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
Average
8

Perry Mason

(1957) Ray Ogilvie
Hawaii Five-O
Average
7

Hawaii Five-O

(1968) Del Enright
The Fugitive
Average
7

The Fugitive

(1963) Bus Driver
Robert Montgomery Presents
Average
5

Robert Montgomery Presents

(1950) Dr. Craig's Son
The Virginian
Average
6

The Virginian

(1962) Fitz Warren
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Average
5
Wanted: Dead or Alive
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7

Wanted: Dead or Alive

(1958) John Garth
Rawhide
Average
7

Rawhide

(1959) Sheriff Art Harris

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
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

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