William Frawley: movies and TV shows
William Frawley has 127 credits in the archive: 115 films and 12 TV series, from 1925 to 2016. Highest rated: The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (8.7/10).
Career timeline
1925 – 2016 · busiest year: 1935 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | I Love Lucy Christmas Special | Fred Mertz | Film | 10.0 | 129 |
| 2000 | Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 113 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 75 |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show | Trainer | TV | 7.0 | 75 |
| 1962 | Safe at Home! | Bill Turner | Film | 5.0 | 75 |
| 1960 | My Three Sons | Bub O'Casey | TV | 6.6 | 73 |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | TV | 6.3 | 71 | |
| 1957 | The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour | Fred Mertz | TV | 8.7 | 70 |
| 1956 | The Gale Storm Show | Jim Comstock | TV | 6.7 | 69 |
| 1956 | Lucy's Really Lost Moments | Fred Mertz | Film | 6.5 | 69 |
| 1954 | The Dirty Look | Film | 7.0 | 67 | |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Sam | TV | 6.6 | 66 |
| 1953 | I Love Lucy: The Movie | Fred Mertz / Self | Film | 7.7 | 66 |
| 1952 | This Is Your Life | Self | TV | 6.5 | 65 |
| 1952 | Rancho Notorious | Baldy Gunder | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy | Fred Mertz | TV | 7.9 | 64 |
| 1951 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man | Det. Roberts | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 1951 | Rhubarb | Len Sickles | Film | 5.8 | 64 |
| 1951 | The Lemon Drop Kid | Gloomy Willie | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1950 | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Byers | Film | 6.9 | 63 |
| 1950 | Blondie's Hero | Marty Greer | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 1950 | Pretty Baby | Corcoran | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 1950 | Kill the Umpire | Jimmy O'Brien | Film | 6.9 | 63 |
| 1949 | The Ed Wynn Show | Self | TV | 7.7 | 62 |
| 1949 | East Side, West Side | Bill the Bartender | Film | 7.1 | 62 |
| 1949 | The Lady Takes a Sailor | Oliver Harker | Film | 5.7 | 62 |
| 1949 | Red Light | Hotel Night Clerk | Film | 5.9 | 62 |
| 1949 | Chicken Every Sunday | George Kirby | Film | 6.2 | 62 |
| 1949 | The Lone Wolf and His Lady | Inspector Crane | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1949 | Home in San Antone | O'Fleery | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 61 |
| 1948 | Good Sam | Tom | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 1948 | The Girl from Manhattan | Mr. Bernouti | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 1948 | The Babe Ruth Story | Jack Dunn | Film | 6.1 | 61 |
| 1948 | Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Agent | Film | 5.8 | 61 |
| 1948 | Joe Palooka in Winner Take All | Knobby Walsh | Film | 7.5 | 61 |
| 1947 | Miracle on 34th Street | Charlie Halloran | Film | 7.4 | 60 |
| 1947 | Monsieur Verdoux | Jean La Salle | Film | 7.7 | 60 |
| 1947 | Down to Earth | Police Lieutenant | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1947 | I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now | Jim Mason | Film | 7.5 | 60 |
| 1947 | Mother Wore Tights | Mr. Schneider | Film | 5.7 | 60 |
| 1947 | Blondie's Anniversary | Sharkey the Loen Shark | Film | 5.9 | 60 |
| 1947 | My Wild Irish Rose | William Scanlon | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1946 | The Virginian | Honey Wiggen | Film | 6.2 | 59 |
| 1946 | The Inner Circle | Det. Lt. Webb | Film | 5.7 | 59 |
| 1946 | Rendezvous with Annie | General Trent | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1946 | Crime Doctor's Man Hunt | Police Inspector Harry B. Manning | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1945 | Ziegfeld Follies | Martin (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket") | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 1945 | Flame of Barbary Coast | Wolf Wylie | Film | 5.5 | 58 |
| 1945 | Lady on a Train | Desk Sgt. Brennan | Film | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1945 | Hitchhike to Happiness | Sandy Hill | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1944 | Going My Way | Max Dolan, Publisher (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1944 | The Fighting Seabees | Eddie Powers | Film | 6.2 | 57 |
| 1944 | Lake Placid Serenade | Jiggers | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1943 | Larceny with Music | Mike Simms | Film | 5.3 | 56 |
| 1943 | We've Never Been Licked | Traveling Salesman | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1943 | Whistling in Brooklyn | Detective Ramsey | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1942 | Roxie Hart | O'Malley | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1942 | Gentleman Jim | Billy Delaney | Film | 7.2 | 55 |
| 1942 | Give Out, Sisters | Harrison | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1942 | It Happened in Flatbush | Sam Sloan | Film | 5.4 | 55 |
| 1942 | Moonlight in Havana | Barney Crane | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1942 | Wildcat | Oliver Westbrook | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 1942 | The Yankee Doodler | Film | 5.0 | 55 | |
