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Arthur Franz

Arthur Franz

Birthday: 1920-02-29 | Place of Birth: 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Franz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1976
Sisters of Death

as    Edmond Clybourn

1975
The Human Factor

as    Gen. Fuller

1974
Murder or Mercy

as    Dr. Raymond Eckworth

1959
The Atomic Submarine

as    Richard "Reef" Holloway

1958
The Flame Barrier

as    Dave Hollister

1958
Monster on the Campus

as    Donald Blake

1957
The Devil's Hairpin

as    Danny Rhinegold

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)

1956
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

as    Bob Hale

1956
The Wild Party

as    Lt. Arthur Mitchell

1956
Running Target

as    Scott

1955
New Orleans Uncensored

as    Dan Corbett

1955
Bobby Ware Is Missing

as    George Ware

1953
Flight Nurse

as    Capt. Mike Barnes

1953
Bad for Each Other

as    Dr. Jim Crowley

1953
Invaders from Mars

as    Dr. Stuart Kelston

1953
The Eddie Cantor Story

as    Harry Harris

1952
Eight Iron Men

as    Carter

1952
The Sniper

as    Eddie Miller

1952
The Member of the Wedding

as    Jarvis Addams

1951
Flight To Mars

as    Dr. Jim Barker

1951
Submarine Command

as    Lt. Arnie Carlson

1951
1950
Tarnished

as    Bud Dolliver

1950
Sands of Iwo Jima

as    Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator

1950
Three Secrets

as    Paul Radin