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William Clement Frawley (February 26, 1887 – March 3, 1966) was an American Vaudevillian and actor best known for playing landlord Fred Mertz in the sitcom I Love Lucy.
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Jun 18, 2024 · And the truth is, his real-life persona directly fed into his two most famous television characters, Fred Mertz on one of classic TV’s biggest hits, I Love Lucy; and Michael Francis “Bub” O’Casey on the long-running Fred MacMurray show, My Three Sons.
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By 1951, when he contacted Lucille Ball about a part in her TV show I Love Lucy (1951), he had performed in over 100 films. His Fred Mertz role lasted until the show ended in 1960, after which he did a five-year stint on My Three Sons (1960) .
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Jan 16, 2024 · The actor who played Fred Mertz in the widely known sitcom I Love Lucy was often seen doing a particular thing – stuffing his hands into his pockets. William Frawley, the actor for this ...
Feb 2, 2022 · If there is one person from the cast of Classic TV sitcom I Love Lucy who seems to remain a mystery all these years later, it would be actor William Frawley, who played Fred Mertz, husband...
Frederick Hobart Mertz, played by William Frawley, is a fictional character in the 1950s American sitcom I Love Lucy.