- Contrary to some stories, James Frawley was not the son of actor William Frawley, who played Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy (1951).
- He has directed one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Muppet Movie (1979).
- Member of the Actors Studio from 1961, trained by Lee Strasberg and Sanford Meisner.
- Began as an actor. Made his Broadway debut in 1960 with Laurence Olivier and Anthony Quinn in the Tony-nominated "Becket".
- Alumnus of the College of Fine Arts (CFA) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU); School of Drama, class of 1959.
- His favorite film was Jean Renoir's "La Regle Du Jeu" (1939).
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