James Frawley


James Joseph Frawley was an American director and actor. He was a member of the Actors Studio since around 1961. He was best known for directing The Muppet Movie, and The Monkees television series.
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Career

Born in Houston, Texas, Frawley had a short-lived acting career, appearing in supporting roles in film and television from 1963 to 1966. A memorable appearance was the role of Hawaii District Attorney Alvarez in the 1965 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Feather Cloak." In 1966, he was hired as a director for the new series The Monkees, he ended up directing half of the series 58 episodes.
He began a career of over four decades as a director. TV series he directed included Cagney & Lacey, ''Magnum, P.I., Smallville, Ghost Whisperer, and Judging Amy, along with many others. He directed occasional feature films and television films, most notably The Muppet Movie in 1979, in which he also had a cameo. His last acting role was that of a bartender in TV's American Gothic in 1996.
He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series in 1967 for the episode "Royal Flush" of The Monkees, and was nominated for the same award the following year for another Monkees'' episode, "The Devil and Peter Tork."
Frawley died from a heart attack while at home in Indian Wells, California, on January 22, 2019, at the age of 82.

Filmography

Director

The Monkees That Girl The Christian Licorice Store Kid Blue The Big Bus Columbo The Eddie Capra Mysteries The Muppet Movie The Great American Traffic Jam Magnum, P.I. Scarecrow and Mrs. King Cagney & Lacey Fraternity Vacation Spies, Lies and Naked Thighs Father Dowling Mysteries Law & Order Picket Fences Chicago Hope Ally McBeal - PilotOn the 2nd Day of Christmas Sins of the Mind Vengeance Unlimited The Three Stooges Ghost Whisperer Smallville Judging Amy Notes from the Underbelly Dirty Sexy Money Grey's Anatomy

Actor

Greenwich Village Story - NormanLadybug Ladybug - Truck DriverThe Troublemaker - Sal Kelly / Sol Kelly / Judge KellyThe Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Max / Lieutenant ManueraThe Outer Limits - Pvt. Robert RenaldoGunsmoke - Outlaw FurnasThe Dick Van Dyke Show - Joe GalardiMcHale's Navy - The German Sergeant / The German NoncomThe Monkees - Voice on telephone / Mr. Schneider / Rudy Bayshore Hogan's Heroes - Gestapo CaptainMy Favorite Martian - Mr. FrisbyBlue Light - Ehrlich