Arthur Franz

Arthur Franz

Birthday: 1920-02-29

Deathday: 2006-06-16

Place of birth: Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA

Also known as: Arthur Sofield Franz

imdb_id: nm0291821

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.

Played in movies:

The Caine Mutiny

Score: 7.2

Bobby Ware Is Missing

Score: 7.0

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Score: 6.9

The Young Lions

Score: 6.8

The Sniper

Score: 6.7

Eight Iron Men

Score: 6.5

Sands of Iwo Jima

Score: 6.4

Three Secrets

Score: 6.4

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Score: 6.4

Alvarez Kelly

Score: 6.2

The Member of the Wedding

Score: 6.2

Monster on the Campus

Score: 6.1

Roseanna McCoy

Score: 6.1

The Amazing Howard Hughes

Score: 6.0

With This Ring

Score: 6.0

Invaders from Mars

Score: 5.9

Red Light

Score: 5.8

The Million Dollar Duck

Score: 5.8

The Carpetbaggers

Score: 5.8

The Wild Party

Score: 5.8

Tarnished

Score: 5.8

Bad for Each Other

Score: 5.7

The Human Factor

Score: 5.7

Anzio

Score: 5.6

Dream No Evil

Score: 5.6

Submarine Command

Score: 5.6

Flight Nurse

Score: 5.5

Running Target

Score: 5.5

Battle Taxi

Score: 5.4

The Atomic Submarine

Score: 5.3

Flight to Mars

Score: 5.3

Strictly Dishonorable

Score: 5.2

That Championship Season

Score: 5.1

The Legend of Loch Ness

Score: 5.0

Bogie

Score: 5.0

The Devil's Hairpin

Score: 5.0

The Eddie Cantor Story

Score: 5.0

Jungle Patrol

Score: 5.0

Back from the Dead

Score: 5.0

The Sweet Ride

Score: 4.8

The Unholy Wife

Score: 4.6

New Orleans Uncensored

Score: 4.5

The Flame Barrier

Score: 4.4

Hellcats of the Navy

Score: 4.3

Sisters of Death

Score: 3.9

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood

Score: 3.5

So Long, Blue Boy

Score: 1.0

Three Lives

Score: 0.0

Once to Every Woman

Score: 0.0

Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

Score: 0.0

Red Stallion In The Rockies

Score: 0.0

Murder or Mercy

Score: 0.0

The Steel Cage

Score: 0.0

Jennifer: A Woman’s Story

Score: 0.0

The Price of Freedom

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

Score: 8.6

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Score: 7.7

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Perry Mason

Score: 7.7

Mission: Impossible

Score: 7.6

Mission: Impossible

Score: 7.6

Bonanza

Score: 7.5

Kraft Television Theatre

Score: 7.5

The Ford Television Theatre

Score: 7.3

The Ford Television Theatre

Score: 7.3

The Ford Television Theatre

Score: 7.3

The Six Million Dollar Man

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Score: 7.3

The Fugitive

Score: 7.2

Rawhide

Score: 7.1

Rawhide

Score: 7.1

Hawaii Five-O

Score: 7.1

McCloud

Score: 7.1

The Waltons

Score: 7.1

Men Into Space

Score: 7.0

Barnaby Jones

Score: 6.9

Police Story

Score: 6.9

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Score: 6.8

The Invaders

Score: 6.8

The Rookies

Score: 6.8

77 Sunset Strip

Score: 6.7

77 Sunset Strip

Score: 6.7

Tarzan

Score: 6.7

Land of the Giants

Score: 6.7

Mannix

Score: 6.7

The Lone Ranger

Score: 6.7

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Mr. Novak

Score: 6.5

Cannon

Score: 6.5

The Virginian

Score: 6.3

The Virginian

Score: 6.3

The Chevy Mystery Show

Score: 6.3

Wagon Train

Score: 6.3

Wagon Train

Score: 6.3

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Score: 6.3

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Score: 6.3

Four Star Playhouse

Score: 6.3

Four Star Playhouse

Score: 6.3

The Philco Television Playhouse

Score: 6.3

The Mod Squad

Score: 6.2

The Mod Squad

Score: 6.2

The Mod Squad

Score: 6.2

The Mod Squad

Score: 6.2

The Deputy

Score: 6.2

Lassie

Score: 6.1

Omnibus

Score: 6.0

Custer

Score: 6.0

Saints and Sinners

Score: 6.0

Omnibus

Score: 6.0

Robert Montgomery Presents

Score: 5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

Score: 5.6

One Step Beyond

Score: 5.6

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Score: 5.5

The Alaskans

Score: 5.5

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.5

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.5

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.5

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.5

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.5

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Score: 5.4

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Score: 5.4

The Outcasts

Score: 5.3

Hawaiian Eye

Score: 5.2

Hawaiian Eye

Score: 5.2

The Millionaire

Score: 5.0

Primus

Score: 5.0

The Bing Crosby Show

Score: 5.0

Profiles in Courage

Score: 5.0

The Millionaire

Score: 5.0

Ichabod and Me

Score: 5.0

Studio One

Score: 5.0

Bourbon Street Beat

Score: 5.0

Lancer

Score: 4.7

Checkmate

Score: 4.1

World of Giants

Score: 4.0

Cavalcade of America

Score: 3.5

Cavalcade of America

Score: 3.5

Climax!

Score: 3.3

Climax!

Score: 3.3

Climax!

Score: 3.3

Climax!

Score: 3.3

Studio 57

Score: 0.0

The Whistler

Score: 0.0