Arthur Franz
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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.
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Credits
The Young Lions (1958)
as Lt. Green
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
as Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.
Alvarez Kelly (1966)
as Capt. Towers
Sands of Iwo Jima (1950)
as Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator
The Sniper (1952)
as Eddie Miller
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
as Bob Hale
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
as Tommy Nelson
Invaders from Mars (1953)
as Dr. Stuart Kelston
Anzio (1968)
as Maj. Gen. Luke Howard
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
as Morrissey
Red Light (1949)
as Fr. Jess Torno
Submarine Command (1951)
as Lt. Arnie Carlson
The Million Dollar Duck (1971)
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
Three Secrets (1950)
as Paul Radin
The Atomic Submarine (1959)
as Richard "Reef" Holloway
Monster on the Campus (1958)
as Donald Blake
The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)
as Barnes
Three Lives (1953)
as Self
Flight to Mars (1951)
as Dr. Jim Barker
Bogie (1980)
as Dr. Bogart
Tarnished (1950)
as Bud Dolliver
The Unholy Wife (1957)
as Father Stephen Hochen
The Sweet Ride (1968)
as Army Psychiatrist
Eight Iron Men (1952)
as Carter
The Wild Party (1956)
as Lt. Arthur Mitchell
The Human Factor (1975)
as Gen. Fuller
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood (1975)
as Man at Party
Roseanna McCoy (1949)
as Thad Wilkins
Murder or Mercy (1974)
as Dr. Raymond Eckworth
Sisters of Death (1976)
as Edmond Clybourn
The Devil's Hairpin (1957)
as Danny Rhinegold
Battle Taxi (1955)
as Lt. Pete Stacey
Flight Nurse (1953)
as Capt. Mike Barnes
The Steel Cage (1954)
as Chaplain Harvey, segment "The Face"
The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)
as Harry Harris
The Member of the Wedding (1952)
as Jarvis Addams
That Championship Season (1982)
as Macken
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story (1979)
as Dick Leonard
New Orleans Uncensored (1955)
as Dan Corbett
Bad for Each Other (1953)
as Dr. Jim Crowley
Dream No Evil (1970)
as John
Bobby Ware Is Missing (1955)
as George Ware
The Legend of Loch Ness (1976)
as Narrator (voice)
Strictly Dishonorable (1951)
as Henry Greene
The Flame Barrier (1958)
as Dave Hollister
The Price of Freedom (1949)
as Fred Vollmer
So Long, Blue Boy (1973)
as Ed Rilke
With This Ring (1954)
as Frederick Miller
Running Target (1956)
as Scott
Back from the Dead (1957)
as Dick Anthony
Once to Every Woman (1956)
as David
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1952)
as Phil Young
Jungle Patrol (1948)
as Lt. 'Mace' Willard
Red Stallion In The Rockies (1949)
as Thad Avery