William Frawley

William Frawley

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

25/02/1887

Day of Death

03/03/1966
(79) years old

Place of Birth

Burlington, Iowa, USA

Biography

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 Sa... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2000

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

as Self (archive footage)

1962

Safe at Home!

as Bill Turner

1953

I Love Lucy: The Movie

as Fred Mertz

1952

Rancho Notorious

as Baldy Gunder

1951

Rhubarb

as Len Sickles

1951

The Lemon Drop Kid

as Gloomy Willie

1950

Pretty Baby

as Corcoran

1950

Kill the Umpire

as Jimmy O'Brien

1950

Blondie's Hero

as Marty Greer

1949

East Side, West Side

as Bill the Bartender

1949

The Lady Takes a Sailor

as Oliver Harker

1949

Red Light

as Hotel Night Clerk

1949

The Lone Wolf and His Lady

as Inspector Crane

1949

Home in San Antone

as O'Fleery

1949

Chicken Every Sunday

as George Kirby

1948

The Girl from Manhattan

as Mr. Bernouti

1948

The Babe Ruth Story

as Jack Dunn

1948

Good Sam

as Tom

1947

My Wild Irish Rose

as William Scanlon

1947

Blondie's Anniversary

as Sharkey the Loen Shark

1947

Monsieur Verdoux

as Jean La Salle

1947

Down to Earth

as Police Lieutenant

1947

Mother Wore Tights

as Mr. Schneider

1947

Miracle on 34th Street

as Charlie Halloran

1946

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

as Police Inspector Harry B. Manning

1946

The Inner Circle

as Det. Lt. Webb

1946

Rendezvous with Annie

as General Trent

1946

The Virginian

as Honey Wiggen

1945

Ziegfeld Follies

as Martin (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")

1945

Lady on a Train

as Desk Sgt. Brennan

1945

Hitchhike to Happiness

as Sandy Hill

1945

Flame of Barbary Coast

as Wolf Wylie

1944

Lake Placid Serenade

as Jiggers

1944

The Fighting Seabees

as Eddie Powers

1944

Going My Way

as Max Dolan, Publisher (uncredited)

1943

Whistling in Brooklyn

as Detective Ramsey

1943

Larceny with Music

as Mike Simms

1943

We've Never Been Licked

as Traveling Salesman

1942

Gentleman Jim

as Billy Delaney

1942

Moonlight in Havana

as Barney Crane

1942

Wildcat

as Oliver Westbrook

1942

Give Out, Sisters

as Harrison

1942

It Happened in Flatbush

as Sam Sloan

1942

Roxie Hart

as O'Malley

1942

Treat 'Em Rough

as 'Hotfoot'

1941

Blondie in Society

as Waldo Pincus

1941

The Bride Came C.O.D.

as Sheriff McGee

1941

Cracked Nuts

as James Mitchell

1941

Footsteps in the Dark

as Det. 'Hoppy' Hopkins

1941

Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga

as Chauncey Beheegan

1940

Sandy Gets Her Man

as Police Chief J. A. O'Hara

1940

The Quarterback

as Coach

1940

Rhythm on the River

as Mr. Westlake

1940

Golden Gloves

as Emory Balzar

1940

Untamed

as Les Woodbury

1940

Those Were the Days!

as Prisoner

1940

Opened by Mistake

as Matt Kingsley

1940

The Farmer's Daughter

as Scoop Trimble

1939

Stop, Look and Love

as Joe Haller

1939

Night Work

as Bruiser Brown

1939

Grand Jury Secrets

as Bright Eyes

1939

Ex-Champ

as Mushy Harrington

1939

Rose of Washington Square

as Harry Long

1939

Persons in Hiding

as Alec Inglis

1939

St. Louis Blues

as Major Martingale

1939

Ambush

as Inspector J.L. Weber

1938

Sons of the Legion

as Uncle Willie Lee

1938

Touchdown, Army

as Jack Heffernan

1938

Professor Beware

as Snoop Donlan

1938

Mad About Music

as Dusty Turner

1937

Blossoms On Broadway

as Francis X. Rush

1937

Something to Sing About

as Hank Mayers

1937

Double or Nothing

as John Pederson

1936

Rose Bowl

as 'Soapy' Moreland

1936

Three Married Men

as Bill Mullins

1936

F-Man

as Detective Rogan

1936

Desire

as Mr. Gibson

1936

Strike Me Pink

as Mr. Copple

1935

Ship Cafe

as Briney O'Brien

1935

Harmony Lane

as Edwin P. 'Ed' Christy

1935

It's a Great Life

as Lt. McNulty

1935

Welcome Home

as Painless

1935

College Scandal

as Chief of Police Magoun

1935

Alibi Ike

as Cap

1935

Hold 'Em Yale

as Sunshine Joe

1935

Roberta

as Bartender (uncredited)

1935

Car 99

as Training Sgt. Barrel

1934

Here Is My Heart

as James Smith

1934

The Lemon Drop Kid

as William Dunhill aka The Professor

1934

Shoot the Works

as Larry Hale

1934

The Witching Hour

as Jury Foreman

1934

The Crime Doctor

as Fraser

1934

Bolero

as Mike DeBaere

1934

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

as Captain Murphy

1933

Hell and High Water

as Milton J. Bunsey

1927

Ventriloquist

as 'Hoak' salesman