1920-02-29 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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That Championship Season | Macken | 1982-12-09 |
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Bogie | Dr. Bogart | 1980-03-04 |
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Jennifer: A Woman’s Story | Dick Leonard | 1979-03-05 |
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The Amazing Howard Hughes | Barnes | 1977-04-13 |
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Sisters of Death | Edmond Clybourn | 1976-04-18 |
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Legend of Loch Ness | Narrator | 1976-01-01 |
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F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood | Man at Party | 1975-12-17 |
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The Human Factor | Gen. Fuller | 1975-11-19 |
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Murder or Mercy | Dr. Raymond Eckworth | 1974-04-10 |
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So Long, Blue Boy | Ed Rilke | 1973-11-13 |
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The Million Dollar Duck | Prosecutor (uncredited) | 1971-06-30 |
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Dream No Evil | John | 1970-01-01 |
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Lo sbarco di Anzio | Maj. Gen. Luke Howard | 1968-07-24 |
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The Sweet Ride | Army Psychiatrist | 1968-06-12 |
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Alvarez Kelly | Capt. Towers | 1966-10-06 |
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The Carpetbaggers | Morrissey | 1964-04-08 |
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The Atomic Submarine | Richard "Reef" Holloway | 1959-11-29 |
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The Flame Barrier | Dave Hollister | 1958-04-02 |
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Monster on the Campus | Donald Blake | 1958-12-17 |
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The Young Lions | Lt. Green | 1958-04-02 |
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Back from the Dead | Dick Anthony | 1957-08-12 |
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The Unholy Wife | Father Stephen Hochen | 1957-06-24 |
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Hellcats of the Navy | Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish) | 1957-05-01 |
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The Devil's Hairpin | Danny Rhinegold | 1957-10-04 |
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Running Target | Scott | 1956-11-01 |
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Once to Every Woman | David | 1956-03-01 |
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The Wild Party | Lt. Arthur Mitchell | 1956-12-21 |
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Bob Hale | 1956-09-13 |
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Bobby Ware Is Missing | George Ware | 1955-10-23 |
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New Orleans Uncensored | Dan Corbett | 1955-03-01 |
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Battle Taxi | Lt. Pete Stacey | 1955-01-03 |
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With This Ring | Frederick Miller | 1954-01-01 |
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The Steel Cage | Chaplain Harvey, segment "The Face" | 1954-12-01 |
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The Caine Mutiny | Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr. | 1954-06-24 |
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The Eddie Cantor Story | Harry Harris | 1953-12-25 |
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Three Lives | Self | 1953-09-17 |
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Bad for Each Other | Dr. Jim Crowley | 1953-12-24 |
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Flight Nurse | Capt. Mike Barnes | 1953-11-15 |
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Invaders from Mars | Dr. Stuart Kelston | 1953-04-22 |
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Eight Iron Men | Carter | 1952-12-01 |
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The Sniper | Eddie Miller | 1952-05-09 |
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Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder | Phil Young | 1952-03-01 |
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The Member of the Wedding | Jarvis Addams | 1952-12-25 |
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Flight to Mars | Dr. Jim Barker | 1951-11-11 |
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Submarine Command | Lt. Arnie Carlson | 1951-11-01 |
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Strictly Dishonorable | Henry Greene | 1951-07-03 |
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man | Tommy Nelson | 1951-04-12 |
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Tarnished | Bud Dolliver | 1950-02-28 |
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Three Secrets | Paul Radin | 1950-10-20 |
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Sands of Iwo Jima | Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator | 1950-01-01 |
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Roseanna McCoy | Thad Wilkins | 1949-10-12 |
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The Price of Freedom | Fred Vollmer | 1949-04-29 |
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Red Stallion In The Rockies | Thad Avery | 1949-05-02 |
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Red Light | Jess Torno | 1949-09-30 |
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Jungle Patrol | Lt. 'Mace' Willard | 1948-11-01 |
