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 the sitcom My Three Sons and the political advisor to the Hon. Henry X. Harper in the film Miracle on 34th Street.
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
The I Love Lucy cast (clockwise): William Frawley, Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance
My Melancholy Baby
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"My Melancholy Baby" is a popular song published in 1912 and first sung publicly by William Frawley. The music was written by Ernie Burnett (1884–1959), the lyrics by George A. Norton.
