Posted on 02/26/2014 5:04:49 PM PST by lowbridge
I always thought Fred was the funniest one in the show.
My Mother always thought Lucy was just silly.
My Sister named her Daughter “Jennifer”. I think at one time half of all girls were named Jennifer.
I was a kid when I Love Lucy came on TV. I have to agree with both you and your Mom but at that time it was the combination I guess that’s made the show so popular. I definitely thought the humor of Fred was the best.
Even as a kid I thought Desi was funny but couldn’t understand how he’d been a singing and musical talent, he couldn’t carry a tune in a basket. LOL
IRC I've read that he wasn't particularly well liked by anyone associated with the show.He apparently had a liking for the bottle which,if true,would lend credence to stories of unpopularity.
He was very difficult to work with according to many affiliated with the show. Just an SOB on and off the set.
They couldn't get over how he buckled them so high up his belly.
"I was waiting for the episode where Fred's pants were buckled so high up that they covered his head."
He was also on My Three Sons before William Demarest.
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“”Actor (135 credits)
1965 The Lucy Show (TV Series)
The Trainer
- Lucy and the Countess Have a Horse Guest (1965) ... The Trainer
1960-1965 My Three Sons (TV Series)
Michael Francis ‘Bub’ O’Casey
- A Woman’s Work (1965) ... Michael Francis ‘Bub’ O’Casey
- Divorce, Bryant Park Style (1964) ... Michael Francis ‘Bub’ O’Casey
- Robbie and the Nurse (1964) ... Michael Francis ‘Bub’ O’Casey
- The In-Law Whammy (1964) ... Michael Francis ‘Bub’ O’Casey
- You’re in My Power (1964) ... Michael Francis ‘Bub’ O’Casey
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1964 My Living Doll (TV Series)
Det. Gladwin
- Doctor Is In (1964) ... Det. Gladwin
1964 Summer Playhouse (TV Series)
Cameo
- The Apartment House (1964) ... Cameo
1962 Safe at Home!
Bill Turner
1960/I No Place Like Home (TV Movie)
1957-1960 The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (TV Series)
Fred Mertz
- Lucy Meets the Mustache (1960) ... Fred Mertz
- The Ricardos Go to Japan (1959) ... Fred Mertz
- Milton Berle Hides at the Ricardos (1959) ... Fred Mertz
- Lucy’s Summer Vacation (1959) ... Fred Mertz
- Lucy Wants a Career (1959) ... Fred Mertz
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1959 The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (TV Series)
Jim Comstock
- The Card Shark (1959) ... Jim Comstock
1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series)
Joe Grady
- The Comeback (1959) ... Joe Grady
1958 The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series)
Mr. Thomas
- Freddie and the Turkey Dinner (1958) ... Mr. Thomas
1951-1957 I Love Lucy (TV Series)
Fred Mertz
- The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue (1957) ... Fred Mertz
- Lucy Raises Tulips (1957) ... Fred Mertz
- Country Club Dance (1957) ... Fred Mertz
- Building a Bar-B-Q (1957) ... Fred Mertz
- Housewarming (1957) ... Fred Mertz
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1956 I Love Lucy Christmas Show (TV Movie)
Fred Mertz
1955 Damon Runyon Theater (TV Series)
- Bunny on the Beach (1955)
1955 Shower of Stars (TV Series)
Gabby Mullins
- High Pitch (1955) ... Gabby Mullins
1954 The Loretta Young Show (TV Series)
Sam
- Dear Madge (1954) ... Sam
1954 The Milton Berle Show (TV Series)
Fred Mertz
- Episode #6.23 (1954) ... Fred Mertz
1954 The Dirty Look (Short)
1953 I Love Lucy
Fred Mertz / Himself
1952 Rancho Notorious
Baldy Gunder
1951 Rhubarb
Len Sickles
1950-1951 The Bigelow Theatre (TV Series)
- Room for Improvement (1951)
- The First Hundred Years (1951)
- Papa Romani (1950)
1951 The Lemon Drop Kid
Gloomy Willie
1951 Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
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1950 Pretty Baby
Corcoran
1950 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Byers
1950 The Silver Theatre (TV Series)
- The First Hundred Years (1950)
- Papa Romani (1950) ... (as Bill Frawley)
1950 Kill the Umpire
Jimmy O’Brien
1950 Blondie’s Hero
Marty Greer
1949 East Side, West Side
Bill the Bartender
1949 The Lady Takes a Sailor
Oliver Harker
1949 Red Light
Hotel Night Clerk
1949 Home in San Antone
O’Fleery
1949 Your Show Time (TV Series)
- The Lady or the Tiger (1949)
1949 The Lone Wolf and His Lady
Inspector J.D. Crane
1949 Chicken Every Sunday
George Kirby
1948 The Girl from Manhattan
Mr. Bernouti
1948 Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Knobby Walsh
1948 Good Sam
Tom Moore
1948 The Babe Ruth Story
Jack Dunn
1948 Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Agent
1947 My Wild Irish Rose
William Scanlon
1947 Blondie’s Anniversary
Sharkey, the Loan Shark
1947 Down to Earth
Police Lieutenant
1947 Mother Wore Tights
Mr. Schneider
1947 I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now
Jim Mason
1947 Miracle on 34th Street
Charlie Halloran
1947 Monsieur Verdoux
Jean La Salle
1947 Hit Parade of 1947
Harry Holmes
1946 Crime Doctor’s Man Hunt
Police Inspector Harry B. Manning
1946 The Inner Circle
Det. Lt. Webb
1946 Rendezvous with Annie
Gen. Trent
1946 The Virginian
Honey Wiggen
1945 Ziegfeld Follies
Martin (’A Sweepstakes Ticket’)
1945 Lady on a Train
Desk Sgt. Brennan
1945 Hitchhike to Happiness
Sandy Hill
1945 Flame of Barbary Coast
Wolf Wylie
1944 Lake Placid Serenade
Jiggers
1944 Minstrel Man
1944 Going My Way
Max Dolan - the Publisher (uncredited)
1944 The Fighting Seabees
Eddie Powers
1943 Whistling in Brooklyn
Detective Ramsey
1943 Larceny with Music
Mike Simms
1943 We’ve Never Been Licked
Traveling Salesman
1942 Gentleman Jim
Billy Delaney
1942 Moonlight in Havana
Barney Crane
1942 Wildcat
Oliver Westbrook
1942 Give Out, Sisters
Harrison
1942 It Happened in Flatbush
Sam Sloan
1942 Roxie Hart
O’Malley
1942 Treat ‘Em Rough
‘Hotfoot’
