Arthur Franz
Acting
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.
Filmography
That Championship Season
1982 · Movie
Bogie
1980 · Movie
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
1979 · Movie
The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977 · Series
The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977 · Movie
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976 · Series
Sisters of Death
1976 · Movie
The Legend of Loch Ness
1976 · Movie
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
1975 · Movie
The Human Factor
1975 · Movie
Medical Story
1975 · Series
Murder or Mercy
1974 · Movie
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · Series
So Long, Blue Boy
1973 · Movie
Police Story
1973 · Series
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Series
The Waltons
1972 · Series
The Rookies
1972 · Series
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971 · Series
Primus
1971 · Series
Cannon
1971 · Series
The Million Dollar Duck
1971 · Movie
McCloud
1970 · Series
Dream No Evil
1970 · Movie
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Series
Lancer
1968 · Series
The Mod Squad
1968 · Series
The Outcasts
1968 · Series
Land of the Giants
1968 · Series
Anzio
1968 · Movie
The Sweet Ride
1968 · Movie
Mannix
1967 · Series
Custer
1967 · Series
The Invaders
1967 · Series
Alvarez Kelly
1966 · Movie
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Series
Tarzan
1966 · Series
The F.B.I.
1965 · Series
Profiles in Courage
1964 · Series
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964 · Series
The Bing Crosby Show
1964 · Series
The Carpetbaggers
1964 · Movie
Mr. Novak
1963 · Series
The Fugitive
1963 · Series
The Virginian
1962 · Series
Saints and Sinners
1962 · Series
Ichabod and Me
1961 · Series
Checkmate
1960 · Series
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960 · Series
The Atomic Submarine
1959 · Movie
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · Series
Bourbon Street Beat
1959 · Series
The Alaskans
1959 · Series
Men Into Space
1959 · Series
Bonanza
1959 · Series
The Deputy
1959 · Series
World of Giants
1959 · Series
One Step Beyond
1959 · Series
Rawhide
1959 · Series
Monster on the Campus
1958 · Movie
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Series
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Series
The Young Lions
1958 · Movie
The Flame Barrier
1958 · Movie
The Devil's Hairpin
1957 · Movie
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Wagon Train
1957 · Series
Back from the Dead
1957 · Movie
The Unholy Wife
1957 · Movie
Hellcats of the Navy
1957 · Movie
The Wild Party
1956 · Movie
Running Target
1956 · Movie
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Series
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956 · Movie
Once to Every Woman
1956 · Movie
Bobby Ware Is Missing
1955 · Movie
Crossroads
1955 · Series
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
New Orleans Uncensored
1955 · Movie
The Millionaire
1955 · Series
Battle Taxi
1955 · Movie
The Steel Cage
1954 · Movie
Climax!
1954 · Series
Studio 57
1954 · Series
Lassie
1954 · Series
The Whistler
1954 · Series
The Caine Mutiny
1954 · Movie
With This Ring
1954 · Movie
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953 · Movie
Bad for Each Other
1953 · Movie
Flight Nurse
1953 · Movie
Three Lives
1953 · Movie
Invaders from Mars
1953 · Movie
The Member of the Wedding
1952 · Movie
Eight Iron Men
1952 · Movie
Omnibus
1952 · Series
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Series
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Series
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Series
The Sniper
1952 · Movie
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
1952 · Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
Flight to Mars
1951 · Movie
Submarine Command
1951 · Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
Strictly Dishonorable
1951 · Movie
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951 · Movie
Three Secrets
1950 · Movie
Tarnished
1950 · Movie
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Series
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950 · Movie
Roseanna McCoy
1949 · Movie
Red Light
1949 · Movie
The Lone Ranger
1949 · Series
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949 · Movie
The Price of Freedom
1949 · Movie
Studio One
1948 · Series
Jungle Patrol
1948 · Movie
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Series
Kraft Television Theatre
1947 · Series