William Frawley
William Frawley (born February 26, 1887 in Burlington , Iowa , as William Clement Frawley , † March 3, 1966 in Hollywood , California ) was an American actor .
Life
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)
- 1916: Lord Loveland Discovers America
- 1929: Turkey for Two
- 1933: Moonlight and Pretzels
- 1934: Where is Madeleine F.'s child? ( Miss Fane's Baby is Stolen )
- 1934: Bolero
- 1934: Shoot the Works
- 1935: Car 99
- 1935: Welcome Home
- 1936: A Princess for America (The Princess Comes Across)
- 1936: Strike Me Pink
- 1936: Pearls for happiness (Desire)
- 1936: Three Married Men
- 1936: The General Died at Dawn (The General Died at Dawn)
- 1937: Music in Fists (Something to Sing About)
- 1937: High, Wide, and Handsome
- 1938: Mad About Music
- 1938: Touchdown, Army
- 1938: The Chased Professor (Professor Beware)
- 1939: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
- 1939: Stop, Look and Love
- 1940: Opened by Mistake
- 1940: Golden Gloves
- 1940: Dancing on a Dime
- 1940: Rhythm on the River
- 1941: Footsteps in the Dark
- 1941: The bride came cash on delivery (The Bride Came COD)
- 1941: Public Enemies
- 1942: Roxie Hart
- 1942: The Cheeky Cavalier (Gentleman Jim)
- 1942: It Happened in Flatbush
- 1943: Larceny with Music
- 1944: Alarm in the Pacific (The Fighting Seabees)
- 1944: Lake Placid Serenade
- 1945: Hitchhike to Happiness
- 1945: San Francisco Lilly (Flame of Barbary Coast)
- 1945: The lady on the train (Lady on a Train)
- 1945: Broadway Melody 1950 (Ziegfeld Follies)
- 1946: The Inner Circle
- 1946: The Virginian
- 1947: The Miracle of Manhattan (Miracle on 34th Street)
- 1947: My Wild Irish Rose
- 1947: A goddess on earth (Down to Earth)
- 1947: Monsieur Verdoux - The woman murderer of Paris (Monsieur Verdoux)
- 1947: It started in Schneider's opera house ( Mother Wore Tights )
- 1948: The Babe Ruth Story
- 1948: The Girl from Manhattan
- 1949: Home in San Antone
- 1949: East Side, West Side
- 1950: You Won't See Tomorrow ( Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye )
- 1950: Pretty Baby
- 1951: In the footsteps of Sherlock Holmes (Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man)
- 1951: The Lemon Drop Kid
- 1951–1957: I Love Lucy (TV series)
- 1952: Angel of the Hunted (Rancho Notorious)
- 1957–1960: The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (TV series)
- 1960-1965: My Three Sons (My Three Sons) (TV Series)
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
- William Frawley in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- William Frawley in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Irish-American Roots of William Frawley. GenealogyMagazine.com, accessed May 29, 2009 .
- ^ William Clement Frawley. Find A Grave, Inc., accessed May 29, 2009 .
- ^ 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.
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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 |