CBS relented only after Arnaz contractually bound Frawley to complete sobriety during the production of the show, and reportedly told the veteran actor that if he ever appeared on-set more than once in an intoxicated state he would be fired.

Frawley reportedly overheard Vance complaining ; he took offense and never forgave her.

William Frawley, for one, never felt comfortable with this filming method, having grown accustomed to filming I Love Lucy in sequence.

To the contrary, Frawley never arrived at work drunk, and in fact mastered his lines after only one reading.

Vance, however, declined for a number of reasons, the biggest factor being that she felt she and Frawley could barely work together on the ensemble show they were doing at the time, so it would be much less likely the two could work together on their own series.

* The Lemon Drop Kid ( 1934, Lee Tracy ) — remade in 1951 with Bob Hope ( and I Love Lucy co-star William Frawley as a racetrack tout ), it introduced the Christmas song " Silver Bells ".

Originally set in an apartment building in New York City, I Love Lucy centers on Lucy Ricardo ( Lucille Ball ) and her singer / bandleader husband Ricky Ricardo ( Desi Arnaz ), along with their best friends and landlords Fred Mertz ( William Frawley ) and Ethel Mertz ( Vivian Vance ).

Sixty-four-year-old Bill Frawley, a seasoned vaudevillian and movie character actor with nearly 100 film credits to his name, was a long shot to play Fred Mertz and only came into consideration after he telephoned Ball personally to ask if there was a role for him on her new show.

The network balked at the idea of Frawley, fearing that his excessive drinking — which was well known in Hollywood — would interfere with his doing a live show.

Frawley was willing, but Vance refused to ever work with Frawley again since the two did not get along.

Frawley did appear once more with Lucille Ball — in an episode of The Lucy Show in 1965, which did not include Vance ( who by then had ceased to be a regular on that show ).

The American Broadcasting Company | ABC cast of My Three Sons, with William Frawley, circa 1962.

Along with the change in networks and the transition to color, William Frawley, who played " Bub " O ' Casey, the boys ' maternal grandfather, was declared too ill to work by Desilu Studios and the producers could no longer find insurance for him.

Don Grady with William Frawley | Frawley's replacement William Demarest in My Three Sons ( 1969 ).

Unhappy with his railroad job, Frawley longed to be an actor.

Frawley was hired as a singer at a café and teamed with pianist Franz Rath.

Vance, however, refused the offer, having no desire to work with Frawley again.

His final on-camera performance was in October 1965, a brief cameo appearance in Lucille Ball's second television sitcom The Lucy Show with Frawley playing a horse trainer and Lucy commenting, " He reminds me of someone I used to know.

According to David Frawley, her description as impure refers to the nature of the spoken word, which labels things and stereotypes them, thereby hindering actual contact with the soul of things.

American author David Frawley wrote, " While Voice of India had a controversial reputation, I found nothing irrational, much less extreme about their ideas or publications ... Their criticisms of Islam were on par with the criticisms of the Catholic Church and of Christianity done by such Western thinkers as Voltaire or Thomas Jefferson.

Although Frawley was very interested, Vance declined, mainly because she did not want to work on a one-on-one basis with Frawley as they already did not get along.

Lynch is now enjoying his football retirement, He is a commentator for Fox Footy and also a panelist on After the Bounce with Jason Dunstall, Danny Frawley and Damien Fleming.

" His current producer is Andrew Gruss although Cynthia Frawley still remains associated with the program in coordinating appearances.

* The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ( 1939 ) with Mickey Rooney, Walter Connolly, and William Frawley

She is married to Fred Mertz, played by William Frawley, with whom she had a career in vaudeville.

* In Search of the Cradle of Civilization: New Light on Ancient India ( Coauthored with Subhash Kak and David Frawley )

Each season's episodes were arranged so that main actor Fred MacMurray could film all of his scenes during two separate intensive blocks of filming for a total of 65 working days on the set ; Frawley and the other actors worked around the absent MacMurray for the remainder of the year's production schedule.

Harper is warned privately in chambers by his political adviser, Charlie Halloran ( William Frawley ), that doing so would be disastrous for his upcoming reelection bid.

Arnaz nonetheless liked Frawley and lobbied hard for him to have the role, even to the point of having Lucy scribes re-tailor the role of Fred Mertz to be a less financially successful and more curmudgeonly ( in contrast to Gale Gordon's Mr. Atterbury ) character to fit Frawley's persona.

In an effort to please Vance, whom he had much respect for, Arnaz proposed doing a spin-off from I Love Lucy called The Mertzes to star Vivian Vance and William Frawley.

In addition to the photo database and discussion forums, the website accepts aviation articles for publishing, has an automatic news service which gathers aviation news, maintains an information database about aircraft types ( based on The International Directory of Civil Aircraft by Gerard Frawley ).

In his biography, Meet the Mertzes, Frawley says he was unhappy being written out of the show and held a grudge against Demarest for taking his job.

Although Frawley acted in over 100 films, he is best known for playing landlord Fred Mertz in the situation comedy I Love Lucy, and " Bub " in the TV series My Three Sons.

For his work on the show, Frawley was Emmy-nominated five times ( for 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1957 ) for " Outstanding Supporting Actor " in a comedy series.

During 1960, Ball and Arnaz gave Frawley and Vance the opportunity to have their own " Fred and Ethel " spin-off series for Desilu Studios.

Frawley next performed for the ABC ( later CBS ) situation comedy My Three Sons, playing live-in grandfather / housekeeper Michael Francis " Bub " O ' Casey beginning in 1960.

According to Frawley, " Sitaram followed a strong rationalistic point of view that did not compromise the truth even for politeness sake.

* I Love Lucy episode titled Staten Island Ferry ( season 5, 1956 )-As the Ricardos and the Mertzes prepare for their ocean voyage to Europe, Fred Mertz ( William Frawley ) struggles gamely but vainly to overcome his chronic seasickness.

In August 2004 he was appointed the senior coach of Richmond for five seasons from 2005, replacing Danny Frawley.

Easts pioneers Dan Frawley ( right ) and Dally Messenger ( left ) in action for NSW in 1912.

Monsieur Verdoux, atypically for a Chaplin film, features some familiar Hollywood actors, including Martha Raye, William Frawley and Fritz Leiber, Sr ..

In 1955 the Frawley Pen Company was acquired by Gillette for $ 15. 5 million.