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.
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Films (55)
That Championship Season
1982 · Macken
Bogie
1980 · Dr. Bogart
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
1979 · Dick Leonard
The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977 · Barnes
Sisters of Death
1976 · Edmond Clybourn
The Legend of Loch Ness
1976 · Narrator (voice)
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
1975 · Man at Party
The Human Factor
1975 · Gen. Fuller
Murder or Mercy
1974 · Dr. Raymond Eckworth
So Long, Blue Boy
1973 · Ed Rilke
The Million Dollar Duck
1971 · Prosecutor (uncredited)
Dream No Evil
1970 · John
Anzio
1968 · Maj. Gen. Luke Howard
The Sweet Ride
1968 · Army Psychiatrist
Alvarez Kelly
1966 · Capt. Towers
The Carpetbaggers
1964 · Morrissey
The Atomic Submarine
1959 · Richard "Reef" Holloway
Monster on the Campus
1958 · Donald Blake
The Young Lions
1958 · Lt. Green
The Flame Barrier
1958 · Dave Hollister
The Devil's Hairpin
1957 · Danny Rhinegold
Back from the Dead
1957 · Dick Anthony
The Unholy Wife
1957 · Father Stephen Hochen
Hellcats of the Navy
1957 · Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
The Wild Party
1956 · Lt. Arthur Mitchell
Running Target
1956 · Scott
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956 · Bob Hale
Once to Every Woman
1956 · David
Bobby Ware Is Missing
1955 · George Ware
New Orleans Uncensored
1955 · Dan Corbett
Battle Taxi
1955 · Lt. Pete Stacey
The Steel Cage
1954 · Chaplain Harvey, segment "The Face"
The Caine Mutiny
1954 · Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.
With This Ring
1954 · Frederick Miller
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953 · Harry Harris
Bad for Each Other
1953 · Dr. Jim Crowley
Flight Nurse
1953 · Capt. Mike Barnes
Three Lives
1953 · Self
Invaders from Mars
1953 · Dr. Stuart Kelston
The Member of the Wedding
1952 · Jarvis Addams
Eight Iron Men
1952 · Carter
The Sniper
1952 · Eddie Miller
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
1952 · Phil Young
Flight to Mars
1951 · Dr. Jim Barker
Submarine Command
1951 · Lt. Arnie Carlson
Strictly Dishonorable
1951 · Henry Greene
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951 · Tommy Nelson
Three Secrets
1950 · Paul Radin
Tarnished
1950 · Bud Dolliver
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950 · Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator
Roseanna McCoy
1949 · Thad Wilkins
Red Light
1949 · Fr. Jess Torno
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949 · Thad Avery
The Price of Freedom
1949 · Fred Vollmer
Jungle Patrol
1948 · Lt. 'Mace' Willard
Séries (66)
The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977 · Barnes
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976 · Sen. Jones
Medical Story
1975 · Crowell
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · Dr. Wayne Carlton
Police Story
1973
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Morgan Walding
The Waltons
1972 · Police Chief Moresdale
The Rookies
1972
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971 · Laird Holden, Caroll Shaw
Primus
1971
Cannon
1971
McCloud
1970
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Del Enright
The Mod Squad
1968 · Dr. Sam Berger, Sims, William Jeffers Sr., Arthur Westphal
Lancer
1968
The Outcasts
1968
Land of the Giants
1968 · Dr. Franzen
Mannix
1967 · Father Vale
Custer
1967
The Invaders
1967 · Capt. Jim Trent
Mission: Impossible
1966 · First Minister Andre Picard, Dr. Adler
Tarzan
1966
The F.B.I.
1965 · John Caldwell, Joseph Daly, Carl Stokely, Stacy Merriman, Neil
Profiles in Courage
1964 · James Madison
The Bing Crosby Show
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964 · Archer
Mr. Novak
1963 · Det. Sgt. Sol Moss
The Fugitive
1963 · Bus Driver
The Virginian
1962 · Fitz Warren, Sheriff Mike Miller
Saints and Sinners
1962 · Everett Harper
Ichabod and Me
1961
Checkmate
1960
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960 · Simon Dow
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · Harry Lytton, Paul Hoyt
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
The Alaskans
1959
Men Into Space
1959
Bonanza
1959 · Asa Moran
The Deputy
1959 · Herb Caldwell
World of Giants
1959
One Step Beyond
1959 · Kevin Stacy
Rawhide
1959 · Sheriff Art Harris, Charles Fredericks / C. F. Roper
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Dr. Alex Conley, Lieutenant Rudy
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · John Garth
Perry Mason
1957 · Danny Harrison, Richard Vanaman, Mayor James M. Henderson, Evans, Ray Ogilvie
Wagon Train
1957 · Dan Highet, Nathan Forge
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Lee Brand
Crossroads
1955 · Father Robert W. Greene
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Howard Boulder, Ben Macready
Gunsmoke
1955 · Red
The Millionaire
1955 · Carl Nelson, Frank Harrigan
Climax!
1954 · Dick Crosby, Dr. Joyce, Walt, Franco
Studio 57
1954
Lassie
1954 · Professor Standish
The Whistler
1954
Omnibus
1952 · Fred
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · David Chandler, Joe Newbury
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Dr. William Gorgas, Casimir Pulaski
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · David, Richard
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Henry Ford, Hack Wiles
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Steve Jordan, Larry Fleming, Chris Grine, Sgt. Douglas Renfrew, Chris Mather
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Dr. Craig's Son
The Lone Ranger
1949 · Nat Parker
Studio One
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Norman
Kraft Television Theatre
1947