| 1942 | Treat 'Em Rough | 'Hotfoot' | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1941 | The Bride Came C.O.D. | Sheriff McGee | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1941 | Gangs Of The City | Bang | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1941 | Blondie in Society | Waldo Pincus | Film | 6.4 | 54 |
| 1941 | Footsteps in the Dark | Det. 'Hoppy' Hopkins | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1941 | Cracked Nuts | James Mitchell | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1941 | Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga | Chauncey Beheegan | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1940 | One Night in the Tropics | Roscoe | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1940 | Opened by Mistake | Matt Kingsley | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1940 | Untamed | Les Woodbury | Film | 5.0 | 53 |
| 1940 | The Farmer's Daughter | Scoop Trimble | Film | 5.3 | 53 |
| 1940 | Dancing on a Dime | Mac | Film | 5.0 | 53 |
| 1940 | Rhythm on the River | Mr. Westlake | Film | 6.9 | 53 |
| 1940 | Golden Gloves | Emory Balzar | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1940 | Those Were the Days! | Prisoner | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1940 | The Quarterback | Coach | Film | 10.0 | 53 |
| 1940 | Sandy Gets Her Man | Police Chief J. A. O'Hara | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | The 'Duke' | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1939 | Rose of Washington Square | Harry Long | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1939 | Ex-Champ | Mushy Harrington | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1939 | Persons in Hiding | Alec Inglis | Film | 3.8 | 52 |
| 1939 | Ambush | Inspector J.L. Weber | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1939 | St. Louis Blues | Major Martingale | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1939 | Grand Jury Secrets | Bright Eyes | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1939 | Stop, Look and Love | Joe Haller | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1939 | Night Work | Bruiser Brown | Film | 8.5 | 52 |
| 1938 | Touchdown, Army | Jack Heffernan | Film | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1938 | Professor Beware | Snoop Donlan | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1938 | Mad About Music | Dusty Turner | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1938 | Sons of the Legion | Uncle Willie Lee | Film | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1937 | Double or Nothing | John Pederson | Film | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1937 | Something to Sing About | Hank Mayers | Film | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1937 | High, Wide and Handsome | Mac | Film | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1937 | Blossoms On Broadway | Francis X. Rush | Film | 4.8 | 50 |
| 1936 | Desire | Mr. Gibson | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1936 | The General Died at Dawn | Brighton | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1936 | The Princess Comes Across | Benton | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1936 | Strike Me Pink | Mr. Copple | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1936 | F-Man | Detective Rogan | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1936 | Three Married Men | Bill Mullins | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1936 | Rose Bowl | 'Soapy' Moreland | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1935 | Roberta | Bartender (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1935 | College Scandal | Chief of Police Magoun | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1935 | It's a Great Life | Lt. McNulty | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1935 | Alibi Ike | Cap | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1935 | Harmony Lane | Edwin P. 'Ed' Christy | Film | 4.5 | 48 |
| 1935 | Beautiful Dreamer | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1935 | Welcome Home | Painless | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1935 | Hold 'Em Yale | Sunshine Joe | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1935 | Car 99 | Training Sgt. Barrel | Film | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1935 | Ship Cafe | Briney O'Brien | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1934 | The Crime Doctor | Fraser | Film | 3.8 | 47 |
| 1934 | Shoot the Works | Larry Hale | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1934 | The Witching Hour | Jury Foreman | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1934 | Here Is My Heart | James Smith | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1934 | Bolero | Mike DeBaere | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1934 | Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen | Captain Murphy | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1934 | The Lemon Drop Kid | William Dunhill aka The Professor | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1933 | Hell and High Water | Milton J. Bunsey | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1933 | Moonlight and Pretzels | Mac | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1927 | Ventriloquist | 'Hoak' salesman | Film | — | 40 |
| 1925 | Should Husbands Be Watched? | Beat Cop | Film | 8.0 | 38 |