William Clement Frawley (February , â€" March , ) was an American
stage entertainer and screen and television actor best known for
playing landlord Fred Mertz in the American television sitcom I Love
Lucy and "Bub" O'Casey in the television comedy series My Three
Sons.Frawley began his career in vaudeville in with his wife, Edna
Louise Broedt. Their comedy act, known as "Frawley and Louise",
continued until their divorce in . Frawley performed on Broadway
multiple times and signed with Paramount Studios in to play in silent
films. He appeared in more than films over years.William Clement
Frawley was born in in Burlington, Iowa, the second son of four
children of Michael A. Frawley (â€") and Mary E. (Brady) Frawley
(â€"). He attended Catholic schools and sang in the choir at St.
Paul's Catholic Church. As he got older, he played small roles in
local theater productions at the Burlington Opera House as well as
performed in amateur shows, though his mother, a highly religious
woman, discouraged such activities.Frawley's first job was as a
stenographer in an office of the Union Pacific Railroad in Omaha,
Nebraska. After two years working in that position, he relocated to
Chicago, where he found a job as a court reporter. Not long after that
move, and against his mother's wishes, he obtained a singing part in a
musical comedy, The Flirting Princess. To appease his mother, Frawley
relocated to St. Louis, Missouri, to work for another railroad
company.
stage entertainer and screen and television actor best known for
playing landlord Fred Mertz in the American television sitcom I Love
Lucy and "Bub" O'Casey in the television comedy series My Three
Sons.Frawley began his career in vaudeville in with his wife, Edna
Louise Broedt. Their comedy act, known as "Frawley and Louise",
continued until their divorce in . Frawley performed on Broadway
multiple times and signed with Paramount Studios in to play in silent
films. He appeared in more than films over years.William Clement
Frawley was born in in Burlington, Iowa, the second son of four
children of Michael A. Frawley (â€") and Mary E. (Brady) Frawley
(â€"). He attended Catholic schools and sang in the choir at St.
Paul's Catholic Church. As he got older, he played small roles in
local theater productions at the Burlington Opera House as well as
performed in amateur shows, though his mother, a highly religious
woman, discouraged such activities.Frawley's first job was as a
stenographer in an office of the Union Pacific Railroad in Omaha,
Nebraska. After two years working in that position, he relocated to
Chicago, where he found a job as a court reporter. Not long after that
move, and against his mother's wishes, he obtained a singing part in a
musical comedy, The Flirting Princess. To appease his mother, Frawley
relocated to St. Louis, Missouri, to work for another railroad
company.
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