Biography
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
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TV Shows 65
Movies 57
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Horrible Horror (1986)
That Championship Season (1982)
Bogie (1980)
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story (1979)
King Monster (1978)
The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976)
Sisters of Death (1976)
Legend of Loch Ness (1976)
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood (1975)
The Human Factor (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 Nurses (1965)
The F.B.I. (1965)
Profiles in Courage (1964)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
The Bing Crosby Show (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)
The Deputy (1959)
Bonanza (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 Flame Barrier (1958)
The Young Lions (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)
Science Fiction Theatre (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)
Abbott and 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)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1920-02-29
Deathday2006-06-17 (86 years old)
Birth PlacePerth Amboy, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsArthur Sofield Franz
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