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William Clement Frawley was an American stage entertainer and screen and television actor best known for playing landlord Fred Mertz in the American television sitcom I Love Lucy and Bub in the television comedy series My Three Sons.
Birth Name
William Clement Frawley
Born
Saturday, 26 February 1887
Died
Thursday, 03 March 1966
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Lucy and Desi | Self | 2022 |
History of the Sitcom | Fred Mertz | 2021 |
I Love Lucy: A Colorized Celebration | Fred | 2019 |
Pioneers of Television | Fred Mertz / Self | 2008 |
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina | Self | 2003 |
I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special | Co-star of 'I Love Lucy' | 2001 |
Television: The First Fifty Years | Fred Mertz | 1999 |
Murphy Brown | Self / opening credits | 1988 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Fred Mertz | 1986 |
American Masters | Self | 1986 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Lucy and Desi | Self | 2022 |
History of the Sitcom | Fred Mertz | 2021 |
I Love Lucy: A Colorized Celebration | Fred | 2019 |
Pioneers of Television | Fred Mertz / Self | 2008 |
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina | Self | 2003 |
I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special | Co-star of 'I Love Lucy' | 2001 |
Television: The First Fifty Years | Fred Mertz | 1999 |
Murphy Brown | Self / opening credits | 1988 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Fred Mertz | 1986 |
American Masters | Self | 1986 |
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television | Self | 1975 |
My Living Doll | Det. Gladwin | 1964 |
The Lucy Show | The Trainer | 1962 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
Safe at Home! | Bill Turner | 1962 |
My Three Sons | Michael Francis 'Bub' O'Casey / Bub O'Casey / Bub | 1960 |
Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Joe Grady / Self | 1958 |
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour | Fred Mertz | 1957 |
The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna | Jim Comstock | 1956 |
The NBC Comedy Hour | Self - Actor | 1956 |
Lucy's Really Lost Moments | Fred Mertz | 1956 |
Damon Runyon Theater | Fatso Zimpf | 1955 |
Shower of Stars | Gabby Mullins | 1954 |
The Loretta Young Show | Sam | 1953 |
I Love Lucy | Fred Mertz / Self | 1953 |
This Is Your Life | Self - Guest of Honor | 1952 |
Rancho Notorious | Baldy Gunder | 1952 |
I Love Lucy | Fred Mertz | 1951 |
The Red Skelton Hour | Mr. Thomas | 1951 |
Rhubarb | Len Sickles | 1951 |
The Lemon Drop Kid | Gloomy Willie | 1951 |
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man | Detective Roberts / Det. Roberts | 1951 |
The Bigelow Theatre | Pinto | 1950 |
Pretty Baby | Corcoran | 1950 |
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Byers | 1950 |
Kill the Umpire | Jimmy O'Brien | 1950 |
The Alan Young Show | Self | 1950 |
Blondie's Hero | Marty Greer | 1950 |
East Side, West Side | Bill the Bartender | 1949 |
The Lady Takes a Sailor | Oliver Harker | 1949 |
The Ed Wynn Show | Self | 1949 |
The Silver Theatre | Pinto | 1949 |
Red Light | Hotel Clerk / Hotel Night Clerk | 1949 |
Home in San Antone | O'Fleery | 1949 |
The Lone Wolf and His Lady | Police Inspector J.D. Crane / Inspector Crane | 1949 |
Chicken Every Sunday | George Kirby | 1949 |
The Girl from Manhattan | Mr. Bernouti | 1948 |
Joe Palooka in Winner Take All | Knobby Walsh | 1948 |
The Babe Ruth Story | Jack Dunn | 1948 |
Good Sam | Tom Moore / Tom | 1948 |
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Agent | 1948 |
The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
The Milton Berle Show | Self - as Fred Mertz | 1948 |
My Wild Irish Rose | William Scanlon | 1947 |
Blondie's Anniversary | Sharkey, the Loan Shark / Sharkey the Loen Shark | 1947 |
Monsieur Verdoux | Jean La Salle | 1947 |
Down to Earth | Police Lieutenant | 1947 |
Mother Wore Tights | Mr. Schneider | 1947 |
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now | Jim Mason | 1947 |
