Most Recent Role: Himself (archive footage) on I Love Lucy
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Burlington, Iowa, USA
Birthday: 2-26-1887
Birth Name: William Clement Frawley
Date of Death: 3-3-1966
Cause of Death: Details of death and place of death Hollywood California, USA (heart attack)
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Burlington, Iowa, USA
Birthday: 2-26-1887
Birth Name: William Clement Frawley
Date of Death: 3-3-1966
Cause of Death: Details of death and place of death Hollywood California, USA (heart attack)
Born in Burlington, Iowa, William Frawley began singing at a young age at Burlington’s St. Paul Catholic Church. He was soon performing at the Burlington Opera House. By the age of 21 he was in Chicago appearing in a musical comedy. His mother forced him to leave that job, but by then he had fallen in love with theater and would soon be performing again. He and his brother Paul formed a...
Most Recent Appearance
I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary Special
Sunday 11 November 2001 on CBS
In the I Love Lucy 50th anniversary special, viewers learn more about how the show was made in and about Lucy and Desi. They also get a rare and treat they get to see Lucy's childhood home in New York where she would first show her parents she had dreams of becoming famous.
William Frawley has a star on The Hollywood Walk Of Fame. It is located on 6322 Hollywood Blvd.
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Frawley and Vivian Vance were given the opportunity to have their own TV show, called Fred and Ethel once I Love Lucy had ended. Frawley wanted to do it, seeing it as a way to make more money, but Vance had such a dislike for Frawley that she refused to continue to work with him.
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A photo of Frawley and My Three Sons co-stars Fred MacMurray and Stanley Livingston appeared on the cover of TV Guide.
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After a busy career in vaudeville, Frawley found roles on the Broadway stage in such shows “Bye, Bye Bonnie” (1927), “Here's Howe!” (1928), “She's My Baby” (1928) and "Sons o' Guns” (1930).
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Frawley's body is buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery near Los Angeles, California. The headstone reads, simply, "In Loving Memory / William C. Frawley / Febrary 26, 1887 - March 3, 1966.
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Other Appearances
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I Love Lucy
Fred Hobart Mertz |
My Three Sons
William Michael Francis 'Bub' O'Casey (1960-65) |
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The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
Fred Mertz |
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| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse |
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Damon Runyon Theater
Bunny On The Beach Fatso Zimpf |
I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy 50th Anniversary Special Himself (archive footage) |
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Loretta Young Show
Dear Madge Sam |
My Living Doll
Little White Lies Detective Gladwin |
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Texaco Star Theater
5/4/1954 Guest - as Fred Mertz |
The Bob Hope Show
October 21, 1956 Himself |
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