Acting · Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA · Born February 29, 1920
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.
MovieThat Championship Season
1982
as Macken
MovieBogie
1980
as Dr. Bogart
MovieJennifer: A Woman’s Story
1979
as Dick Leonard
MovieThe Amazing Howard Hughes
1977
as Barnes
TVThe Amazing Howard Hughes
1977
as Barnes
TVRich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
as Sen. Jones
MovieSisters of Death
1976
as Edmond Clybourn
MovieThe Legend of Loch Ness
1976
as Narrator (voice)
MovieF. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
1975
as Man at Party
MovieThe Human Factor
1975
as Gen. Fuller
TVMedical Story
1975
as Crowell
MovieMurder or Mercy
1974
as Dr. Raymond Eckworth
TVThe Six Million Dollar Man
1974
as Dr. Wayne Carlton
MovieSo Long, Blue Boy
1973
as Ed Rilke
TVPolice Story
1973
TVBarnaby Jones
1973
as Morgan Walding
TVThe Waltons
1972
as Police Chief Moresdale
TVThe Rookies
1972
TVOwen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Laird Holden
TVPrimus
1971
TVCannon
1971
MovieThe Million Dollar Duck
1971
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
TVMcCloud
1970
MovieDream No Evil
1970
as John
TVThe Mod Squad
1968
as Dr. Sam Berger
TVLancer
1968
TVThe Outcasts
1968
TVLand of the Giants
1968
as Dr. Franzen
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Del Enright
MovieAnzio
1968
as Maj. Gen. Luke Howard
MovieThe Sweet Ride
1968
as Army Psychiatrist
TVMannix
1967
as Father Vale
TVCuster
1967
TVThe Invaders
1967
as Capt. Jim Trent
MovieAlvarez Kelly
1966
as Capt. Towers
TVMission: Impossible
1966
as First Minister Andre Picard
TVTarzan
1966
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as John Caldwell
Profiles in Courage
1964
as James Madison
TVThe Bing Crosby Show
1964
TVVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as Archer
MovieThe Carpetbaggers
1964
as Morrissey
TVMr. Novak
1963
as Det. Sgt. Sol Moss
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Bus Driver
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Fitz Warren
TVSaints and Sinners
1962
as Everett Harper
TVIchabod and Me
1961
TVCheckmate
1960
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960
as Simon Dow
MovieThe Atomic Submarine
1959
as Richard "Reef" Holloway
TVHawaiian Eye
1959
as Harry Lytton
TVBourbon Street Beat
1959
TVThe Alaskans
1959
TVMen Into Space
1959
TVBonanza
1959
as Asa Moran
TVThe Deputy
1959
as Herb Caldwell
TVWorld of Giants
1959
TVOne Step Beyond
1959
as Kevin Stacy
TVRawhide
1959
as Sheriff Art Harris
MovieMonster on the Campus
1958
as Donald Blake
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Dr. Alex Conley
TVWanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as John Garth
MovieThe Young Lions
1958
as Lt. Green
MovieThe Flame Barrier
1958
as Dave Hollister
MovieThe Devil's Hairpin
1957
as Danny Rhinegold
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Danny Harrison
TVWagon Train
1957
as Dan Highet
MovieBack from the Dead
1957
as Dick Anthony
MovieThe Unholy Wife
1957
as Father Stephen Hochen
MovieHellcats of the Navy
1957
as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
MovieThe Wild Party
1956
as Lt. Arthur Mitchell
MovieRunning Target
1956
as Scott
TVDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Lee Brand
MovieBeyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956
as Bob Hale
MovieOnce to Every Woman
1956
as David
MovieBobby Ware Is Missing
1955
as George Ware
TVThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Howard Boulder
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Red
MovieNew Orleans Uncensored
1955
as Dan Corbett
TVThe Millionaire
1955
as Carl Nelson
MovieBattle Taxi
1955
as Lt. Pete Stacey
MovieThe Steel Cage
1954
as Chaplain Harvey, segment "The Face"
TVClimax!
1954
as Dick Crosby
TVStudio 57
1954
TVLassie
1954
as Professor Standish
TVThe Whistler
1954
MovieThe Caine Mutiny
1954
as Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.
MovieWith This Ring
1954
as Frederick Miller
MovieThe Eddie Cantor Story
1953
as Harry Harris
MovieBad for Each Other
1953
as Dr. Jim Crowley
MovieFlight Nurse
1953
as Capt. Mike Barnes
Three Lives
1953
as Self
MovieInvaders from Mars
1953
as Dr. Stuart Kelston
MovieThe Member of the Wedding
1952
as Jarvis Addams
MovieEight Iron Men
1952
as Carter
TVOmnibus
1952
TVThe Ford Television Theatre
1952
as David Chandler
TVCavalcade of America
1952
as Dr. William Gorgas
TVFour Star Playhouse
1952
as David
MovieThe Sniper
1952
as Eddie Miller
MovieRainbow 'Round My Shoulder
1952
as Phil Young
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Henry Ford
MovieFlight to Mars
1951
as Dr. Jim Barker
MovieSubmarine Command
1951
as Lt. Arnie Carlson
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Steve Jordan
MovieStrictly Dishonorable
1951
as Henry Greene
MovieBud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
as Tommy Nelson
MovieThree Secrets
1950
as Paul Radin
MovieTarnished
1950
as Bud Dolliver
TVRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
MovieSands of Iwo Jima
1950
as Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator
MovieRoseanna McCoy
1949
as Thad Wilkins
MovieRed Light
1949
as Fr. Jess Torno
TVThe Lone Ranger
1949
as Nat Parker
MovieRed Stallion In The Rockies
1949
as Thad Avery
The Price of Freedom
1949
as Fred Vollmer
TVStudio One
1948
MovieJungle Patrol
1948
as Lt. 'Mace' Willard
TVThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Norman
TVKraft Television Theatre
1947
