Arthur Franz
Acting
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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
That Championship Season
1982
Bogie
1980
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
1979
The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977
The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
Sisters of Death
1976
The Legend of Loch Ness
1976
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
1975
The Human Factor
1975
Medical Story
1975
Murder or Mercy
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
So Long, Blue Boy
1973
Police Story
1973
Barnaby Jones
1973
The Waltons
1972
The Rookies
1972
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
Primus
1971
Cannon
1971
The Million Dollar Duck
1971
McCloud
1970
Dream No Evil
1970
The Mod Squad
1968
Lancer
1968
The Outcasts
1968
Land of the Giants
1968
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Anzio
1968
The Sweet Ride
1968
Mannix
1967
Custer
1967
The Invaders
1967
Alvarez Kelly
1966
Mission: Impossible
1966
Tarzan
1966
The F.B.I.
1965
Profiles in Courage
1964
The Bing Crosby Show
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
The Carpetbaggers
1964
Mr. Novak
1963
The Fugitive
1963
The Virginian
1962
Saints and Sinners
1962
Ichabod and Me
1961
Checkmate
1960
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960
The Atomic Submarine
1959
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
The Alaskans
1959
Men Into Space
1959
Bonanza
1959
The Deputy
1959
World of Giants
1959
One Step Beyond
1959
Rawhide
1959
Monster on the Campus
1958
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
The Young Lions
1958
The Flame Barrier
1958
The Devil's Hairpin
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Wagon Train
1957
Back from the Dead
1957
The Unholy Wife
1957
Hellcats of the Navy
1957
The Wild Party
1956
Running Target
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956
Once to Every Woman
1956
Bobby Ware Is Missing
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Gunsmoke
1955
New Orleans Uncensored
1955
The Millionaire
1955
Battle Taxi
1955
The Steel Cage
1954
Climax!
1954
Studio 57
1954
Lassie
1954
The Whistler
1954
The Caine Mutiny
1954
With This Ring
1954
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953
Bad for Each Other
1953
Flight Nurse
1953
Three Lives
1953
Invaders from Mars
1953
The Member of the Wedding
1952
Eight Iron Men
1952
Omnibus
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Cavalcade of America
1952
Four Star Playhouse
1952
The Sniper
1952
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Flight to Mars
1951
Submarine Command
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Strictly Dishonorable
1951
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
Three Secrets
1950
Tarnished
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950
Roseanna McCoy
1949
Red Light
1949
The Lone Ranger
1949
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949
The Price of Freedom
1949
Studio One
1948
Jungle Patrol
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Kraft Television Theatre
1947