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