Arthur Franz
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 29, 1920
- Died
- June 16, 2006
- Birthplace
- Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
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.
Filmography
That Championship Season 1982
as Macken
Bogie 1980
as Dr. Bogart
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story 1979
as Dick Leonard
The Amazing Howard Hughes 1977
as Barnes
Sisters of Death 1976
as Edmond Clybourn
The Legend of Loch Ness 1976
as Narrator (voice)
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood 1975
as Man at Party
The Human Factor 1975
as Gen. Fuller
Murder or Mercy 1974
as Dr. Raymond Eckworth
So Long, Blue Boy 1973
as Ed Rilke
The Million Dollar Duck 1971
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
Dream No Evil 1970
as John
Anzio 1968
as Maj. Gen. Luke Howard
The Sweet Ride 1968
as Army Psychiatrist
Alvarez Kelly 1966
as Capt. Towers
The Carpetbaggers 1964
as Morrissey
The Atomic Submarine 1959
as Richard "Reef" Holloway
Monster on the Campus 1958
as Donald Blake
The Flame Barrier 1958
as Dave Hollister
The Young Lions 1958
as Lt. Green
The Devil's Hairpin 1957
as Danny Rhinegold
Back from the Dead 1957
as Dick Anthony
The Unholy Wife 1957
as Father Stephen Hochen
Hellcats of the Navy 1957
as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
The Wild Party 1956
as Lt. Arthur Mitchell
Running Target 1956
as Scott
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956
as Bob Hale
Once to Every Woman 1956
as David
Bobby Ware Is Missing 1955
as George Ware
New Orleans Uncensored 1955
as Dan Corbett
Battle Taxi 1955
as Lt. Pete Stacey
The Steel Cage 1954
as Chaplain Harvey, segment "The Face"
The Caine Mutiny 1954
as Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.
With This Ring 1954
as Frederick Miller
The Eddie Cantor Story 1953
as Harry Harris
Bad for Each Other 1953
as Dr. Jim Crowley
Flight Nurse 1953
as Capt. Mike Barnes
- Three Lives
Three Lives 1953
as Self
Invaders from Mars 1953
as Dr. Stuart Kelston
The Member of the Wedding 1952
as Jarvis Addams
Eight Iron Men 1952
as Carter
The Sniper 1952
as Eddie Miller
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder 1952
as Phil Young
Flight to Mars 1951
as Dr. Jim Barker
Submarine Command 1951
as Lt. Arnie Carlson
Strictly Dishonorable 1951
as Henry Greene
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man 1951
as Tommy Nelson
Three Secrets 1950
as Paul Radin
Tarnished 1950
as Bud Dolliver
Sands of Iwo Jima 1950
as Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator
Roseanna McCoy 1949
as Thad Wilkins
Red Light 1949
as Fr. Jess Torno
Red Stallion In The Rockies 1949
as Thad Avery
- The Price of Freedom
The Price of Freedom 1949
as Fred Vollmer
Jungle Patrol 1948
as Lt. 'Mace' Willard
Credits from TMDB.