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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 29, 1920
Died
June 16, 2006
Place of Birth
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
- Arthur Sofield Franz
Arthur Franz
0.9 Popularity
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
5.1
Macken
That Championship Season
1982
5.0
Dr. Bogart
Bogie
1980
0.0
Dick Leonard
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
1979
6.0
Barnes
The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977
8.6
Sen. Jones
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
3.9
Edmond Clybourn
Sisters of Death
1976
5.0
Narrator (voice)
The Legend of Loch Ness
1976
3.5
Man at Party
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
1975
5.7
Gen. Fuller
The Human Factor
1975
0.0
Dr. Raymond Eckworth
Murder or Mercy
1974
Credits
That Championship Season
as Macken
1982
5.1
Bogie
as Dr. Bogart
1980
5.0
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
as Dick Leonard
1979
0.0
The Amazing Howard Hughes
as Barnes
1977
6.0
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
as Sen. Jones
1976
8.6
Sisters of Death
as Edmond Clybourn
1976
3.9
The Legend of Loch Ness
as Narrator (voice)
1976
5.0
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
as Man at Party
1975
3.5
The Human Factor
as Gen. Fuller
1975
5.7
Murder or Mercy
as Dr. Raymond Eckworth
1974
0.0
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Wayne Carlton
1974
7.2
So Long, Blue Boy
as Ed Rilke
1973
1.0
Police Story
1973
6.9
Barnaby Jones
as Morgan Walding
1973
6.9
The Waltons
as Police Chief Moresdale
1972
7.1
The Rookies
1972
6.8
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Caroll Shaw
1971
6.3
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Laird Holden
1971
6.3
🎬
Primus
1971
5.0
Cannon
1971
6.5
The Million Dollar Duck
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
1971
5.8
McCloud
1970
7.1
Dream No Evil
as John
1970
5.6
The Mod Squad
as Dr. Sam Berger
1968
6.3
The Mod Squad
as Arthur Westphal
1968
6.3
The Mod Squad
as Sims
1968
6.3
The Mod Squad
as William Jeffers Sr.
1968
6.3
Lancer
1968
4.7
The Outcasts
1968
5.3
Land of the Giants
as Dr. Franzen
1968
6.7
Hawaii Five-O
as Del Enright
1968
7.1
Anzio
as Maj. Gen. Luke Howard
1968
5.7
The Sweet Ride
as Army Psychiatrist
1968
4.8
Mannix
as Father Vale
1967
6.7
Custer
1967
6.0
The Invaders
as Capt. Jim Trent
1967
6.8
Alvarez Kelly
as Capt. Towers
1966
6.2
Mission: Impossible
as First Minister Andre Picard
1966
7.6
Mission: Impossible
as Dr. Adler
1966
7.6
Tarzan
1966
6.7
The F.B.I.
as John Caldwell
1965
5.5
The F.B.I.
as Joseph Daly
1965
5.5
The F.B.I.
as Carl Stokely
1965
5.5
The F.B.I.
as Stacy Merriman
1965
5.5
The F.B.I.
