Arthur Franz
Actor
- Born
- February 29, 1920 · Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
- Died
- June 16, 2006 (age 86)
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.
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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.
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Known for
Acting55
- 1982That Championship Season as Macken
- 1980Bogie as Dr. Bogart
- 1979Jennifer: A Woman’s Story as Dick Leonard
- 1977The Amazing Howard Hughes as Barnes
- 1976Sisters of Death as Edmond Clybourn
- 1976The Legend of Loch Ness as Narrator (voice)
- 1975F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood as Man at Party
- 1975The Human Factor as Gen. Fuller
- 1974Murder or Mercy as Dr. Raymond Eckworth
- 1973So Long, Blue Boy
