Arthur Franz
Born February 29, 1920 (Age: 106)
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Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Bogie
1980
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as Dr. Bogart
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Age: 60
Murder or Mercy
1974
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as Dr. Raymond Eckworth
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Age: 54
So Long, Blue Boy
1973
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as Ed Rilke
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Age: 53
The Sweet Ride
1968
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as Army Psychiatrist
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Age: 48
The Carpetbaggers
1964
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as Morrissey
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Age: 44
The Atomic Submarine
1959
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as Richard "Reef" Holloway
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Age: 39
Monster on the Campus
1958
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as Donald Blake
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Age: 38
The Young Lions
1958
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as Lt. Green
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Age: 38
The Flame Barrier
1958
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as Dave Hollister
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Age: 38
The Wild Party
1956
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as Lt. Arthur Mitchell
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Age: 36
Running Target
1956
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as Scott
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Age: 36
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956
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as Bob Hale
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Age: 36
Once to Every Woman
1956
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as David
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Age: 36
Bobby Ware Is Missing
1955
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as George Ware
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Age: 35
New Orleans Uncensored
1955
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as Dan Corbett
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Age: 35
Battle Taxi
1955
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as Lt. Pete Stacey
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Age: 34
The Steel Cage
1954
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as Chaplain Harvey, segment "The Face"
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Age: 34
The Caine Mutiny
1954
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as Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.
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Age: 34
With This Ring
1954
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as Frederick Miller
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Age: 33
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953
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as Harry Harris
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Age: 33
Bad for Each Other
1953
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as Dr. Jim Crowley
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Age: 33
Flight Nurse
1953
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as Capt. Mike Barnes
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Age: 33
No Image
Three Lives
1953
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as Self
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Age: 33
Invaders from Mars
1953
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as Dr. Stuart Kelston
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Age: 33
Three Secrets
1950
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as Paul Radin
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Age: 30
Tarnished
1950
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as Bud Dolliver
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Age: 29
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950
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as Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator
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Age: 29