Miracle on 34th Street | Charlie Halloran | 1947 |
Hit Parade of 1947 | Harry Holmes | 1947 |
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt | Inspector Harry B. Manning / Police Inspector Harry B. Manning | 1946 |
The Inner Circle | Det. Lt. Webb | 1946 |
Rendezvous with Annie | Gen. Trent / General Trent | 1946 |
The Virginian | Honey Wiggen | 1946 |
Ziegfeld Follies | Martin ('A Sweepstakes Ticket') / Martin (segment A Sweepstakes Ticket) | 1945 |
Lady on a Train | Police Sergeant Christie / Desk Sgt. Brennan | 1945 |
Hitchhike to Happiness | Sandy Hill | 1945 |
Flame of Barbary Coast | 'Smooth' Wylie / Wolf Wylie | 1945 |
Lake Placid Serenade | Jiggers | 1944 |
Going My Way | Max Dolan - the Publisher | 1944 |
The Fighting Seabees | Eddie Powers | 1944 |
Whistling in Brooklyn | Detective Ramsey | 1943 |
Larceny with Music | Mike Simms | 1943 |
We've Never Been Licked | Traveling Salesman | 1943 |
Gentleman Jim | Billy Delaney | 1942 |
Moonlight in Havana | Barney Crane | 1942 |
Wildcat | Oliver Westbrook | 1942 |
Give Out, Sisters | Harrison | 1942 |
It Happened in Flatbush | Sam Sloan | 1942 |
Roxie Hart | O'Malley | 1942 |
Treat 'Em Rough | 'Hotfoot' | 1942 |
Public Enemies | Bang | 1941 |
Blondie in Society | Waldo Pincus | 1941 |
The Bride Came C.O.D. | Sheriff McGee | 1941 |
Cracked Nuts | James Mitchell | 1941 |
Footsteps in the Dark | Hopkins / Det. 'Hoppy' Hopkins | 1941 |
Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga | Chauncey Beheegan | 1941 |
One Night in the Tropics | Roscoe | 1940 |
Sandy Gets Her Man | Police Chief J. A. O'Hara | 1940 |
Dancing on a Dime | Mac | 1940 |
The Quarterback | Coach | 1940 |
Rhythm on the River | Mr. Westlake | 1940 |
Golden Gloves | Emory Balzar | 1940 |
Those Were the Days! | Prisoner | 1940 |
Untamed | Les Woodbury | 1940 |
Opened by Mistake | Matt Kingsley | 1940 |
The Farmer's Daughter | Scoop Trimble | 1940 |
Stop, Look and Love | Joe Haller | 1939 |
Grand Jury Secrets | Bright Eyes | 1939 |
Ex-Champ | Mushy Harrington | 1939 |
Rose of Washington Square | Harry Long | 1939 |
Persons in Hiding | Alec Inglis | 1939 |
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | The 'Duke' | 1939 |
St. Louis Blues | Maj. Martingale / Major Martingale | 1939 |
Ambush | Inspector J.L. Weber | 1939 |
Touchdown, Army | Jack Heffernan | 1938 |
Sons of the Legion | Uncle Willie Lee | 1938 |
Professor Beware | Snoop Donlan | 1938 |
Mad About Music | Dusty Turner | 1938 |
Blossoms on Broadway | Frances X. Rush / Francis X. Rush | 1937 |
Something to Sing About | Hank Meyers / Hank Mayers | 1937 |
Double or Nothing | John Pederson | 1937 |
High, Wide and Handsome | Mac | 1937 |
Rose Bowl | Soapy Moreland / 'Soapy' Moreland | 1936 |
The General Died at Dawn | Brighton | 1936 |
Three Married Men | Bill Mullins | 1936 |
Three Cheers for Love | Milton Shakespeare | 1936 |
The Princess Comes Across | Benton | 1936 |
F-Man | Detective Rogan | 1936 |
Desire | Mr. Gibson | 1936 |
Strike Me Pink | Mr. Copple | 1936 |
It's a Great Life | Lt. McNulty | 1935 |
Harmony Lane | Edwin P. 'Ed' Christy | 1935 |
Welcome Home | Painless | 1935 |
College Scandal | Chief of Police Magoun | 1935 |
Alibi Ike | Cap | 1935 |
Car 99 | Training Sgt. Barrel / Sgt. Barrel | 1935 |
Here Is My Heart | James Smith | 1934 |
Shoot the Works | Larry Hale | 1934 |
The Witching Hour | Jury Foreman | 1934 |
The Crime Doctor | Fraser | 1934 |
Bolero | Mike DeBaere | 1934 |
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen | Captain Murphy | 1934 |
Moonlight and Pretzels | Mac | 1933 |
Should Husbands Be Watched? | Beat Cop | 1925 |
Lord Loveland Discovers America | Tony Kidd | 1916 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1958 | Emmy | Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic or Comedy Series | Nominated |
1957 | Emmy | Best Supporting Performance by an Actor | Nominated |
1956 | Emmy | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
1955 | Emmy | Best Supporting Actor in a Regular Series | Nominated |
1954 | Emmy | Best Series Supporting Actor | Nominated |