Arthur Franz
Birthday: 1920-02-29 | Place of Birth: Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USAArthur 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
Acting
Role
as Edmond Clybourn
as Gen. Fuller
as Dr. Raymond Eckworth
as Richard "Reef" Holloway
as Dave Hollister
as Donald Blake
as Danny Rhinegold
as Dick Anthony
as Father Stephen Hochen
as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
as Bob Hale
as Lt. Arthur Mitchell
as Scott
as Dan Corbett
as George Ware
as Capt. Mike Barnes
as Dr. Jim Crowley
as Dr. Stuart Kelston
as Harry Harris
as Carter
as Eddie Miller
as Jarvis Addams
as Dr. Jim Barker
as Lt. Arnie Carlson
as Tommy Nelson
as Bud Dolliver
as Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator
as Paul Radin