as Neil
1965
5.5
🎬
Profiles in Courage
as James Madison
1964
5.0
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Archer
1964
7.8
The Bing Crosby Show
1964
5.0
The Carpetbaggers
as Morrissey
1964
5.8
Mr. Novak
as Det. Sgt. Sol Moss
1963
6.5
The Fugitive
as Bus Driver
1963
7.2
The Virginian
as Fitz Warren
1962
6.5
The Virginian
as Sheriff Mike Miller
1962
6.5
Saints and Sinners
as Everett Harper
1962
6.0
Ichabod and Me
1961
5.0
Checkmate
1960
4.1
🎬
The Chevy Mystery Show
as Simon Dow
1960
6.3
The Atomic Submarine
as Richard "Reef" Holloway
1959
5.3
Hawaiian Eye
as Harry Lytton
1959
5.2
Hawaiian Eye
as Paul Hoyt
1959
5.2
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
5.0
The Alaskans
1959
5.5
Men Into Space
1959
7.0
Bonanza
as Asa Moran
1959
7.5
The Deputy
as Herb Caldwell
1959
6.2
World of Giants
1959
4.0
One Step Beyond
as Kevin Stacy
1959
5.6
Rawhide
as Sheriff Art Harris
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Charles Fredericks / C. F. Roper
1959
7.2
Monster on the Campus
as Donald Blake
1958
6.1
77 Sunset Strip
as Dr. Alex Conley
1958
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Lieutenant Rudy
1958
6.7
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as John Garth
1958
6.9
The Young Lions
as Lt. Green
1958
6.7
The Flame Barrier
as Dave Hollister
1958
4.2
The Devil's Hairpin
as Danny Rhinegold
1957
5.0
Perry Mason
as Danny Harrison
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Richard Vanaman
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Mayor James M. Henderson
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Evans
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Ray Ogilvie
1957
7.7
Wagon Train
as Nathan Forge
1957
6.3
Wagon Train
as Dan Highet
1957
6.3
Back from the Dead
as Dick Anthony
1957
4.8
The Unholy Wife
as Father Stephen Hochen
1957
4.6
Hellcats of the Navy
as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
1957
4.3
The Wild Party
as Lt. Arthur Mitchell
1956
5.8
Running Target
as Scott
1956
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Lee Brand
1956
5.5
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
as Bob Hale
1956
6.9
Once to Every Woman
as David
1956
0.0
Bobby Ware Is Missing
as George Ware
1955
7.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Howard Boulder
1955
5.4
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Ben Macready
1955
5.4
Gunsmoke
as Red
1955
6.6
New Orleans Uncensored
as Dan Corbett
1955
4.5
The Millionaire
as Carl Nelson
1955
5.0
The Millionaire
as Frank Harrigan
1955
5.0
Battle Taxi
as Lt. Pete Stacey
1955
5.4
The Steel Cage
as Chaplain Harvey, segment "The Face"
1954
0.0
Climax!
as Dick Crosby
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Dr. Joyce
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Walt
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Franco
1954
3.3
Studio 57
1954
0.0
Lassie
as Professor Standish
1954
6.1
🎬
The Whistler
1954
0.0
The Caine Mutiny
as Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.
1954
7.2
With This Ring
as Frederick Miller
1954
6.0
The Eddie Cantor Story
as Harry Harris
1953
5.0
Bad for Each Other
as Dr. Jim Crowley
1953
5.7
Flight Nurse
as Capt. Mike Barnes
1953
5.5
Three Lives
as Self
1953
0.0
Invaders from Mars
as Dr. Stuart Kelston
1953
5.9
The Member of the Wedding
as Jarvis Addams
1952
6.2
Eight Iron Men
as Carter
1952
6.8
Omnibus
1952
6.0
Omnibus
as Fred
1952
6.0
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
7.3
The Ford Television Theatre
as Joe Newbury
1952
7.3
The Ford Television Theatre
as David Chandler
1952
7.3
Cavalcade of America
as Dr. William Gorgas
1952
3.5
Cavalcade of America
as Casimir Pulaski
1952
3.5
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Richard
1952
6.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as David
1952
6.3
The Sniper
as Eddie Miller
1952
6.7
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
as Phil Young
1952
0.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Henry Ford
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Hack Wiles
1951
8.6
Flight to Mars
as Dr. Jim Barker
1951
5.3
Submarine Command
as Lt. Arnie Carlson
1951
5.6
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Steve Jordan
1951
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Larry Fleming
1951
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Chris Grine
1951
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Sgt. Douglas Renfrew
1951
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Chris Mather
1951
7.3
Strictly Dishonorable
as Henry Greene
1951
5.2
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Tommy Nelson
1951
6.3
Three Secrets
as Paul Radin
1950
6.4
Tarnished
as Bud Dolliver
1950
5.8
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.6
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Dr. Craig's Son
1950
5.6
Sands of Iwo Jima
as Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator
1950
6.4
Roseanna McCoy
as Thad Wilkins
1949
6.1
Red Light
as Fr. Jess Torno
1949
5.8
The Lone Ranger
as Nat Parker
1949
6.7
Red Stallion In The Rockies
as Thad Avery
1949
0.0
🎬
The Price of Freedom
as Fred Vollmer
1949
0.0
Studio One
1948
5.0
Jungle Patrol
as Lt. 'Mace' Willard
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Norman
1948
6.3
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
7.5