Arthur Franz

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: Acting

Born: Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA, 1920-02-29

Died: 2006-06-16

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Jungle Patrol	Lt. 'Mace' Willard	50
2	1949	The Price of Freedom	Fred Vollmer	0
3	1949	Red Stallion In The Rockies	Thad Avery	0
4	1949	Red Light	Fr. Jess Torno	55
5	1949	Roseanna McCoy	Thad Wilkins	61
6	1950	Sands of Iwo Jima	Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator	63
7	1950	Tarnished	Bud Dolliver	58
8	1950	Three Secrets	Paul Radin	64
9	1951	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man	Tommy Nelson	64
10	1951	Strictly Dishonorable	Henry Greene	52
11	1951	Submarine Command	Lt. Arnie Carlson	56
12	1951	Flight to Mars	Dr. Jim Barker	53
13	1952	Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder	Phil Young	0
14	1952	The Sniper	Eddie Miller	66
15	1952	Eight Iron Men	Carter	68
16	1952	The Member of the Wedding	Jarvis Addams	62
17	1953	Invaders from Mars	Dr. Stuart Kelston	59
18	1953	Three Lives	Self	0
19	1953	Flight Nurse	Capt. Mike Barnes	55
20	1953	Bad for Each Other	Dr. Jim Crowley	57
21	1953	The Eddie Cantor Story	Harry Harris	50
22	1954	With This Ring	Frederick Miller	60
23	1954	The Caine Mutiny	Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.	72
24	1954	The Steel Cage	Chaplain Harvey, segment "The Face"	0
25	1955	Battle Taxi	Lt. Pete Stacey	54
26	1955	New Orleans Uncensored	Dan Corbett	45
27	1955	Bobby Ware Is Missing	George Ware	70
28	1956	Once to Every Woman	David	0
29	1956	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt	Bob Hale	69
30	1956	Running Target	Scott	55
31	1956	The Wild Party	Lt. Arthur Mitchell	58
32	1957	Hellcats of the Navy	Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)	43
33	1957	The Unholy Wife	Father Stephen Hochen	46
34	1957	Back from the Dead	Dick Anthony	48
35	1957	The Devil's Hairpin	Danny Rhinegold	50
36	1958	The Young Lions	Lt. Green	68
37	1958	The Flame Barrier	Dave Hollister	42
38	1958	Monster on the Campus	Donald Blake	61
39	1959	The Atomic Submarine	Richard "Reef" Holloway	53
40	1964	The Carpetbaggers	Morrissey	58
41	1966	Alvarez Kelly	Capt. Towers	62
42	1968	The Sweet Ride	Army Psychiatrist	56
43	1968	Anzio	Maj. Gen. Luke Howard	57
44	1970	Dream No Evil	John	57
45	1971	The Million Dollar Duck	Prosecutor (uncredited)	57
46	1973	So Long, Blue Boy	Ed Rilke	10
47	1974	Murder or Mercy	Dr. Raymond Eckworth	0
48	1975	The Human Factor	Gen. Fuller	57
49	1975	F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood	Man at Party	35
50	1976	Legend of Loch Ness	Narrator	50
51	1976	Sisters of Death	Edmond Clybourn	39
52	1977	The Amazing Howard Hughes	Barnes	60
53	1979	Jennifer: A Woman’s Story	Dick Leonard	0
54	1980	Bogie	Dr. Bogart	50
55	1982	That Championship Season	Macken	51

