William Frawley
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William Clement Frawley was an American vaudevillian and actor best known for playing landlord Fred Mertz in the sitcom I Love Lucy. Frawley also played "Bub" O'Casey during the first five seasons of
Frawley in 1951
Left: Ford Sterling as Keystone Cops police chief (seated); in the background just to the right of the Keystone Cops actor above Sterling is Frawley in "In the Clutches of the Gang" (1914)
With James Cagney in Something to Sing About
I Love Lucy cast (clockwise): William Frawley, Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance
Clifton Webb
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Clifton Webb was an American actor, singer, and dancer. Originally trained as a ballroom dancer, he first achieved prominence on Broadway as a star of musicals and revues, and his appearances in the p
William Frawley
…cantankerous and difficult, likely exacerbated by a drinking problem. In 1928, he was fired from the Broadway show That's My Baby for punching actor Clifton Webb in the nose. Frawley made two television appearances the year before his death. His appearance on the panel show I've Got a Secret on May 3, 1965…
Webb in 1923
Webb (third from right) in a 1917 theatre production of National Red Cross Pageant with Eugene O'Brien, Ivy Troutman, Jeanne Eagels, and others
Webb's performance in Laura earned him an Academy Award nomination.
Webb's crypt at Hollywood Forever