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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 "Bub" O'Casey. William Demarest, playing Bub's brother, "Uncle Charley", replaced Frawley in 1965 because of Frawley's declining health.
Jan 8, 2018 · When he was cast to play Fred Mertz, the curmudgeonly skinflint landlord on I Love Lucy, William Frawley was 64 and staring at the end of his acting career.. Vivian Vance — cast as his matronly, wisecracking wife, Ethel — was acting on stage at the La Jolla Playhouse, in a play she’d abruptly left six years earlier after having a nervous breakdown.
William Frawley. Actor: I Love Lucy. William Frawley was born in Burlington, Iowa. As a boy he sang at St. Paul's Catholic Church and played at the Burlington Opera House. His first job was as a stenographer for the Union Pacific Railroad. He did vaudeville with his brother Paul, then joined pianist Franz Rath in an act they took to San Francisco in 1910. Four years later he formed a...
Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on how William Frawley was cast as Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy 01:22 Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on how William Frawley was cast as Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy
Mar 3, 2024 · On Dec. 16, 1953, Lucille Ball (1911-1989) hugs William Frawley (1887-1966) as she stands behind him during the surprise party for her 13th wedding anniversary to Cuban-born actor and singer Desi ...
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Mar 4, 2022 · But Simmons’s work as Frawley, the real-life actor who played Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy, is worthy of the accolades he’s receiving—he captures the curmudgeonly actor’s bristly manner, but ...
William Frawley William Clement Frawley was an American stage entertainer, screen and television actor. Although Frawley acted in over 100 films, he achieved his greatest fame playing landlord Fred Mertz for the situation comedy I Love Lucy. William was born to Michael A. Frawley and Mary E. Brady in Burlington, Iowa.
