Arthur Franz

Known for ActingBorn 1920-02-29Died 2006-06-16Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Murder or Mercy

Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

Red Stallion In The Rockies

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

Bobby Ware Is Missing

Studio 57

The Price of Freedom

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Perry Mason

The Ford Television Theatre

Kraft Television Theatre

Mission: Impossible

Profiles in Courage

Bonanza

The Eddie Cantor Story

Three Lives

The Six Million Dollar Man

Men Into Space

Mr. Novak

The Fugitive

The Waltons

McCloud

Hawaii Five-O

Rawhide

Jennifer: A Woman’s Story

The Legend of Loch Ness

The Caine Mutiny

Police Story

Barnaby Jones

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

77 Sunset Strip

Tarnished

Saints and Sinners

Wanted: Dead or Alive

The Rookies

The Steel Cage

Tarzan

Land of the Giants

The Invaders

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Mannix

The Young Lions

Cannon

The Chevy Mystery Show

Four Star Playhouse

The Lone Ranger

The Alaskans