Arthur Franz
54 movies · 65 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 29, 1920
- Died
- Jun 16, 2006 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
- Also known as
- Arthur Sofield Franz
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.
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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.
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Known for
Arthur Franz: movies and TV shows
Acting (119)
- 1982 That Championship Season
as Macken
- 1980 Bogie
as Dr. Bogart
- 1979 Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
as Dick Leonard
- 1977 The Amazing Howard Hughes
as Barnes
- 1977
- 1976
- 1976 Sisters of Death
as Edmond Clybourn
- 1976 The Legend of Loch Ness
as Narrator (voice)
- 1975 F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
as Man at Party
- 1975 The Human Factor
as Gen. Fuller
- 1975
- 1974 Murder or Mercy
as Dr. Raymond Eckworth
- 1974
- 1973 So Long, Blue Boy
as Ed Rilke
- 1973
- 1973
- 1972
- 1972
- 1971
- 1971
- 1971
- 1971 The Million Dollar Duck
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
- 1970
- 1970 Dream No Evil
as John
- 1969
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968
- 1968 Anzio
as Maj. Gen. Luke Howard
- 1968 The Sweet Ride
as Army Psychiatrist
- 1967
- 1967
- 1967
- 1966 Alvarez Kelly
as Capt. Towers
- 1966
- 1966
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964 The Carpetbaggers
as Morrissey
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962
- 1961
- 1960
- 1960
- 1959 The Atomic Submarine
as Richard "Reef" Holloway
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958 Monster on the Campus
as Donald Blake
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 The Young Lions
as Lt. Green
- 1958 The Flame Barrier
as Dave Hollister
- 1957 The Devil's Hairpin
as Danny Rhinegold
- 1957 Perry Mason · TV
as Danny Harrison / Richard Vanaman / Mayor James M. Henderson / Evans / Ray Ogilvie · 5 episodes
- 1957
- 1957 Back from the Dead
as Dick Anthony
- 1957 The Unholy Wife
as Father Stephen Hochen
- 1957 Hellcats of the Navy
as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
- 1956 The Wild Party
as Lt. Arthur Mitchell
- 1956 Running Target
as Scott
- 1956
- 1956 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
as Bob Hale
- 1956 Once to Every Woman
as David
- 1955 Bobby Ware Is Missing
as George Ware
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 New Orleans Uncensored
as Dan Corbett
- 1955
- 1955 Battle Taxi
as Lt. Pete Stacey
- 1954 The Steel Cage
as Chaplain Harvey, segment "The Face"
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 The Caine Mutiny
as Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.
- 1954 With This Ring
as Frederick Miller
- 1953 The Eddie Cantor Story
as Harry Harris
- 1953 Bad for Each Other
as Dr. Jim Crowley
- 1953 Flight Nurse
as Capt. Mike Barnes
- 1953 Invaders from Mars
as Dr. Stuart Kelston
- 1952 The Member of the Wedding
as Jarvis Addams
- 1952 Eight Iron Men
as Carter
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 The Sniper
as Eddie Miller
- 1952 Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
as Phil Young
- 1951
- 1951 Flight to Mars
as Dr. Jim Barker
- 1951 Submarine Command
as Lt. Arnie Carlson
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · TV
as Steve Jordan / Larry Fleming / Chris Grine / Sgt. Douglas Renfrew / Chris Mather · 7 episodes
- 1951 Strictly Dishonorable
as Henry Greene
- 1951 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Tommy Nelson
- 1950 Three Secrets
as Paul Radin
- 1950 Tarnished
as Bud Dolliver
- 1950
- 1950 Sands of Iwo Jima
as Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator
- 1949 Roseanna McCoy
as Thad Wilkins
- 1949 Red Light
as Fr. Jess Torno
- 1949
- 1949 Red Stallion In The Rockies
as Thad Avery
- 1949 The Price of Freedom
as Fred Vollmer
- 1948
- 1948 Jungle Patrol
as Lt. 'Mace' Willard
- 1948
- 1947
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 1953
- 1952 Omnibus
2 episodes