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.
Movie | Horrible Horror | Prof. Donald Blake in 'Monster on the Campus' | 1986-01-01 |
Movie | That Championship Season | Macken | 1982-12-09 |
Movie | Bogie | Dr. Bogart | 1980-03-04 |
Movie | The Amazing Howard Hughes | Barnes | 1977-04-13 |
Movie | Legend of Loch Ness | Narrator | 1976-01-01 |
Movie | Sisters of Death | Edmond Clybourn | 1976-04-18 |
Movie | F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood | Man at Party | 1975-12-17 |
Movie | The Human Factor | Gen. Fuller | 1975-11-19 |
Movie | Murder or Mercy | Dr. Raymond Eckworth | 1974-04-10 |
Series | Police Story | Unknown | 1973-03-20 |
Movie | So Long, Blue Boy | Ed Rilke | 1973-11-13 |
Series | The Rookies | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
Series | The Waltons | Unknown | 1972-09-14 |
Series | Cannon | Unknown | 1971-09-14 |
Movie | The Million Dollar Duck | Prosecutor (uncredited) | 1971-06-30 |
Series | Primus | Unknown | 1971-09-15 |
Movie | Dream No Evil | John | 1970-01-01 |
Series | McCloud | Unknown | 1970-02-17 |
Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
Movie | Anzio | Maj. Gen. Luke Howard | 1968-07-24 |
Series | Land of the Giants | Unknown | 1968-09-22 |
Movie | The Sweet Ride | Army Psychiatrist | 1968-06-12 |
Series | The Outcasts | Unknown | 1968-09-23 |
Series | Lancer | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Series | The Mod Squad | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Series | Custer | Unknown | 1967-09-06 |
Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
Series | Tarzan | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
Movie | Alvarez Kelly | Capt. Towers | 1966-10-06 |
Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
Movie | The Carpetbaggers | Morrissey | 1964-04-08 |
Series | Profiles in Courage | Unknown | 1964-11-08 |
Series | The Bing Crosby Show | Unknown | 1964-09-14 |
Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Series | Mr. Novak | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
Series | Ichabod and Me | Unknown | 1961-09-26 |
Series | Checkmate | Unknown | 1960-09-17 |
Series | World of Giants | 1959-09-05 | |
Series | Men into Space | Unknown | 1959-09-30 |
Series | One Step Beyond | Unknown | 1959-01-20 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Series | Bourbon Street Beat | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
Series | The Alaskans | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
Movie | The Atomic Submarine | Richard "Reef" Holloway | 1959-11-29 |
Series | Hawaiian Eye | Unknown | 1959-10-07 |
Movie | The Young Lions | Lt. Green | 1958-04-02 |
Movie | The Flame Barrier | Dave Hollister | 1958-04-02 |
Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
Series | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Unknown | 1958-09-06 |
Movie | Monster on the Campus | Donald Blake | 1958-12-17 |
Movie | The Unholy Wife | Father Stephen Hochen | 1957-06-24 |
Movie | Back from the Dead | Dick Anthony | 1957-08-12 |
Movie | Hellcats of the Navy | Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish) | 1957-05-01 |
Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Movie | The Devil's Hairpin | Danny Rhinegold | 1957-10-04 |
Movie | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Bob Hale | 1956-09-13 |
Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
Movie | Running Target | Scott | 1956-11-01 |
Movie | The Wild Party | Lt. Arthur Mitchell | 1956-12-21 |
Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
Movie | New Orleans Uncensored | Dan Corbett | 1955-03-01 |
Movie | Battle Taxi | Lt. Pete Stacey | 1955-01-03 |
Movie | Bobby Ware Is Missing | George Ware | 1955-10-23 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Series | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Unknown | 1955-10-05 |
Series | The Whistler | Unknown | 1954-07-13 |
Movie | The Caine Mutiny | Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr. | 1954-06-24 |
Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
Movie | The Steel Cage | Chaplain Harvey, segment "The Face" | 1954-12-01 |
Movie | Three Lives | Self | 1953-09-17 |
Movie | Invaders from Mars | Dr. Stuart Kelston | 1953-04-22 |
Movie | Flight Nurse | Capt. Mike Barnes | 1953-11-15 |
Movie | Bad for Each Other | Dr. Jim Crowley | 1953-12-24 |
Movie | The Eddie Cantor Story | Harry Harris | 1953-12-25 |
Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
Movie | The Sniper | Eddie Miller | 1952-05-09 |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
Series | Omnibus | Unknown | 1952-11-09 |
Movie | Eight Iron Men | Carter | 1952-12-01 |
Movie | The Member of the Wedding | Jarvis Addams | 1952-12-25 |
Movie | Strictly Dishonorable | Henry Greene | 1951-07-03 |
Movie | Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man | Tommy Nelson | 1951-04-12 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Movie | Submarine Command | Lt. Arnie Carlson | 1951-11-01 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
Movie | Flight To Mars | Dr. Jim Barker | 1951-11-11 |
Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | 1950-01-30 |
Movie | Sands of Iwo Jima | Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator | 1950-01-01 |
Movie | Tarnished | Bud Dolliver | 1950-02-28 |
Movie | Three Secrets | Paul Radin | 1950-10-20 |
Movie | Red Stallion In The Rockies | Thad Avery | 1949-05-02 |
Movie | Red Light | Jess Torno | 1949-09-30 |
Movie | Roseanna McCoy | Thad Wilkins | 1949-10-12 |
Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1948-10-03 |
Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
Movie | Jungle Patrol | Lt. 'Mace' Willard | 1948-11-01 |