William Frawley

Actor 1925–2016 (91 year career)

5.9 avg rating

Highest Rated

I Love Lucy Christmas Special

2016 · as Fred Mertz

10.0

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957 · as Fred Mertz

8.6

I Love Lucy

1951 · as Fred Mertz

7.9

Known For

Film

Miracle on 34th Street

Charlie Halloran

Film

Monsieur Verdoux

Jean La Salle

Film

I Love Lucy

Fred Mertz

Film

Going My Way

Max Dolan, Publisher (uncredited)

Film

Rancho Notorious

Baldy Gunder

Film

Gentleman Jim

Billy Delaney

Film

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Det. Roberts

Film

Desire

Mr. Gibson

Filmography

Acting (127)

Movies (115)

I Love Lucy Christmas Special

2016

as Fred Mertz

10.0

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

2000

as Self (archive footage)

Safe at Home!

1962

as Bill Turner

4.2

Lucy's Really Lost Moments

as Fred Mertz

The Dirty Look

I Love Lucy: The Movie

as Fred Mertz

Rancho Notorious

as Baldy Gunder

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

as Det. Roberts

The Lemon Drop Kid

as Gloomy Willie

Rhubarb

as Len Sickles

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

as Byers

Pretty Baby

as Corcoran

Blondie's Hero

as Marty Greer

Kill the Umpire

as Jimmy O'Brien

Chicken Every Sunday

as George Kirby

Red Light

as Hotel Night Clerk

The Lone Wolf and His Lady

1949

as Inspector Crane

5.0

East Side, West Side

1949

as Bill the Bartender

6.9

The Lady Takes a Sailor

1949

as Oliver Harker

4.3

Home in San Antone

1949

as O'Fleery

The Babe Ruth Story

1948

as Jack Dunn

5.6

The Girl from Manhattan

as Mr. Bernouti

Good Sam

as Tom

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

1948

as Knobby Walsh

6.0

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948

as Agent

5.3

Miracle on 34th Street

as Charlie Halloran

Monsieur Verdoux

as Jean La Salle

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

as Jim Mason

My Wild Irish Rose

as William Scanlon

Down to Earth

as Police Lieutenant

Blondie's Anniversary

1947

as Sharkey the Loen Shark

5.6

Mother Wore Tights

1947

as Mr. Schneider

5.3

Rendezvous with Annie

as General Trent

The Inner Circle

as Det. Lt. Webb

The Virginian

as Honey Wiggen

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

1946

as Police Inspector Harry B. Manning

5.8

Flame of Barbary Coast

as Wolf Wylie

Lady on a Train

as Desk Sgt. Brennan

Ziegfeld Follies

as Martin (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")

6.0

Hitchhike to Happiness

1945

as Sandy Hill

5.0

Going My Way

1944

as Max Dolan, Publisher (uncredited)

6.7

Lake Placid Serenade

1944

as Jiggers

The Fighting Seabees

1944

as Eddie Powers

6.2

Whistling in Brooklyn

as Detective Ramsey

Larceny with Music

as Mike Simms

We've Never Been Licked

1943

as Traveling Salesman

Give Out, Sisters

1942

as Harrison

5.0

It Happened in Flatbush

as Sam Sloan

Roxie Hart

as O'Malley

Gentleman Jim

as Billy Delaney

Wildcat

as Oliver Westbrook

Treat 'Em Rough

as 'Hotfoot'

The Yankee Doodler

Moonlight in Havana

as Barney Crane

Blondie in Society

1941

as Waldo Pincus

7.4

The Bride Came C.O.D.

1941

as Sheriff McGee

7.0

Cracked Nuts

1941

as James Mitchell

Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga

1941

as Chauncey Beheegan

5.0

Footsteps in the Dark

1941

as Det. 'Hoppy' Hopkins

6.8

Gangs Of The City

1941

as Bang

Sandy Gets Her Man

1940

as Police Chief J. A. O'Hara

4.0

One Night in the Tropics

1940

as Roscoe

5.6

The Quarterback

1940

as Coach

Untamed

1940

as Les Woodbury

4.2

Those Were the Days!

1940

as Prisoner

Opened by Mistake

1940

as Matt Kingsley

Golden Gloves

as Emory Balzar

Dancing on a Dime

as Mac

The Farmer's Daughter

as Scoop Trimble

Rhythm on the River

as Mr. Westlake

Rose of Washington Square

as Harry Long

Night Work

as Bruiser Brown

Ambush

as Inspector J.L. Weber

5.0

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

as The 'Duke'

St. Louis Blues

as Major Martingale

Persons in Hiding

as Alec Inglis

Grand Jury Secrets

as Bright Eyes

Stop, Look and Love

as Joe Haller

Ex-Champ

as Mushy Harrington

Touchdown, Army

as Jack Heffernan

Mad About Music

as Dusty Turner

Professor Beware

as Snoop Donlan

Sons of the Legion

as Uncle Willie Lee

Double or Nothing

as John Pederson

High, Wide and Handsome

as Mac

Blossoms On Broadway

as Francis X. Rush

Something to Sing About

as Hank Mayers

Desire

as Mr. Gibson

Three Married Men

as Bill Mullins

The Princess Comes Across

1936

as Benton

6.1

F-Man

1936

as Detective Rogan

Strike Me Pink

1936

as Mr. Copple

6.6

The General Died at Dawn

as Brighton

Rose Bowl

as 'Soapy' Moreland

College Scandal

as Chief of Police Magoun

5.2

Roberta

1935

as Bartender (uncredited)

7.0

Ship Cafe

1935

as Briney O'Brien

Hold 'Em Yale

as Sunshine Joe

Beautiful Dreamer

Car 99

as Training Sgt. Barrel

Alibi Ike

as Cap

Harmony Lane

as Edwin P. 'Ed' Christy

3.4

It's a Great Life

1935

as Lt. McNulty

Welcome Home

1935

as Painless

Bolero

as Mike DeBaere

Shoot the Works

as Larry Hale

The Crime Doctor

as Fraser

Here Is My Heart

as James Smith

The Lemon Drop Kid

as William Dunhill aka The Professor

5.0

The Witching Hour

1934

as Jury Foreman

5.3

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

1934

as Captain Murphy

5.0

Hell and High Water

1933

as Milton J. Bunsey

Moonlight and Pretzels

1933

as Mac

Ventriloquist

1927

as 'Hoak' salesman

Should Husbands Be Watched?

1925

as Beat Cop

6.0

Television (12)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Lucy Show

as Trainer

My Three Sons

as Bub O'Casey

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

5.8

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

as Fred Mertz

The Gale Storm Show

as Jim Comstock

Letter to Loretta

as Sam

This Is Your Life

as Self

I Love Lucy

as Fred Mertz

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

The Ed Wynn Show

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self