Arthur Franz
Known for: Acting
Born: February 29, 1920
Died: June 16, 2006
Place of birth: Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
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.
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Filmography
55 movies · 66 TV shows, newest first
5.3
That Championship Season
1982
6.3
Bogie
1980
7.0
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
1979
6.4
The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977
6.5
The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977
8.3
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
4.1
Sisters of Death
1976
7.0
The Legend of Loch Ness
1976
4.0
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
1975
5.8
The Human Factor
1975
5.0
Medical Story
1975
10.0
Murder or Mercy
1974
7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
3.0
So Long, Blue Boy
1973
7.0
Police Story
1973
7.1
Barnaby Jones
1973
7.2
The Waltons
1972
6.9
The Rookies
1972
6.5
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
6.0
Primus
1971
6.7
Cannon
1971
5.8
The Million Dollar Duck
1971
7.2
McCloud
1970
5.7
Dream No Evil
1970
6.1
The Mod Squad
1968
5.6
Lancer
1968
6.5
The Outcasts
1968
6.8
Land of the Giants
1968
7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
5.6
Anzio
1968
5.1
The Sweet Ride
1968
6.8
Mannix
1967
6.4
Custer
1967
6.9
The Invaders
1967
6.2
Alvarez Kelly
1966
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
6.9
Tarzan
1966
5.6
The F.B.I.
19657.5
Profiles in Courage
1964
6.0
The Bing Crosby Show
1964
7.8
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
5.9
The Carpetbaggers
1964
7.3
Mr. Novak
1963
7.3
The Fugitive
1963
6.5
The Virginian
1962
7.0
Saints and Sinners
1962
6.0
Ichabod and Me
1961
4.8
Checkmate
19606.8
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960
5.3
The Atomic Submarine
1959
5.6
Hawaiian Eye
1959
6.0
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
6.7
The Alaskans
1959
7.4
Men Into Space
1959
7.5
Bonanza
1959
6.5
The Deputy
1959
6.3
World of Giants
1959
5.7
One Step Beyond
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
6.1
Monster on the Campus
1958
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
6.8
The Young Lions
1958
5.0
The Flame Barrier
1958
6.0
The Devil's Hairpin
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
1957
5.1
Back from the Dead
1957
4.7
The Unholy Wife
1957
4.8
Hellcats of the Navy
1957
6.6
The Wild Party
1956
6.3
Running Target
1956
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
6.8
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956
NR
Once to Every Woman
1956
8.0
Bobby Ware Is Missing
1955
6.8
Crossroads
1955
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
5.3
New Orleans Uncensored
1955
5.8
The Millionaire
1955
5.6
Battle Taxi
1955
7.0
The Steel Cage
1954
3.8
Climax!
1954
7.5
Studio 57
1954
6.3
Lassie
1954
NR
The Whistler
1954
7.2
The Caine Mutiny
1954
6.0
With This Ring
1954
7.5
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953
6.0
Bad for Each Other
1953
6.0
Flight Nurse
19537.5
Three Lives
1953
5.9
Invaders from Mars
1953
6.3
The Member of the Wedding
1952
6.6
Eight Iron Men
1952
7.0
Omnibus
1952
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
4.6
Cavalcade of America
1952
6.8
Four Star Playhouse
1952
6.7
The Sniper
1952
10.0
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
5.2
Flight to Mars
1951
5.8
Submarine Command
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
5.0
Strictly Dishonorable
1951
6.3
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
6.5
Three Secrets
1950
7.2
Tarnished
1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
6.4
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950
6.1
Roseanna McCoy
1949
5.9
Red Light
1949
6.8
The Lone Ranger
1949
9.0
Red Stallion In The Rockies
19498.0
The Price of Freedom
1949
5.4
Studio One
1948
6.7
Jungle Patrol
1948
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
7.8
Kraft Television Theatre
1947