Arthur Franz profile
Actor profile

Arthur Franz

29th February 1920 Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA Acting

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.

53 Movies 98 TV Shows 155 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Bogie poster
Bogie 4th March 1980 as Dr. Bogart
Anzio poster
Anzio 24th July 1968 as Maj. Gen. Luke Howard
Mannix poster
Mannix 16th September 1967 as Father Vale
Mr. Novak poster
Mr. Novak 24th September 1963 as Det. Sgt. Sol Moss
Bonanza poster
Bonanza 12th September 1959 as Asa Moran
Rawhide poster
Rawhide 9th January 1959 as Sheriff Art Harris
Rawhide poster
Rawhide 9th January 1959 as Charles Fredericks / C. F. Roper
Perry Mason poster
Perry Mason 21st September 1957 as Mayor James M. Henderson
Climax! poster
Climax! 7th October 1954 as Dick Crosby
Lassie poster
Lassie 12th September 1954 as Professor Standish