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William Frawley

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In 1959 along with Eddie Foy Jr. and Florence Halop, he starred in "Fit as a Fiddle" - an unsold comedy pilot about a dance academy.

2006-07: TV PSA ad for U.S. Government using digitally edited footage from "I Love Lucy" (1951) along side Vivian Vance.

Active on Broadway in the following productions:

Merry, Merry (1925). Musical comedy. Music by Harry Archer. Material by Harlan Thompson. Lyrics by Harlan Thompson. Musical Direction by Ernest Cutting. Choreographed by Harry Puck. Directed by Harlan Thompson. Vanderbilt Theatre: 24 Sep 1925- 13 Mar 1926 (197 performances). Cast: Sascha Beaumont, Larry Beck, Ruth Conley, Perqueta Courtney, Ethel Emery, Ruth Farrar, William Frawley (as "J. Horatio Diggs"), Ednor Fulling, Gretchen Grant, John Hundley, Frances Marchant, Vivian Marlow, Lucila Mendez, Molly Morey, Gay Nelle, Robert Pitkin, Harry Puck, Marie Saxon, Polly Schafer, Virginia Smith. Produced by Lyle D. Andrews.

Bye, Bye, Bonnie (1927). Musical comedy. Material by Louis Simon and Bide Dudley. Music by Albert Von Tilzer. Lyrics by Neville Fleeson. Musical Direction by Milton Schwarzwald. Music orchestrated by Maurice DePackh and Hilding Anderson. Choreographed by Earl Lindsay. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Ritz Theatre (moved to The Cosmopolitan Theatre from 14 Mar 1927 to close): 13 Jan 1927- 30 Apr 1927 (125 performances). Cast: Mabel Acker, Rose Adaire, Elmer Berl, Dan Berrigan, Laine Blaire, Dorothy Brown, Arthur C. Budd, Dorothy Burgess, Sybil Bursk, Norma Butler, John Byam, Rudolph Cameron, Mary Carlton, Elsie Carroll, Walter Carson, Bernard Cavanaugh, Dorothy Chilton, John Clemson, Charles J. Dane, Thelma Fenton, William Frawley (as "Butch Hogan"), Dick Givens, Georgie Hale, Raymond Hall, Charles Henderson, Lottice Howell, Paul Huber, Dorothy Humphreys, Ruby Keeler (as "Ruby"), Blanche Krebs, Arthur LaFrack, Billy McKay, Helen McLaughlin, William Neeley, Cecil Owen, Florence Parker, Ruth Penery, Margie Royce, Sue Saunders, Evelyn Shea, Frank Sherlock, Charles Siler, Louis Simon, Thelma Temple, Dorothy Van Alst, Walter Wardell, Douglas Wood. Produced by L. Lawrence Weber.

Talk About Girls (1927). Musical-comedy. Music by Harold Orlob and Stephen Jones. Adaption by William Carey Duncan and Daniel Kusell. From a play by John Hunter Booth. Lyrics by Irving Caesar. Music orchestrated by Stephen Jones. Music arranged by Stephen Jones. Musical Director: Louis Gress. Directed by John Harwood and Daniel Kusell. Waldorf Theatre: 14 Jun 1927- Jun 1927 (closing date unknown/13 performances). As "Calvin Lowe." Cast included: William Frawley (as "Henry Quill"), Edna Hopper, Russell Mack, Liane Mamet, Marie Marceline, Floyd Marion, John Meehan, Lillian Mitchell, Beth Milton, Florence Murray, Cora Stephens, Jane Taylor, Frances Upton. Produced by Harry H. Oshrin and Sam H. Grisman.

She's My Baby (1928). Musical comedy/farce. Material by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Special Augmented Orchestra under the direction of Gene Salzer. Choreographed by Mary Read. Directed by Edward Royce. Globe Theatre: 3 Jan 1928- 3 Mar 1928 (71 performances). Cast: Beatrice Lillie (as "Tilly"), Paul Banker, James H. Beattie, Joan Clement, May Cornes, Cleo Cullen, Peggy Cunningham, Evelyn Dehkes, Teddy Denton, Bernie Dirkes, Frank Doane (as "Mr. Hemingway, Martin's trustee"), Malcolm Duffield, Irene Dunne (as "Polly"), Pearl Eaton, Evelyn Ellsmore, Geraldine Fitzgerald (as "Ensemble"), William Frawley (as "Meadows"), Doreen Glover, Alfred Hale, Violet Hanbury, Muriel Hayman, Elsie Holt, Grace Holt, Topsy Humphries, Nick Long, Jr., Mary Louise, William McCarthy, Glenn McComas, Alfred Milano, Catherine Na Varro, Blanche O'Donohoe, Charlotte Otis, Jessie Payne, Phyllis Rae, Peti Reed, Lily Reilly, Anna Riley, Evelyn Sayers, Loretta Sayers, Georgie Sewell, Ula Sharon, William Sholar, Jr., Iris Smith, Pearl Sodders, Peggy Sowden, Robert Spencer, Jack Stevens, Ward Tallman, Norma Taylor, George Vigouroux, Robert Vreeland, Florence Ware, Doris Waterworth, Clifton Webb (as "Clyde Parker, the author"), Hazel Webb, Jack Whiting, Jill Williams, Vivian Wilson, Hilda Winstanley, Dorothy Wyatt. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.

Here's Howe (1928). Musical comedy.

Sons O' Guns (1929). Musical comedy.

She Lived Next to the Firehouse (1931). Farce.

Tell Her the Truth (1932). Musical-farce. Music by Jack Waller and Joseph Tunbridge. Based on a book by R.P. Weston (also lyrics, with Bert Lee). Directed by Morris Green and Henry Thomas. Cort Theatre: 28 Oct 1932- 5 Nov 1932 (11 performances). Cast: Hobart Cavanaugh (as "Maclean"), Edith Davis, Bertha Donn, Margaret Dumont, Lillian Emerson, Dorothy Essig, William Frawley, Louise Kirkland, May Muth, Muriel Muth, Lou Parker, John Sheehan, Andrew Tombes, Raymond Walburn, Thelma White. Produced by Tillie Leblang and Morris Green.

Twentieth Century (1932).

The Ghost Writer (1933).

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