Arthur Franz

Acting • Born 1920-02-29 – Died 2006-06-16

Acting1Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA

Biography

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

153 credits

The Caine Mutiny

Movie • 1954

Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Movie • 1956

Bob Hale

Invaders from Mars

Movie • 1953

Dr. Stuart Kelston

The Price of Freedom

Movie • 1949

Fred Vollmer

The Human Factor

Movie • 1975

Gen. Fuller

The Sniper

Movie • 1952

Eddie Miller

The Unholy Wife

Movie • 1957

Father Stephen Hochen

Red Light

Movie • 1949

Fr. Jess Torno

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Movie • 1951

Tommy Nelson

Monster on the Campus

Movie • 1958

Donald Blake

The Young Lions

Movie • 1958

Lt. Green

Flight to Mars

Movie • 1951

Dr. Jim Barker

Three Secrets

Movie • 1950

Paul Radin

The Atomic Submarine

Movie • 1959

Richard "Reef" Holloway

New Orleans Uncensored

Movie • 1955

Dan Corbett

Jennifer: A Woman’s Story

Movie • 1979

Dick Leonard

Sisters of Death

Movie • 1976

Edmond Clybourn

Sands of Iwo Jima

Movie • 1950

Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood

Movie • 1975

Man at Party

Hellcats of the Navy

Movie • 1957

Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)

Bad for Each Other

Movie • 1953

Dr. Jim Crowley

Tarnished

Movie • 1950

Bud Dolliver

Bobby Ware Is Missing

Movie • 1955

George Ware

Submarine Command

Movie • 1951

Lt. Arnie Carlson

The Steel Cage

Movie • 1954

Chaplain Harvey, segment "The Face"

The Flame Barrier

Movie • 1958

Dave Hollister

Back from the Dead

Movie • 1957

Dick Anthony

The Wild Party

Movie • 1956

Lt. Arthur Mitchell

Battle Taxi

Movie • 1955

Lt. Pete Stacey

Roseanna McCoy

Movie • 1949

Thad Wilkins

Eight Iron Men

Movie • 1952

Carter

Strictly Dishonorable

Movie • 1951

Henry Greene

Running Target

Movie • 1956

Scott

Jungle Patrol

Movie • 1948

Lt. 'Mace' Willard

With This Ring

Movie • 1954

Frederick Miller

Flight Nurse

Movie • 1953

Capt. Mike Barnes

Anzio

Movie • 1968

Maj. Gen. Luke Howard

The Sweet Ride

Movie • 1968

Army Psychiatrist

The Eddie Cantor Story

Movie • 1953

Harry Harris

The Member of the Wedding

Movie • 1952

Jarvis Addams

The Devil's Hairpin

Movie • 1957

Danny Rhinegold

The Carpetbaggers

Movie • 1964

Morrissey

Murder or Mercy

Movie • 1974

Dr. Raymond Eckworth

Bogie

Movie • 1980

Dr. Bogart

Red Stallion In The Rockies

Movie • 1949

Thad Avery

The Legend of Loch Ness

Movie • 1976

Narrator (voice)

Alvarez Kelly

Movie • 1966

Capt. Towers

Dream No Evil

Movie • 1970

John

Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

Movie • 1952

Phil Young

Once to Every Woman

Movie • 1956

David

The Million Dollar Duck

Movie • 1971

Prosecutor (uncredited)

That Championship Season

Movie • 1982

Macken

Three Lives

Movie • 1953

Self

The Amazing Howard Hughes

Movie • 1977

Barnes

So Long, Blue Boy

Movie • 1973

Ed Rilke

The Rookies

TV • 1972

Bourbon Street Beat

TV • 1959

The F.B.I.

TV • 1965

John Caldwell

Hawaii Five-O

TV • 1968

Del Enright

Checkmate

TV • 1960

Omnibus

TV • 1952

Land of the Giants

TV • 1968

Dr. Franzen

Mannix

TV • 1967

Father Vale

The Mod Squad

TV • 1968

Dr. Sam Berger

Gunsmoke

TV • 1955

Red

Perry Mason

TV • 1957

Danny Harrison

Saints and Sinners

TV • 1962

Everett Harper

Studio One

TV • 1948

Mission: Impossible

TV • 1966

First Minister Andre Picard

Cannon

TV • 1971

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV • 1951

Henry Ford

The Waltons

TV • 1972

Police Chief Moresdale

Ichabod and Me

TV • 1961

Rawhide

TV • 1959

Sheriff Art Harris

The Outcasts

TV • 1968

Police Story

TV • 1973

The Fugitive

TV • 1963

Bus Driver

The Millionaire

TV • 1955

Carl Nelson

The Virginian

TV • 1962

Fitz Warren

Lancer

TV • 1968

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV • 1951

Steve Jordan

McCloud

TV • 1970

Climax!

TV • 1954

Dick Crosby

One Step Beyond

TV • 1959

Kevin Stacy

Men Into Space

TV • 1959

Profiles in Courage

TV • 1964

James Madison

Tarzan

TV • 1966

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV • 1948

Norman

The Alaskans

TV • 1959

Wanted: Dead or Alive

TV • 1958

John Garth

Mr. Novak

TV • 1963

Det. Sgt. Sol Moss

The Whistler

TV • 1954

Cavalcade of America

TV • 1952

Dr. William Gorgas

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV • 1950

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV • 1956

Lee Brand

The Bing Crosby Show

TV • 1964

Custer

TV • 1967

The Lone Ranger

TV • 1949

Nat Parker

World of Giants

TV • 1959