1942 The Yankee Doodler (Short)
1941 Public Enemies
Bang
1941 The Bride Came C.O.D.
Sheriff McGee
1941 Cracked Nuts
James Mitchell
1941 Blondie in Society
Waldo Pincus
1941 Footsteps in the Dark
Det. ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins
1941 Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga
Chauncey Beheegan
1940 Sandy Gets Her Man
Police Chief J. A. O’Hara
1940 Dancing on a Dime
Mac
1940 One Night in the Tropics
Roscoe
1940 The Quarterback
Coach
1940 Rhythm on the River
Mr. Westlake
1940 Golden Gloves
Emory Balzar
1940 Untamed
Les Woodbury
1940 Those Were the Days!
Prisoner (uncredited)
1940 Opened by Mistake
Matt Kingsley
1940 The Farmer’s Daughter
Scoop Trimble
1939 Stop, Look and Love
Joe Haller
1939 Night Work
Bruiser Brown, the Family Friend
1939 Grand Jury Secrets
Bright Eyes
1939 Ex-Champ
Mushy Harrington
1939 Rose of Washington Square
Harry Long
1939 Persons in Hiding
Alec Inglis
1939 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The ‘Duke’
1939 St. Louis Blues
Maj. Martingale
1939 Ambush
Inspector J.L. Weber
1938 Touchdown, Army
Jack Heffernan
1938 Sons of the Legion
Uncle Willie Lee
1938 Professor Beware
Snoop Donlan
1938 Mad About Music
Dusty Turner
1937 Blossoms on Broadway
Frances X. Rush
1937 Something to Sing About
Hank Meyers
1937 Double or Nothing
John Pederson
1937 High, Wide, and Handsome
Mac
1936 Rose Bowl
‘Soapy’ Moreland
1936 Three Married Men
Bill Mullins
1936 The General Died at Dawn
Brighton
1936 Three Cheers for Love
Milton Shakespeare
1936 The Princess Comes Across
Benton
1936 F-Man
Detective Rogan
1936 Desire
Mr. Gibson
1936 Strike Me Pink
Mr. Copple
1935 Ship Cafe
Briney O’Brien
1935 Harmony Lane
Edwin P. ‘Ed’ Christy
1935 It’s a Great Life
Lt. McNulty
1935 Welcome Home
Painless
1935 College Scandal
Chief of Police Magoun
1935 Alibi Ike
Cap
1935 Hold ‘Em Yale
Sunshine Joe
1935 Roberta
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1935 Car 99
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1934 Here Is My Heart
James Smith
1934 The Lemon Drop Kid
William Dunhill
1934 Shoot the Works
Larry Hale
1934 The Witching Hour
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1934 The Crime Doctor
Fraser
1934 Bolero
Mike DeBaere
1934 Miss Fane’s Baby Is Stolen
Captain Murphy
1933 Hell and High Water
Milton J. Bunsey
1933 Moonlight and Pretzels
Mac
1929 Fancy That (Short)
Percy
1929 Turkey for Two (Short)
Convict
1925 Should Husbands Be Watched? (Short)
Beat Cop (unconfirmed)
1916 Persistent Percival (Short)
Billy
1916 Lord Loveland Discovers America
Tony Kidd””
A very young (and blonde) Lucille Ball was in the FIRST Three Stooges short film.
I remember reading somewhere that he was an alcoholic. Not sure if true or not but that might explain why he was difficult to work with.
Well, if you’re talking about the football-themed short, prominently featuring Ball, “Three Little Pigskins,” it was actually the 3rd or 4th Three Stooges short.
In the first short, “Woman Haters” (also from 1934), Marjorie White was the blonde. A funny little comedienne, she died in a car wreck the following year. But technically, this Columbia film, even though starring the Stooges, was really part of a “Musical Novelties” series of shorts that the studio did. It was still packaged in with the syndicated Stooge films years later, though. The next short, the first ‘official’ Stooge one, would have been “Punch Drunks.”
Of course, even before those were the dozen or so MGM Stooge shorts, which featured Ted Healy lording over them. Never thought too much of those.
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