Arthur Franz
Birthday
1920/02/29
Day of death
2006/06/16 (86 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Also know as
Arthur Sofield Franz
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...Read more
Acting
(1954) The Caine Mutiny
as Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.
(1956) Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
as Bob Hale
(1953) Invaders from Mars
as Dr. Stuart Kelston
(1949) The Price of Freedom
as Fred Vollmer
(1975) The Human Factor
as Gen. Fuller
(1952) The Sniper
as Eddie Miller
(1957) The Unholy Wife
as Father Stephen Hochen
(1949) Red Light
as Fr. Jess Torno
(1951) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Tommy Nelson
(1958) Monster on the Campus
as Donald Blake
(1958) The Young Lions
as Lt. Green
(1951) Flight to Mars
as Dr. Jim Barker
(1950) Three Secrets
as Paul Radin
(1959) The Atomic Submarine
as Richard "Reef" Holloway
(1955) New Orleans Uncensored
as Dan Corbett
(1979) Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
as Dick Leonard
(1976) Sisters of Death
as Edmond Clybourn
(1950) Sands of Iwo Jima
as Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator
(1975) F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
as Man at Party
(1957) Hellcats of the Navy
as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
(1953) Bad for Each Other
as Dr. Jim Crowley
(1950) Tarnished
as Bud Dolliver
(1955) Bobby Ware Is Missing
as George Ware
(1951) Submarine Command
as Lt. Arnie Carlson
(1954) The Steel Cage
as Chaplain Harvey, segment "The Face"
(1958) The Flame Barrier
as Dave Hollister
(1957) Back from the Dead
as Dick Anthony
(1956) The Wild Party
as Lt. Arthur Mitchell
(1955) Battle Taxi
as Lt. Pete Stacey
(1949) Roseanna McCoy
as Thad Wilkins
(1952) Eight Iron Men
as Carter
(1951) Strictly Dishonorable
as Henry Greene
(1956) Running Target
as Scott
(1948) Jungle Patrol
as Lt. 'Mace' Willard
(1954) With This Ring
as Frederick Miller
(1953) Flight Nurse
as Capt. Mike Barnes
(1968) Anzio
as Maj. Gen. Luke Howard
(1968) The Sweet Ride
as Army Psychiatrist
(1953) The Eddie Cantor Story
as Harry Harris
(1952) The Member of the Wedding
as Jarvis Addams
(1957) The Devil's Hairpin
as Danny Rhinegold
(1964) The Carpetbaggers
as Morrissey
(1974) Murder or Mercy
as Dr. Raymond Eckworth
(1980) Bogie
as Dr. Bogart
(1949) Red Stallion In The Rockies
as Thad Avery
(1976) Legend of Loch Ness
as Narrator
(1966) Alvarez Kelly
as Capt. Towers
(1970) Dream No Evil
as John
(1952) Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
as Phil Young
(1956) Once to Every Woman
as David
(1971) The Million Dollar Duck
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
(1982) That Championship Season
as Macken
(1953) Three Lives
as Self
(1977) The Amazing Howard Hughes
as Barnes
(1973) So Long, Blue Boy
as Ed Rilke
(1972) The Rookies
as ---
(1959) Bourbon Street Beat
as ---
(1965) The F.B.I.
as John Caldwell
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Del Enright
(1960) Checkmate
as ---
(1952) Omnibus
as ---
(1968) Land of the Giants
as Dr. Franzen
(1967) Mannix
as Father Vale
(1968) The Mod Squad
as Dr. Sam Berger
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Red
(1957) Perry Mason
as Danny Harrison
(1962) Saints and Sinners
as Everett Harper
(1948) Studio One
as ---
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as First Minister Andre Picard
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Henry Ford
(1972) The Waltons
as Police Chief Moresdale
(1961) Ichabod and Me
as ---
(1959) Rawhide
as Sheriff Art Harris
(1968) The Outcasts
as ---
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1963) The Fugitive
as Bus Driver
(1955) The Millionaire
as Carl Nelson
(1962) The Virginian
as Fitz Warren
(1968) Lancer
as ---
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Steve Jordan
(1970) McCloud
as ---
(1954) Climax!
as Dick Crosby
(1959) One Step Beyond
as Kevin Stacy
(1959) Men Into Space
as ---
(1964) Profiles in Courage
as James Madison
(1966) Tarzan
as ---
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as Norman
(1959) The Alaskans
as ---
(1958) Wanted: Dead or Alive
as John Garth
(1963) Mr. Novak
as Det. Sgt. Sol Moss
(1954) The Whistler
as ---
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as ---
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as Dr. William Gorgas
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Lee Brand
(1964) The Bing Crosby Show
as ---
(1967) Custer
as ---
(1949) The Lone Ranger
as Nat Parker
(1959) World of Giants
as ---
(1971) Primus
as ---
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Joseph Daly
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Carl Stokely
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Stacy Merriman
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Neil
(1955) The Millionaire
as Frank Harrigan
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as Casimir Pulaski
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Larry Fleming
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Chris Grine
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Sgt. Douglas Renfrew
(1974) The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Wayne Carlton
(1976) Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
as Sen. Jones
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Richard
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as David
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Dr. Craig's Son
(1960) The Chevy Mystery Show
as Simon Dow
(1957) Perry Mason
as Richard Vanaman
(1957) Perry Mason
as Mayor James M. Henderson
(1957) Perry Mason
as Evans
(1957) Perry Mason
as Ray Ogilvie
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Hack Wiles
(1954) Climax!
as Dr. Joyce
(1954) Climax!
as Walt
(1954) Climax!
as Franco
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Morgan Walding
(1971) Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Caroll Shaw
(1971) Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Laird Holden
(1968) The Mod Squad
as Arthur Westphal
(1968) The Mod Squad
as Sims
(1968) The Mod Squad
as William Jeffers Sr.
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Dr. Adler
(1964) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Archer
(1962) The Virginian
as Sheriff Mike Miller
(1959) Rawhide
as Charles Fredericks / C. F. Roper
(1959) Bonanza
as Asa Moran
(1959) The Deputy
as Herb Caldwell
(1959) Hawaiian Eye
as Harry Lytton
(1959) Hawaiian Eye
as Paul Hoyt
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Dr. Alex Conley
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Lieutenant Rudy
(1957) Wagon Train
as Nathan Forge
(1957) Wagon Train
as Dan Highet
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Howard Boulder
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Ben Macready
(1954) Lassie
as Professor Standish
(1954) Studio 57
as ---
(1947) Kraft Television Theatre
as ---
(1952) The Ford Television Theatre
as ---
(1952) The Ford Television Theatre
as Joe Newbury
(1952) The Ford Television Theatre
as David Chandler
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Chris Mather
(1967) The Invaders
as Capt. Jim Trent
(1952) Omnibus
as Fred