Arthur Franz Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Arthur Franz

Arthur Franz

Acting

Biography

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 Movies

Acting

The Caine Mutiny movie poster
MOVIE

The Caine Mutiny

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The Caine Mutiny
Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt movie poster
MOVIE

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Bob Hale
Invaders from Mars movie poster
MOVIE

Invaders from Mars

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Invaders from Mars
Dr. Stuart Kelston
The Price of FreedomMOVIE
MOVIE

The Price of Freedom

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The Price of Freedom
Fred Vollmer
The Human Factor movie poster
MOVIE

The Human Factor

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The Human Factor
Gen. Fuller
The Sniper movie poster
MOVIE

The Sniper

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The Sniper
Eddie Miller
The Unholy Wife movie poster
MOVIE

The Unholy Wife

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The Unholy Wife
Father Stephen Hochen
Red Light movie poster
MOVIE

Red Light

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Red Light
Fr. Jess Torno
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man movie poster
MOVIE

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Tommy Nelson
Monster on the Campus movie poster
MOVIE

Monster on the Campus

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Monster on the Campus
Donald Blake

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