Arthur Franz
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 29, 1920
- Died
- June 16, 2006 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Biography
Arthur Franz (February 29, 1920 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey – June 17, 2006) was a B-movie actor whose most notable role was as Lieutenant, Junior Grade H. Paynter, Jr. in The Caine Mutiny. He also appeared in Roseanna McCoy (1949), Invaders from Mars (1953), Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) and The Unholy Wife (1957), among others. In The Sniper (1952), he played a rare movie lead in the film's title role as a tormented killer. In addition to films, Franz was a familiar face on American television, appearing on dozen of television programs including Crossroads, Perry Mason, The F.B.I., The Mod Squad, Custer, The Virginian and Rawhide. Franz portrayed Congressman Charles A. Halleck in the 1974, made for TV film, The Missiles of October. Franz's last film role was in That Championship Season in 1982. Franz's interest in acting developed when he was a high school student. During World War II, Franz served as a B-24 Liberator navigator in the United States Army Air Forces. He was shot down over Romania and incarcerated in a POW camp, from which he escaped. Franz died in Oxnard, California at the age of 86 from emphysema and heart disease. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Franz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
That Championship Season
Movie · as Macken
Bogie
Movie · as Dr. Bogart
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
Movie · as Dick Leonard
The Amazing Howard Hughes
Movie · as Barnes
The Amazing Howard Hughes
TV · as Barnes · 2 eps
Sisters of Death
Movie · as Edmond Clybourn
The Legend of Loch Ness
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
TV · as Sen. Jones · 2 eps
The Human Factor
Movie · as Gen. Fuller
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
Movie · as Man at Party
Medical Story
TV · as Crowell · 1 ep
Murder or Mercy
Movie · as Dr. Raymond Eckworth
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV · as Dr. Wayne Carlton · 1 ep
So Long, Blue Boy
Movie · as Ed Rilke
Police Story
TV · 1 ep
Barnaby Jones
TV · as Morgan Walding · 1 ep
The Rookies
TV · 1 ep
The Waltons
TV · as Police Chief Moresdale · 1 ep
The Million Dollar Duck
Movie · as Prosecutor (uncredited)
Cannon
TV · 1 ep
Primus
TV · 1 ep
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
TV · as Laird Holden, Caroll Shaw · 1 ep
Dream No Evil
Movie · as John
McCloud
TV · 1 ep
Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Del Enright · 1 ep
Anzio
Movie · as Maj. Gen. Luke Howard
The Sweet Ride
Movie · as Army Psychiatrist
Land of the Giants
TV · as Dr. Franzen · 1 ep
The Mod Squad
TV · as Dr. Sam Berger, Sims, William Jeffers Sr., Arthur Westphal · 1 ep
The Outcasts
TV · 1 ep
Lancer
TV · 1 ep
Mannix
TV · as Father Vale · 1 ep
Custer
TV · 1 ep
The Invaders
TV · as Capt. Jim Trent · 1 ep
Alvarez Kelly
Movie · as Capt. Towers
Mission: Impossible
TV · as First Minister Andre Picard, Dr. Adler · 1 ep
Tarzan
TV · 1 ep
The F.B.I.
