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