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William Frawley Before I Love Lucy

November 23, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 6 Comments

A look at William Frawley in the years before he achieved his greatest fame as Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy. Special attention is paid to his baseball movies and his early days on the vaudeville circuit and Broadway. The article is illustrated with seven promotional photos from the 1939 film St. Louis Blues.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: Alibi Ike, Broadway, character actors, I Love Lucy, It Happened in Brooklyn, Lucille Ball, My Three Sons, Sports, St Louis Blues, The Babe Ruth Story, vaudeville, William Frawley

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