Person Details
Birthday: 1920-02-29 23:22:24
Death: 2006-06-16 23:22:24
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
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Movie Involvements: 53
TV Involvements: 39
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Most Famous Work
Perry Mason
(1957) Ray OgilvieHawaii Five-O
(1968) Del EnrightThe Fugitive
(1963) Bus DriverRobert Montgomery Presents
(1950) Dr. Craig's SonThe Virginian
(1962) Fitz WarrenDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
(1956) Lee BrandWanted: Dead or Alive
(1958) John GarthRawhide
(1959) Sheriff Art HarrisActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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1986 | Prof. Donald Blake in 'Monster on the Campus' | |
1982 | Macken | |
1980 | Dr. Bogart | |
1979 | Dick Leonard | |
1977 | Barnes | |
1976 | Sen. Jones | |
Edmond Clybourn | ||
Narrator | ||
1975 | Man at Party | |
Gen. Fuller | ||
1974 | Dr. Raymond Eckworth | |
Dr. Wayne Carlton | ||
1973 | Ed Rilke | |
N/A | ||
1972 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
1971 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
Prosecutor (uncredited) | ||
1970 | N/A | |
John | ||
1968 | Dr. Sam Berger | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
Dr. Franzen | ||
Del Enright | ||
Maj. Gen. Luke Howard | ||
Army Psychiatrist | ||
1967 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
Capt. Jim Trent | ||
1966 | Capt. Towers | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
1965 | Neil | |
Stacy Merriman | ||
John Caldwell | ||
Carl Stokely | ||
Joseph Daly | ||
1964 | James Madison | |
N/A | ||
Morrissey | ||
1963 | Det. Sgt. Sol Moss | |
Bus Driver | ||
1962 | Fitz Warren | |
Everett Harper | ||
1961 | N/A | |
1960 | N/A | |
1959 | Richard "Reef" Holloway | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
Kevin Stacy | ||
Sheriff Art Harris | ||
1958 | Donald Blake | |
N/A | ||
John Garth | ||
Dave Hollister | ||
Lt. Green | ||
1957 | Danny Rhinegold | |
Evans | ||
Danny Harrison | ||
Richard Vanaman | ||
Mayor James M. Henderson | ||
Ray Ogilvie | ||
Dick Anthony | ||
Father Stephen Hochen | ||
Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish) | ||
1956 | Lt. Arthur Mitchell | |
Scott | ||
Lee Brand | ||
Bob Hale | ||
David | ||
1955 | George Ware | |
N/A | ||
Red | ||
Dan Corbett | ||
Frank Harrigan | ||
Carl Nelson | ||
Lt. Pete Stacey | ||
1954 | Chaplain Harvey, segment "The Face" | |
Franco | ||
Dr. Joyce | ||
Dick Crosby | ||
Walt | ||
N/A | ||
Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr. | ||
Frederick Miller | ||
1953 | Harry Harris | |
Dr. Jim Crowley | ||
Capt. Mike Barnes | ||
Self | ||
Dr. Stuart Kelston | ||
1952 | Jarvis Addams | |
Carter | ||
N/A | ||
Casimir Pulaski | ||
Dr. William Gorgas | ||
Richard | ||
David | ||
Eddie Miller | ||
Phil Young | ||
1951 | Hack Wiles | |
Henry Ford | ||
Dr. Jim Barker | ||
Lt. Arnie Carlson | ||
N/A | ||
Chris Grine | ||
Steve Jordan | ||
Larry Fleming | ||
Sgt. Douglas Renfrew | ||
Henry Greene | ||
Tommy Nelson | ||
1950 | Paul Radin | |
Bud Dolliver | ||
N/A | ||
Dr. Craig's Son | ||
Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator | ||
1949 | Thad Wilkins | |
Jess Torno | ||
Nat Parker | ||
Thad Avery | ||
Fred Vollmer | ||
1948 | N/A | |
Lt. 'Mace' Willard | ||
Norman | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |