Arthur Franz
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
153
Gender
Male
Birthday
1920-02-29
Day of death
2006-06-16 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Arthur Franz
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.
Known For
Bonanza
The Fugitive
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Waltons
Mannix
Hawaii Five-O
Lassie
Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents
Wagon Train
Wagon Train
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
Climax!
Climax!
Climax!
Climax!
Rawhide
Rawhide
Studio One
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Four Star Playhouse
Four Star Playhouse
The Six Million Dollar Man
One Step Beyond
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
Cannon
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Barnaby Jones
McCloud
The Lone Ranger
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Kraft Television Theatre
The Rookies
Hawaiian Eye
Hawaiian Eye
77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip
Tarzan
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Gunsmoke
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Omnibus
Omnibus
The Millionaire
The Millionaire
Bourbon Street Beat
The Ford Television Theatre
The Ford Television Theatre
The Ford Television Theatre
Checkmate
The Invaders
The Deputy
Land of the Giants
Studio 57
The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad
Police Story
Mr. Novak
Lancer
The Alaskans
Cavalcade of America
Cavalcade of America
The Outcasts
Monster on the Campus
Flight to Mars
The Caine Mutiny
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Custer
The Chevy Mystery Show
The Whistler
Men Into Space
The Flame Barrier
Hellcats of the Navy
The Sweet Ride
Roseanna McCoy
Saints and Sinners
With This Ring
Back from the Dead
Profiles in Courage
Dream No Evil
Flight Nurse
The Human Factor
The Carpetbaggers
Eight Iron Men
Sands of Iwo Jima
Three Lives
The Sniper
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Eddie Cantor Story
Bogie
Three Secrets
The Million Dollar Duck
Invaders from Mars
Submarine Command
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Primus
The Member of the Wedding
Ichabod and Me
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
World of Giants
Bad for Each Other
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Red Light
The Bing Crosby Show
The Amazing Howard Hughes
The Steel Cage
The Devil's Hairpin
The Atomic Submarine
Bobby Ware Is Missing
The Young Lions
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
Jungle Patrol
The Wild Party
That Championship Season
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
Anzio
Alvarez Kelly
Strictly Dishonorable
Sisters of Death
Battle Taxi
New Orleans Uncensored
The Unholy Wife
Tarnished
Once to Every Woman
Red Stallion In The Rockies
Murder or Mercy
The Price of Freedom
Running Target
So Long, Blue Boy
The Legend of Loch Ness
