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