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1947	Kraft Television Theatre		73
2	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse	Norman	60
3	1948	Studio One		47
4	1949	The Lone Ranger	Nat Parker	66
5	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents		52
6	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	Dr. Craig's Son	52
7	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Steve Jordan	70
8	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Larry Fleming	70
9	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Chris Grine	70
10	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		70
11	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Sgt. Douglas Renfrew	70
12	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Chris Mather	70
13	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Henry Ford	87
14	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Hack Wiles	87
15	1952	Four Star Playhouse	David	61
16	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Richard	61
17	1952	Cavalcade of America	Dr. William Gorgas	35
18	1952	Cavalcade of America	Casimir Pulaski	35
19	1952	The Ford Television Theatre	David Chandler	70
20	1952	The Ford Television Theatre	Joe Newbury	70
21	1952	The Ford Television Theatre		70
22	1952	Omnibus		60
23	1952	Omnibus	Fred	60
24	1954	The Whistler		0
25	1954	Lassie	Professor Standish	61
26	1954	Studio 57		0
27	1954	Climax!	Dick Crosby	30
28	1954	Climax!	Dr. Joyce	30
29	1954	Climax!	Walt	30
30	1954	Climax!	Franco	30
31	1955	The Millionaire	Carl Nelson	50
32	1955	The Millionaire	Frank Harrigan	50
33	1955	Gunsmoke	Red	66
34	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour	Howard Boulder	52
35	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour	Ben Macready	52
36	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Lee Brand	55
37	1957	Wagon Train	Dan Highet	63
38	1957	Wagon Train	Nathan Forge	63
39	1957	Perry Mason	Danny Harrison	77
40	1957	Perry Mason	Richard Vanaman	77
41	1957	Perry Mason	Mayor James M. Henderson	77
42	1957	Perry Mason	Evans	77
43	1957	Perry Mason	Ray Ogilvie	77
44	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	John Garth	69
45	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Dr. Alex Conley	67
46	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Lieutenant Rudy	67
47	1959	Rawhide	Sheriff Art Harris	72
48	1959	Rawhide	Charles Fredericks / C. F. Roper	72
49	1959	One Step Beyond	Kevin Stacy	56
50	1959	World of Giants		40
51	1959	Bonanza	Asa Moran	75
52	1959	The Deputy	Herb Caldwell	62
53	1959	Men Into Space		70
54	1959	The Alaskans		55
55	1959	Bourbon Street Beat		50
56	1959	Hawaiian Eye	Harry Lytton	52
57	1959	Hawaiian Eye	Paul Hoyt	52
58	1960	The Chevy Mystery Show	Simon Dow	60
59	1960	Checkmate		41
60	1961	Ichabod and Me		50
61	1962	Saints and Sinners	Everett Harper	60
62	1962	The Virginian	Fitz Warren	64
63	1962	The Virginian	Sheriff Mike Miller	64
64	1963	The Fugitive	Bus Driver	72
65	1963	Mr. Novak	Det. Sgt. Sol Moss	65
66	1964	The Bing Crosby Show		50
67	1964	Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea	Archer	77
68	1964	Profiles in Courage	James Madison	50
69	1965	The F.B.I.	John Caldwell	55
70	1965	The F.B.I.	Joseph Daly	55
71	1965	The F.B.I.	Carl Stokely	55
72	1965	The F.B.I.	Stacy Merriman	55
73	1965	The F.B.I.	Neil	55
74	1966	Tarzan		67
75	1966	Mission: Impossible	First Minister Andre Picard	76
76	1966	Mission: Impossible	Dr. Adler	76
77	1967	The Invaders	Capt. Jim Trent	68
78	1967	Custer		60
79	1967	Mannix	Father Vale	67
80	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Del Enright	71
81	1968	Land of the Giants	Dr. Franzen	67
82	1968	The Outcasts		53
83	1968	The Mod Squad	Dr. Sam Berger	63
84	1968	Lancer		47
85	1968	The Mod Squad	Sims	63
86	1968	The Mod Squad	William Jeffers Sr.	63
87	1968	The Mod Squad	Arthur Westphal	63
88	1970	McCloud		71
89	1971	Cannon		64
90	1971	Primus		50
91	1971	Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law	Laird Holden	63
92	1971	Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law	Caroll Shaw	63
93	1972	The Rookies		68
94	1972	The Waltons	Police Chief Moresdale	71
95	1973	Barnaby Jones	Morgan Walding	69
96	1973	Police Story		69
97	1974	The Six Million Dollar Man	Dr. Wayne Carlton	73
98	1976	Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II	Sen. Jones	86