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William Frawley: Roles
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William Clement Frawley was born to Michael A. Frawley and Mary E. Brady in Burlington, Iowa. [1] As a young boy, Bill (as he was commonly called), attended Catholic school and sang with the St. Paul's Church choir. As he got older, he loved playing bit roles in local theater productions, as well as performing in amateur shows. A career in show business seemed out of reach...; his mother, a deeply religious woman, frowned upon the idea.
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Irish-born Bridged Frawley, age forty, is head of the household on the rolls of the 1880 Federal Census. Two others were enumerated in her Burlington household: Mike Frawley (age twenty-three, born in Iowa), a fire insurance agent, and Anna (age twenty-four, born in Connecticut). 8
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Frawley's movie career lasted over 50 years, during which he made a total of 111 films, the vast majority of them between 1933 and 1951. Although he played mostly supporting roles (often that of an Irishman), he acted in some very important movies, among them Ziegfeld Follies, Miracle on 34th Street and The Lemon Drop Kid. Frawley was often noted for his acting abilities, but he never seemed to land the big role which would catapult him to stardom.
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Fish Hut came about when Frawley acquired the American rights to Toona-Lux, a synthetic tuna salad that had been developed for use in Danish concentration camps during World War Too. Remarkably tasty, the fake fish could be cheaply manufactured in great quantity, and Frawley won the 1952 Pulitzer Peace Prize for his role in its popularization.
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