- Acting films
- 52
- Acting avg
- 6.74
- Peak run
- 1935’42
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
William by the numbers
Average
6.74
18 rated films
Vote weighted
6.78
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.48
rating spread
Career
29y
1934 to 1962
Total votes
2.77K
across every film
Best
7.7
Monsieur Verdoux
Worst
6.0
Ziegfeld Follies
Newest first
Filmography
| 1962 |  Safe at Home! | Bill Turner | · | 6 |
| 1953 |  I Love Lucy: The Movie | Fred Mertz / Self | · | 8 |
| 1952 |  Rancho Notorious | Baldy Gunder | 6.5 | 130 |
| 1951 |  Rhubarb | Len Sickles | · | 9 |
| 1951 |  The Lemon Drop Kid | Gloomy Willie | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1951 |  Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man | Det. Roberts | 6.3 | 123 |
| 1950 |  Pretty Baby | Corcoran | · | 5 |
| 1950 |  Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Byers | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1950 |  Kill the Umpire | Jimmy O'Brien | · | 7 |
| 1949 |  East Side, West Side | Bill the Bartender | 7.1 | 26 |
| 1949 |  The Lady Takes a Sailor | Oliver Harker | · | 9 |
| 1949 |  Red Light | Hotel Night Clerk | · | 24 |
| 1949 |  Chicken Every Sunday | George Kirby | · | 5 |
| 1948 |  Good Sam | Tom | · | 24 |
| 1948 |  The Babe Ruth Story | Jack Dunn | · | 8 |
| 1948 |  Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven | Agent | · | 4 |
| 1947 |  My Wild Irish Rose | William Scanlon | · | 7 |
| 1947 |  Down to Earth | Police Lieutenant | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1947 |  Mother Wore Tights | Mr. Schneider | · | 11 |
| 1947 |  Miracle on 34th Street | Charlie Halloran | 7.4 | 876 |
Better together?
William Frawley's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Norman Taurog and William Frawley movies
Takes