TV · as John Caldwell, Joseph Daly, Carl Stokely, Stacy Merriman, Neil · 1 ep
The Carpetbaggers
Movie · as Morrissey
Profiles in Courage
TV · as James Madison · 1 ep
The Bing Crosby Show
TV · 1 ep
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
TV · as Archer · 1 ep
The Fugitive
TV · as Bus Driver · 1 ep
Mr. Novak
TV · as Det. Sgt. Sol Moss · 2 eps
Saints and Sinners
TV · as Everett Harper · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Fitz Warren, Sheriff Mike Miller · 1 ep
Ichabod and Me
TV · 1 ep
Checkmate
TV · 1 ep
The Chevy Mystery Show
TV · as Simon Dow · 1 ep
The Atomic Submarine
Movie · as Richard "Reef" Holloway
Bourbon Street Beat
TV · 1 ep
Rawhide
TV · as Sheriff Art Harris, Charles Fredericks / C. F. Roper · 1 ep
One Step Beyond
TV · as Kevin Stacy · 1 ep
Men Into Space
TV · 1 ep
The Alaskans
TV · 1 ep
World of Giants
TV · 13 eps
Hawaiian Eye
TV · as Harry Lytton, Paul Hoyt · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Asa Moran · 1 ep
The Deputy
TV · as Herb Caldwell · 1 ep
Monster on the Campus
Movie · as Donald Blake
The Young Lions
Movie · as Lt. Green
The Flame Barrier
Movie · as Dave Hollister
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV · as John Garth · 1 ep
77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Dr. Alex Conley, Lieutenant Rudy · 1 ep
The Unholy Wife
Movie · as Father Stephen Hochen
Hellcats of the Navy
Movie · as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
Back from the Dead
Movie · as Dick Anthony
The Devil's Hairpin
Movie · as Danny Rhinegold
Perry Mason
TV · as Danny Harrison, Richard Vanaman, Mayor James M. Henderson, Evans, Ray Ogilvie · 1 ep
Wagon Train
TV · as Dan Highet, Nathan Forge · 1 ep
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Movie · as Bob Hale
The Wild Party
Movie · as Lt. Arthur Mitchell
Running Target
Movie · as Scott
Once to Every Woman
Movie · as David
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Lee Brand · 1 ep
New Orleans Uncensored
Movie · as Dan Corbett
Bobby Ware Is Missing
Movie · as George Ware
Battle Taxi
Movie · as Lt. Pete Stacey
Gunsmoke
TV · as Red · 1 ep
The Millionaire
TV · as Carl Nelson, Frank Harrigan · 1 ep
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV · as Howard Boulder, Ben Macready · 1 ep
Crossroads
TV · as Father Robert W. Greene · 1 ep
The Caine Mutiny
Movie · as Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.
The Steel Cage
Movie · as Chaplain Harvey, segment "The Face"
With This Ring
Movie · as Frederick Miller
Climax!
TV · as Dick Crosby, Dr. Joyce, Walt, Franco · 1 ep
The Whistler
TV · 3 eps
Studio 57
TV · 1 ep
Lassie
TV · as Professor Standish · 1 ep
Invaders from Mars
Movie · as Dr. Stuart Kelston
Bad for Each Other
Movie · as Dr. Jim Crowley
Flight Nurse
Movie · as Capt. Mike Barnes
The Eddie Cantor Story
Movie · as Harry Harris
Three Lives
Movie · as Self
The Sniper
Movie · as Eddie Miller
Eight Iron Men
Movie · as Carter
The Member of the Wedding
Movie · as Jarvis Addams
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
Movie · as Phil Young
Omnibus
TV · as Fred · 1 ep
Cavalcade of America
TV · as Dr. William Gorgas, Casimir Pulaski · 1 ep
Four Star Playhouse
TV · as David, Richard · 1 ep
The Ford Television Theatre
TV · as David Chandler, Joe Newbury · 1 ep
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Movie · as Tommy Nelson
Flight to Mars
Movie · as Dr. Jim Barker
Submarine Command
Movie · as Lt. Arnie Carlson
Strictly Dishonorable
Movie · as Henry Greene
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Henry Ford, Hack Wiles · 1 ep
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Steve Jordan, Larry Fleming, Chris Grine, Sgt. Douglas Renfrew, Chris Mather · 1 ep
Three Secrets
Movie · as Paul Radin
Sands of Iwo Jima
Movie · as Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator
Tarnished
Movie · as Bud Dolliver
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · as Dr. Craig's Son · 1 ep
The Price of Freedom
Movie · as Fred Vollmer
Red Light
Movie · as Fr. Jess Torno
Roseanna McCoy
Movie · as Thad Wilkins
Red Stallion In The Rockies
Movie · as Thad Avery
The Lone Ranger
TV · as Nat Parker · 1 ep
Jungle Patrol
Movie · as Lt. 'Mace' Willard
Studio One
TV · 2 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · as Norman · 1 ep
Kraft Television Theatre
TV · 3 eps