.8
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
Lucy's Really Lost Moments
1956 • as Fred Mertz
★ 6.5
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
I Love Lucy Christmas Special
2016 • as Fred Mertz
★ 10.0
Pretty Baby
Pretty Baby
1950 • as Corcoran
★ 6.8
I Love Lucy: The Movie
I Love Lucy: The Movie
1953 • as Fred Mertz / Self
★ 7.7
The Witching Hour
The Witching Hour
1934 • as Jury Foreman
★ 6.5
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
1946 • as Police Inspector Harry B. Manning
★ 6.6
Mother Wore Tights
Mother Wore Tights
1947 • as Mr. Schneider
★ 5.7
Here Is My Heart
Here Is My Heart
1934 • as James Smith
★ 7.3
The Girl from Manhattan
The Girl from Manhattan
1948 • as Mr. Bernouti
★ 6.3
The Lemon Drop Kid
The Lemon Drop Kid
1934 • as William Dunhill aka The Professor
★ 6.3
We've Never Been Licked
We've Never Been Licked
1943 • as Traveling Salesman
★ 6.5
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
1949 • as Inspector Crane
★ 6.0
Strike Me Pink
Strike Me Pink
1936 • as Mr. Copple
★ 6.6
Whistling in Brooklyn
Whistling in Brooklyn
1943 • as Detective Ramsey
★ 7.0
Bolero
Bolero
1934 • as Mike DeBaere
★ 6.4
The Farmer's Daughter
The Farmer's Daughter
1940 • as Scoop Trimble
★ 5.3
Hitchhike to Happiness
Hitchhike to Happiness
1945 • as Sandy Hill
★ 7.0
Home in San Antone
Home in San Antone
1949 • as O'Fleery
★ 7.0
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
1948 • as Knobby Walsh
★ 7.5
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948 • as Agent
★ 5.8
Ship Cafe
Ship Cafe
1935 • as Briney O'Brien
★ 8.0
It Happened in Flatbush
It Happened in Flatbush
1942 • as Sam Sloan
★ 5.4
Golden Gloves
Golden Gloves
1940 • as Emory Balzar
★ 6.0
Sandy Gets Her Man
Sandy Gets Her Man
1940 • as Police Chief J. A. O'Hara
★ 6.5
Safe at Home!
Safe at Home!
1962 • as Bill Turner
★ 5.0
Sons of the Legion
Sons of the Legion
1938 • as Uncle Willie Lee
★ 7.5
Ambush
Ambush
1939 • as Inspector J.L. Weber
★ 6.0
Untamed
Untamed
1940 • as Les Woodbury
★ 5.0
Alibi Ike
Alibi Ike
1935 • as Cap
★ 6.2
movie
Treat 'Em Rough
1942 • as 'Hotfoot'
★ 8.0
Moonlight and Pretzels
Moonlight and Pretzels
1933 • as Mac
★ 9.0
Car 99
Car 99
1935 • as Training Sgt. Barrel
★ 7.5
Those Were the Days!
Those Were the Days!
1940 • as Prisoner
★ 8.0
Mad About Music
Mad About Music
1938 • as Dusty Turner
★ 7.0
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
1941 • as Chauncey Beheegan
★ 5.8
Moonlight in Havana
Moonlight in Havana
1942 • as Barney Crane
★ 9.0
Hold 'Em Yale
Hold 'Em Yale
1935 • as Sunshine Joe
★ 7.0
Stop, Look and Love
Stop, Look and Love
1939 • as Joe Haller
★ 6.5
Welcome Home
Welcome Home
1935 • as Painless
★ 9.0
Ex-Champ
Ex-Champ
1939 • as Mushy Harrington
★ 7.3
Rendezvous with Annie
Rendezvous with Annie
1946 • as General Trent
★ 7.0
Night Work
Night Work
1939 • as Bruiser Brown
★ 8.5
Harmony Lane
Harmony Lane
1935 • as Edwin P. 'Ed' Christy
★ 4.5
Wildcat
Wildcat
1942 • as Oliver Westbrook
★ 5.7
Grand Jury Secrets
Grand Jury Secrets
1939 • as Bright Eyes
★ 7.0
Three Married Men
Three Married Men
1936 • as Bill Mullins
★ 8.0
Lake Placid Serenade
Lake Placid Serenade
1944 • as Jiggers
★ 10.0
F-Man
F-Man
1936 • as Detective Rogan
★ 7.0
Cracked Nuts
Cracked Nuts
1941 • as James Mitchell
★ 7.0
The Dirty Look
★ 7.0
Blossoms On Broadway
Blossoms On Broadway
1937 • as Francis X. Rush
★ 4.8
Should Husbands Be Watched?
Should Husbands Be Watched?
1925 • as Beat Cop
★ 8.0
Chicken Every Sunday
Chicken Every Sunday
1949 • as George Kirby
★ 6.2
Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl
1936 • as 'Soapy' Moreland
★ 7.0
St. Louis Blues
St. Louis Blues
1939 • as Major Martingale
★ 7.3
The Quarterback
The Quarterback
1940 • as Coach
★ 10.0
Give Out, Sisters
Give Out, Sisters
1942 • as Harrison
★ 6.0
Persons in Hiding
Persons in Hiding
1939 • as Alec Inglis
★ 3.8
movie
Ventriloquist
1927 • as 'Hoak' salesman