William Frawley

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William Frawley (born February 26, 1887 in Burlington , Iowa , as William Clement Frawley , † March 3, 1966 in Hollywood , California ) was an American actor .

Life

Frawley's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Born and raised in Burlington , Iowa, William Frawley was on stage as a child. He sang in the choir of St. Paul's Catholic Church and performed on the stage of the Burlington Opera House . His first permanent job, however, was outside of show business as a stenographer for the Union Pacific Railroad . Together with his brother he also performed vaudeville numbers and together with the pianist Franz Rath the brothers developed a stage program that took them to San Francisco in 1910 .

There William Frawley met Edna Louise Broedt and married her in 1914. Together the couple went on tour with the comedy show Frawley and Louise . After divorcing Edna Broedt in 1927, the actor spent time in New York and played on Broadway before moving to Hollywood in 1932 . There he was signed by Paramount and played supporting roles in over 100 films in the following years.

In the early 1950s he was hired to replace Gale Gordon by Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz for their new television series. In the role of Fred Mertz , he played Ball and Arnaz's landlord and Vivian Vance's husband . Although the actor and his wife from the series hated each other behind the camera, the series was a great success, so the two had to come to terms.

William Frawley died of a heart attack shortly after his 79th birthday. He was buried in the San Fernando Mission Cemetery .

Awards

  • 1956: Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series for I Love Lucy
  • 1957: Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series for I Love Lucy
  • 1958: Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series for I Love Lucy

William was dedicated a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his performance in the film . The star is at 6322 Hollywood Boulevard .

Filmography (selection)

literature

  • Rob Edelman, Audrey E. Kupferberg: Meet the Mertzes. The Life Stories of I Love Lucy's Other Couple . Renaissance Books, Distributed by St. Martin's Press, Los Angeles 1999, ISBN = 1-58063-095-2.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Irish-American Roots of William Frawley. GenealogyMagazine.com, accessed May 29, 2009 .
  2. ^ William Clement Frawley. Find A Grave, Inc., accessed May 29, 2009 .
  3. ^ William Frawley. (No longer available online.) Cinefacts GmbH, formerly in the original ; Retrieved May 29, 2009 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.cinefacts.de  
personal data
SURNAME Frawley, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Frawley, William Clement (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Burlington , Iowa ,
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1966
Place of death Hollywood , California