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Oct 8, 2020 · William Frawley played the grandfather and housekeeper Bub on ‘My Three Sons,’ but his character left the show in the middle of Season 5. Here’s why.
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My Three Sons chronicles the life of widower and aeronautical engineer Steven Douglas (Fred MacMurray) as he raises his three sons. The series originally featured William Frawley (who had first co-starred with Fred MacMurray 25 years earlier in the film Car 99 ) as the boys' maternal grandfather and live-in housekeeper, William Michael Francis ...
Frawley also played "Bub" O'Casey during the first five seasons of the sitcom My Three Sons and the political advisor to the Hon. Henry X. Harper (Gene Lockhart) in the film Miracle on 34th Street. Frawley began his career in Vaudeville in 1914 with his wife, Edna Louise Broedt.
- THE STAR MANAGED TO NEGOTIATE A SWEET SET OF WORKING HOURS FOR HIS SCHEDULE. Fred MacMurray was a well-established film star when he was approached by executive producer Don Fedderson about starring in a TV series.
- WILLIAM FRAWLEY WAS A BELOVED BUT NAUGHTY ROLE MODEL TO THE CHILD ACTORS. The premise of My Three Sons was to showcase the trials and tribulations of Steven Douglas (MacMurray), an aeronautical engineer and widower, and his three boys—Mike, Robbie, and Chip.
- THE “SONS” HAD TO BE MACMURRAY-APPROVED BEFORE BEING HIRED. Stanley Livingston was the first of the “Sons” to be cast. Just nine years old at the time, he was already a show biz veteran, having worked regularly on The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet from 1958 to 1960.
- BILL FRAWLEY CARRIED A GRUDGE … TO GREAT LENGTHS. That there was no love lost between former I Love Lucy co-stars William Frawley and Vivian Vance was certainly no secret in Hollywood, but Frawley had been willing to set aside any personal differences when Desilu proposed a spin-off series starring Fred and Ethel Mertz.
Goodbye Again: Directed by James V. Kern. With Fred MacMurray, William Frawley, Tim Considine, Don Grady. Jean Pearson returns to Bryant Park and reconnects with Mike.
- (66)
- Comedy, Family
- James V. Kern
- 1964-11-12
My Three Sons / By the mid-1960s, though, alcohol and old age finally took their toll, and Frawley began forgetting his lines.
My Three Sons chronicles the life of widower and aeronautical engineer Steven Douglas (Fred MacMurray) as he raises his three sons. The series originally featured William Frawley as the boys' live-in maternal grandfather, Bub O'Casey.
