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Acting

William Frawley

Career: Active from 1925 to 2016, with a break from 1963 to 2015, busiest in 1939 with 9 main titles.

Leading roles: 17
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: Gentleman Jim
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 44 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

William Frawley Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.1, average 5.4
Psychological
3.3, average 5.5
Violence
2.5, average 4.1
Melancholy
3.1, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 6
Historical Setting 5
Wholesome Entertainment 4
Lighthearted 3
Nostalgic 3
Vintage Hollywood Charm 3
Underdog Story 3
Family-Friendly 3
Classic Mystery 3
Romantic Subplot 2
Old Hollywood Charm 2
Nostalgic Tone 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

119

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title

I Love Lucy Christmas Special

as Fred Mertz

1960s

3 titles · average score 59

Safe at Home!

52

as Bill Turner

The Lucy Show

47

TV show · as Trainer

My Three Sons

78

TV show · as Bub O'Casey

1950s

15 titles · average score 70

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

TV show

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

56

TV show · as Fred Mertz

Lucy's Really Lost Moments

as Fred Mertz

The Gale Storm Show

73

TV show · as Jim Comstock

I Love Lucy: The Movie

79

as Fred Mertz / Self

Rancho Notorious

83

as Baldy Gunder

I Love Lucy

81

TV show · as Fred Mertz

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

71

as Det. Roberts

Rhubarb

60

as Len Sickles

Blondie's Hero

64

as Marty Greer

Pretty Baby

63

as Corcoran

Kill the Umpire

65

as Jimmy O'Brien

1940s

55 titles · average score 64

Joe Palooka in Winner Take All

as Knobby Walsh

Miracle on 34th Street

85

as Charlie Halloran

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

70

as Jim Mason

The Inner Circle

58

as Det. Lt. Webb

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

64

as Police Inspector Harry B. Manning

The Virginian

56

as Honey Wiggen

Flame of Barbary Coast

50

as Wolf Wylie

The Fighting Seabees

82

as Eddie Powers

Wildcat

as Oliver Westbrook

Gentleman Jim

88

as Billy Delaney

Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga

as Chauncey Beheegan

One Night in the Tropics

54

as Roscoe

1930s

43 titles · average score 64

Rose of Washington Square

63

as Harry Long

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

65

as The 'Duke'

Grand Jury Secrets

as Bright Eyes

Touchdown, Army

as Jack Heffernan

Something to Sing About

67

as Hank Mayers

Double or Nothing

68

as John Pederson

Desire

80

as Mr. Gibson

Three Cheers for Love

as Milton Shakespeare

The General Died at Dawn

80

as Brighton

The Princess Comes Across

63

as Benton

The Witching Hour

as Jury Foreman

The Lemon Drop Kid

as William Dunhill aka The Professor

1920s

2 titles

as 'Hoak' salesman

Should Husbands Be Watched?

as Beat Cop