Biography
William Gerald Franey (June 23, 1889 – December 6, 1940) was an American film actor.Born in Chicago in 1889, Franey appeared in more than 400 films between 1914 and 1941, mostly playing comedic roles. He was an actor of disheveled appearance and fuzzy mustache, usually in a suit a couple of sizes too big. His late career included numerous uncredited appearances in classics like Bringing Up Baby, and he also appeared as the father-in-law of Edgar Kennedy in several of his series of short comedies.
Franey contracted influenza and died from complications involving the illness in 1940.in his funeral the Mouners were Gale Henry, Vivian Oakland, Milburn Morante, Edgar Kennedy, and Max Asher (actor)
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Filmography
all 115
Movies 115
Director 1
Vivien's Father
Drafted in the Depot (1940)
Movie
Banjo player
The Fargo Kid (1940)
Movie
Vivien's Father
A Trailer Tragedy (1940)
Movie
Abernathy
Triple Justice (1940)
Movie
Vivien's Pop
Sunk by the Census (1940)
Movie
Soap Customer (uncredited)
Stage to Chino (1940)
Movie
Vivien's Father
'Taint Legal (1940)
Movie
Edgar's Father-in-Law
Mutiny in the County (1940)
Movie
Old Bathing Gent (uncredited)
Bullet Code (1940)
Movie
Street Shooting Witness (uncredited)
The Saint's Double Trouble (1940)
Movie
4.78
Pop - Vivien's Father
Kennedy the Great (1939)
Movie
Dance Bartender (uncredited)
The Marshal Of Mesa City (1939)
Movie
Pop - Vivien's Father
Maid to Order (1939)
Movie
Vivien's Father
Baby Daze (1939)
Movie
Drunk (uncredited)
Panama Lady (1939)
Movie
(uncredited)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Movie
5.6
Vivien's Father
Clock Wise (1939)
Movie
Hobo Witness at End
Next Time I Marry (1938)
Movie
Bill
A Clean Sweep (1938)
Movie
Pop, Vivien's Father
Beaux and Errors (1938)
Movie
Florence's Father
Ears of Experience (1938)
Movie
Actor
The Dummy Owner (1938)
Movie
Walter
Quick Money (1937)
Movie
Pop, Florence's father
Edgar & Goliath (1937)
Movie
Vivien's Father
Tramp Trouble (1937)
Movie
News Vendor
Exclusive (1937)
Movie
Painter
Dumb's the Word (1937)
Movie
Barfly (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1936)
Movie
Man with Pitchfork
Dummy Ache (1936)
Movie
Actor
Wholesailing Along (1936)
Movie
Prisoner
Give Us This Night (1936)
Movie
Barbecue Cook
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936)
Movie
Man Outside Bank
Border Brigands (1935)
Movie
Joseph - Squared Circle Waiter
The Dancing Millionaire (1934)
Movie
Old Prospector (uncredited)
'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934)
Movie
Exterminator
The Fuller Gush Man (1934)
Movie
Henchman in the Stump
The Star Packer (1934)
Movie
Henchman in the Stump
The Shadow Gang (1934)
Movie
The Informer
Western Racketeers (1934)
Movie
Oscar
No More Women (1934)
Movie
Tony (as Billie Franey)
War of the Range (1933)
Movie
Postmaster Dan
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo (1933)
Movie
Leyton's Friend at Campfire
The Gallant Fool (1933)
Movie
Shorty
Somewhere in Sonora (1933)
Movie
Jimmy, trash collector (uncredited)
The Night of June 13 (1932)
Movie
Chuck Wagon Cook
Come On, Tarzan (1932)
Movie
Long Shirt Charlie
The Iceman's Ball (1932)
Movie
The Miracle Man (1932)
Movie
Janitor
Dumb Dicks (1932)
Movie
First Miner
Guests Wanted (1932)
Movie
Carry All Roach
Partners (1932)
Movie
Ice Man
Forgotten Women (1931)
Movie
Ready
Freighters of Destiny (1931)
Movie
Bartender
The Avenger (1931)
Movie
Railroad Man at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
Love Among the Millionaires (1930)
Movie
Circus Cafe Waiter
Loose Ankles (1930)
Movie
Baggage Man
The Broadway Hoofer (1929)
Movie
Smitty's Father
Uncle's Visit (1929)
Movie
Actor
Anne Against the World (1929)
Movie
Actor
No Children (1929)
Movie
Wild West Show Member
The Royal Rider (1929)
Movie
Judge Boggs
Cheyenne (1929)
Movie
Jimmy Bacon
The Glorious Trail (1928)
Movie
Romance of a Rogue (1928)
Movie
Buzzard Koke
The Canyon of Adventure (1928)
Movie
'One Punch' (as William Franey)
Under the Tonto Rim (1928)
Movie
Joe
She's a Sheik (1927)
Movie
Taxi Driver
Out All Night (1927)
Movie
A Strange Stranger
Custard's Last Stand (1927)
Movie
Mike
The Royal American (1927)
Movie
One-Round Hogan
Red Signals (1927)
Movie
Drunken witness
Not Guilty! (1926)
Movie
Nick
King of the Saddle (1926)
Movie
Goofy Bill
Fangs of Vengeance (1926)
Movie
Posty McShanigan
Code of the Northwest (1926)
Movie
'Extra' Long
The Dead Line (1926)
Movie
Cameraman
She's a Prince (1926)
Movie
Soup Conley
The King of the Turf (1926)
Movie
Pete
S.O.S. Perils of the Sea (1925)
Movie
Actor
Salute (1925)
Movie
Harry Ruby
The Great Sensation (1925)
Movie
Oswald Bliffing
Kit Carson Over the Great Divide (1925)
Movie
Man in the Skating
All Out (1925)
Movie
Actor
The Iron Mule (1925)
Movie
Actor
Let Him Buck (1924)
Movie
Actor
Circus Lure (1924)
Movie
Actor
The Flower Girl (1924)
Movie
The Private
The White Panther (1924)
Movie
Thief
Our Pet (1924)
Movie
Lysander Sprowl
The Town Scandal (1923)
Movie
Bob Wood
Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922)
Movie
The Cook
A Western Demon (1922)
Movie
Actor
The Janitor (1921)
Movie
Actor
The Plumber (1921)
Movie
Actor
Why Worry (1921)
Movie
Lead
The New Member (1921)
Movie
Bill
The Chef (1921)
Movie
Actor
The Bath Dub (1921)
Movie
Actor
The Cameraman (1920)
Movie
Actor
The Moonshiner (1920)
Movie
Actor
The Paper Hangers (1920)
Movie
Billy
The Water Plug (1920)
Movie
Trouble (1920)
Movie
The Yellow Dog Catcher (1919)
Movie
Actor
The Masked Marvels (1917)
Movie
Damon
When Damon Fell for Pythias (1917)
Movie
Alonzo
A Shadowed Shadow (1916)
Movie
John
The Inspector's Double (1916)
Movie
Bill Bones - the Village Undertaker
She Wrote a Play and Played It (1916)
Movie
Charley
Bashful Charley's Proposal (1916)
Movie
Director
What the River Foretold (1915)
Movie
Her Uncle, an Egyptologist
A Millionaire for a Minute (1915)
Movie
The Chief of Police
Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry (1915)
Movie
The Bank Clerk - the Girl's Sweeheart
Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in Baffles Aids Cupid (1915)
Movie
The Chief of Police
Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in the Great Egg Robbery (1915)
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1889-06-23
Deathday1940-12-06 (51 years old)
Birth PlaceChicago, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsWilliam Gerald Franey, William Franey, Wm. Franey, Bill Franey, Billie Franey
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