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Franchot Tone

Franchot Tone (February 27, 1905 – September 18, 1968) was an American stage, film, and television actor, star of Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and many other films through the 1960s. In the early 1960s Tone appeared in character roles on TV dramas like Bonanza, Wagon Train, The Twilight Zone, and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Description above from the Wikipedia article Franchot Tone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Born:
Feb 27, 1905 In Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
100
First Appeared:
In the movie The Wiser Sex 1932-03-14
Latest Project:
Movie Joan Crawford: Always the Star 1996-09-30
Known For
Filmography
Movie Joan Crawford: Always the Star Self (archive footage) 1996-09-30
Movie Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited) 1991-10-28
Movie Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre Self 1989-06-26
Movie That's Entertainment, Part II (archive footage) 1976-05-16
Movie Hollywood: The Dream Factory Self (archive footage) 1972-01-10
Movie Shadow Over Elveron Barney Conners 1968-03-05
Movie Nobody Runs Forever Ambassador Townsend 1968-08-22
Movie In Harm's Way CINCPAC I 1965-04-06
Series Run for Your Life Judge Taliaferro Wilson 1965-09-13
Movie Mickey One Rudy Lopp 1965-09-27
Movie How to Make a French Dish John K. Montasy Jr 1964-01-29
Movie The Big Parade of Comedy (archive footage) 1964-09-02
Movie See How They Run Baron Frood 1964-10-07
Movie Advise & Consent The President 1962-06-06
Series The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Rudolph Bitzner 1962-09-20
Series The Virginian Murdoch 1962-09-19
Movie Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles Your Host 1961-01-01
Series Ben Casey Dr. Daniel Niles Freeland 1961-10-02
Series Bonanza Denver McKee 1959-09-12
Series The Twilight Zone Col. Archie Taylor 1959-10-02
Movie Bitter Heritage Frank James 1958-08-07
Series Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Candy Lombe 1958-10-06
Movie Uncle Vanya Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astroff 1957-12-13
Movie The Little Foxes Horace 1956-12-16
Series Alfred Hitchcock Presents Oliver Mathews 1955-10-02
Series Climax! Kurt Baumann / Scott Malone 1954-10-07
Movie Twelve Angry Men Juror #3 1954-09-20
Series General Electric Theater Charles Proteus Steinmetz 1953-02-01
Series Four Star Playhouse Ben 1952-09-25
Series Tales of Tomorrow Unknown 1951-08-03
Movie Here Comes the Groom Wilbur Stanley 1951-09-20
Series Robert Montgomery Presents Unknown 1950-01-30
Series The Colgate Comedy Hour Self 1950-09-10
Series Lux Video Theatre Meredith Whitehouse 1950-10-02
Series Suspense Markheim 1949-01-06
Series Lights Out Unknown 1949-07-19
Movie Jigsaw Howard Malloy 1949-03-11
Movie Without Honor Dennis Williams 1949-10-26
Movie The Man on the Eiffel Tower Johann Radek 1949-12-12
Series The Ed Sullivan Show Self 1948-06-20
Series The Philco Television Playhouse Unknown 1948-10-03
Movie I Love Trouble Stuart Bailey 1948-01-15
Series Studio One Bill Gibson 1948-11-07
Movie Every Girl Should Be Married Roger Sanford 1948-12-25
Movie Lost Honeymoon Johnny Gray 1947-03-29
Movie Honeymoon David Flanner 1947-05-17
Movie Her Husband's Affairs William Weldon 1947-11-12
Movie Because of Him Paul Taylor 1946-01-18
Movie That Night with You Paul Renaud 1945-09-28
Movie Phantom Lady John 'Jack' Marlow 1944-01-28
Movie Dark Waters Dr. George Grover 1944-11-21
Movie The Hour Before the Dawn Jim Hetherton 1944-05-10
Movie Pilot #5 George Braynor Collins 1943-06-24
Movie The Voice That Thrilled the World Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage) 1943-10-16
Movie Five Graves to Cairo Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos 1943-05-26
Movie True to Life Fletcher Marvin 1943-12-24
Movie His Butler's Sister Charles Gerard 1943-11-26
Movie Star Spangled Rhythm John 1942-03-05
Movie The Wife Takes a Flyer Christopher Reynolds 1942-04-28
Movie Nice Girl? Richard Calvert 1941-02-21
Movie She Knew All the Answers Mark Willows 1941-05-13
Movie This Woman Is Mine Robert Stevens 1941-08-22
Movie Trail of the Vigilantes Kansas 1940-12-13
Movie Fast and Furious Joel Sloane 1939-10-06
Movie The Girl Downstairs Paul Wagner 1938-12-23
Movie Man-Proof Jimmy Kilmartin 1938-01-07
Movie Love Is a Headache Peter Lawrence 1938-01-14
Movie Three Loves Has Nancy Robert 'Bob' Hanson 1938-09-02
Movie Three Comrades Otto Koster 1938-06-02
Movie They Gave Him a Gun James 'Jimmy' Davis 1937-05-07
Movie Quality Street Dr. Valentine Brown 1937-03-26
Movie The Romance of Celluloid Self (archive footage) 1937-08-27
Movie Between Two Women Allan Meighan 1937-07-09
Movie The Bride Wore Red Giulio 1937-10-08
Movie The Unguarded Hour Sir Alan Dearden 1936-04-10
Movie Exclusive Story Dick Parton 1936-01-17
Movie The King Steps Out Emperor Franz Josef 1936-05-27
Movie The Gorgeous Hussy John H. Eaton 1936-08-28
Movie Suzy Terry 1936-07-20
Movie Love on the Run Barnabus Pells 1936-11-20
Movie The Lives of a Bengal Lancer Forsythe 1935-01-11
Movie One New York Night Foxhall Ridgeway 1935-03-08
Movie Reckless Robert 'Bob' Harrison Jr. 1935-04-19
Movie Dangerous Don Bellows 1935-12-25
Movie Mutiny on the Bounty Roger Byam 1935-11-22
Movie No More Ladies Jim 'Jimsy Boysie' Salston 1935-06-14
Movie Sadie McKee Michael Alderson 1934-05-09
Movie Moulin Rouge Douglas Hall 1934-01-10
Movie The World Moves On Richard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914 1934-06-27
Movie The Girl from Missouri T.R. Paige, Jr. 1934-08-03
Movie Straight Is the Way Benny 1934-08-10
Movie Gentlemen Are Born Bob Bailey 1934-11-17
Movie Gabriel Over the White House Hartley Beekman - Secretary to the President 1933-03-31
Movie Today We Live Ronnie Boyce-Smith 1933-03-03
Movie Midnight Mary Thomas 'Tom' Mannering Jr. 1933-06-30
Movie Stage Mother Warren Foster 1933-09-29
Movie Dancing Lady Tod Newton 1933-11-24
Movie Bombshell Gifford Middleton 1933-10-13
Movie The Stranger's Return Guy Crane 1933-07-28
Movie The Wiser Sex Phil Long 1932-03-14