Actor
· Acting
Arthur Franz
Born 1920-02-29
Died 2006-06-16
📍 Perth 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.
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Filmography 148
That Championship Season
as Macken
1982
Bogie
as Dr. Bogart
1980
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
as Dick Leonard
1979
The Amazing Howard Hughes
as Barnes
1977
The Amazing Howard Hughes
as Barnes
1977
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
as Sen. Jones
1976
Sisters of Death
as Edmond Clybourn
1976
The Legend of Loch Ness
as Narrator (voice)
1976
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
as Man at Party
1975
The Human Factor
as Gen. Fuller
1975
Medical Story
as Crowell
1975
Murder or Mercy
as Dr. Raymond Eckworth
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Wayne Carlton
1974
So Long, Blue Boy
as Ed Rilke
1973
Police Story
1973
Barnaby Jones
as Morgan Walding
1973
The Waltons
as Police Chief Moresdale
1972
The Rookies
1972
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Laird Holden
1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Caroll Shaw
1971
Primus
1971
Cannon
1971
The Million Dollar Duck
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
1971
McCloud
1970
Dream No Evil
as John
1970
The Mod Squad
as Dr. Sam Berger
1968
Lancer
1968
The Mod Squad
as William Jeffers Sr.
1968
The Mod Squad
as Arthur Westphal
1968
The Mod Squad
as Sims
1968
The Outcasts
1968
Land of the Giants
as Dr. Franzen
1968
Hawaii Five-O
as Del Enright
1968
Anzio
as Maj. Gen. Luke Howard
1968
The Sweet Ride
as Army Psychiatrist
1968
Mannix
as Father Vale
1967
Custer
1967
The Invaders
as Capt. Jim Trent
1967
Alvarez Kelly
as Capt. Towers
1966
Mission: Impossible
as First Minister Andre Picard
1966
Mission: Impossible
as Dr. Adler
1966
Tarzan
1966
The F.B.I.
as John Caldwell
1965
The F.B.I.
as Joseph Daly
1965
The F.B.I.
as Carl Stokely
1965
The F.B.I.
as Stacy Merriman
1965
The F.B.I.
as Neil
1965
The Bing Crosby Show
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Archer
1964
The Carpetbaggers
as Morrissey
1964
Mr. Novak
as Det. Sgt. Sol Moss
1963
The Fugitive
as Bus Driver
1963
The Virginian
as Fitz Warren
1962
The Virginian
as Sheriff Mike Miller
1962
Saints and Sinners
as Everett Harper
1962
Ichabod and Me
1961
Checkmate
1960
The Atomic Submarine
as Richard "Reef" Holloway
1959
Hawaiian Eye
as Paul Hoyt
1959
Hawaiian Eye
as Harry Lytton
1959
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
The Alaskans
1959
Men Into Space
1959
Bonanza
as Asa Moran
1959
The Deputy
as Herb Caldwell
1959
World of Giants
1959
One Step Beyond
as Kevin Stacy
1959
Rawhide
as Sheriff Art Harris
1959
Rawhide
as Charles Fredericks / C. F. Roper
1959
Monster on the Campus
as Donald Blake
1958
77 Sunset Strip
as Lieutenant Rudy
1958
77 Sunset Strip
as Dr. Alex Conley
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as John Garth
1958
The Young Lions
as Lt. Green
1958
The Flame Barrier
as Dave Hollister
1958
The Devil's Hairpin
as Danny Rhinegold
1957
Perry Mason
as Danny Harrison
1957
Perry Mason
as Richard Vanaman
1957
Perry Mason
as Mayor James M. Henderson
1957
Perry Mason
as Evans
1957
Perry Mason
as Ray Ogilvie
1957
Wagon Train
as Nathan Forge
1957
Wagon Train
as Dan Highet
1957
Back from the Dead
as Dick Anthony
1957
The Unholy Wife
as Father Stephen Hochen
1957
Hellcats of the Navy
as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
1957
The Wild Party
as Lt. Arthur Mitchell
1956
Running Target
as Scott
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Lee Brand
1956
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
as Bob Hale
1956
Once to Every Woman
as David
1956
Bobby Ware Is Missing
as George Ware
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Ben Macready
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Howard Boulder
1955
Gunsmoke
as Red
1955
New Orleans Uncensored
as Dan Corbett
1955
The Millionaire
as Carl Nelson
1955
The Millionaire
as Frank Harrigan
1955
Battle Taxi
as Lt. Pete Stacey
1955
The Steel Cage
as Chaplain Harvey, segment "The Face"
1954
Climax!
as Dick Crosby
1954
Climax!
as Dr. Joyce
1954
Climax!
as Walt
1954
Climax!
as Franco
1954
Studio 57
1954
Lassie
as Professor Standish
1954
The Caine Mutiny
as Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.
1954
With This Ring
as Frederick Miller
1954
The Eddie Cantor Story
as Harry Harris
1953
Bad for Each Other
as Dr. Jim Crowley
1953
Flight Nurse
as Capt. Mike Barnes
1953
Invaders from Mars
as Dr. Stuart Kelston
1953
The Member of the Wedding
as Jarvis Addams
1952
Eight Iron Men
as Carter
1952
Omnibus
1952
Omnibus
as Fred
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
as David Chandler
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
as Joe Newbury
1952
Cavalcade of America
as Dr. William Gorgas
1952
Cavalcade of America
as Casimir Pulaski
1952
The Sniper
as Eddie Miller
1952
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
as Phil Young
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Henry Ford
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Hack Wiles
1951
Flight to Mars
as Dr. Jim Barker
1951
Submarine Command
as Lt. Arnie Carlson
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Steve Jordan
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Larry Fleming
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Chris Grine
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Sgt. Douglas Renfrew
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Chris Mather
1951
Strictly Dishonorable
as Henry Greene
1951
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Tommy Nelson
1951
Three Secrets
as Paul Radin
1950
Tarnished
as Bud Dolliver
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Dr. Craig's Son
1950
Sands of Iwo Jima
as Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator
1950
Roseanna McCoy
as Thad Wilkins
1949
Red Light
as Fr. Jess Torno
1949
The Lone Ranger
as Nat Parker
1949
Red Stallion In The Rockies
as Thad Avery
1949
Studio One
1948
Jungle Patrol
as Lt. 'Mace' Willard
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Norman
1948
Kraft Television Theatre
1947