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Arthur Franz
Actor
Died June 16, 2006 (86 years)
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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Filmography
| 1986 | Horrible Horror · as Professor Donald Blake, In clips from 'Monster on the Campus' |
| 1982 | That Championship Season · as Macken |
| 1979 | Jennifer: A Woman's Story · as Dick Leonard |
| 1977 | The Amazing Howard Hughes · as Barnes |
| 1977 | The Last Hurrah · as Hack Wiles |
| 1977 | Jaws of Death · as Correspondent |
| 1976 | Sisters of Death · as Edmond Clybourn |
| 1976 | Legend of Loch Ness · as Narrator |
| 1976 | King Monster · as Narrator |
| 1976 | The Quest (TV Series) · as Charles Minter |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (TV Series) · as Sen. Jones |
| 1975 | The 'Human' Factor · as Gen. Fuller |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series) · as Dr. Wayne Carlton |
| 1973 | So Long, Blue Boy · as Ed Rilke |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Morgan Walding |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | The Rookies (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1972 | The Waltons (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | The Million Dollar Duck · as Prosecutor (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1970 | Dream No Evil · as John |
| 1970 | McCloud (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1968 | Anzio · as Maj. Gen. Luke Howard |
| 1968 | The Sweet Ride · as Army Psychiatrist |
| 1968 | The Outcasts (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Del Enright |
| 1968 | Land of the Giants (TV Series) · as Dr. Franzen |
| 1967 | Custer (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1967 | The Invaders (TV Series) · as Capt. Jim Trent |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | Alvarez Kelly · as Capt. Towers |
| 1966 | Tarzan (1966) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Joseph Daly |
| 1964 | The Carpetbaggers · as Morrissey |
| 1964 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series) · as Archer |
| 1964 | The Bing Crosby Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Bus Driver |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Fitz Warren |
| 1961 | Whispering Smith (TV Series) · as Paul Landers |
| 1960 | Checkmate (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | The Atomic Submarine · as Richard "Reef" Holloway |
| 1959 | Woman Obsessed · as Tom Sharron |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Sheriff Art Harris |
| 1959 | Men into Space (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Deputy (TV Series) · as Herb Caldwell |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond (TV Series) · as Kevin Stacy |
| 1958 | Monster on the Campus · as Donald Blake |
| 1958 | The Flame Barrier · as Dave Hollister |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series) · as John Garth |
| 1958 | The Young Lions · as Lt. Green |
| 1957 | Hellcats of the Navy · as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish) |
| 1957 | Back from the Dead · as Dick Anthony |
| 1957 | The Devil's Hairpin · as Danny Rhinegold |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Danny Harrison |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Mel Akins |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Dan Highet |
| 1956 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt · as Bob Hale |
| 1956 | The Wild Party · as Lt. Arthur Mitchell |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Lee Brand |
| 1956 | Once to Every Woman · as David |
| 1955 | Battle Taxi · as Lt. Pete Stacey |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Red |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Dick Crosby |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) · as Professor Standish |
| 1954 | The Caine Mutiny · as Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr. |
| 1954 | The Whistler (TV Series) · as Leo |
| 1953 | Invaders from Mars · as Dr. Stuart Kelston |
| 1952 | The Sniper · as Eddie Miller |
| 1952 | The Member of the Wedding · as Jarvis Addams |
| 1952 | Eight Iron Men · as Carter |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Matt Warner |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Dr. William Gorgas |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Richard |
| 1951 | Flight to Mars · as Dr. Jim Barker |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Hack Wiles |
| 1951 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man · as Tommy Nelson |
| 1950 | Three Secrets · as Paul Radin |
| 1949 | Roseanna McCoy · as Thad Wilkins |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as Nat Parker |
| 1949 | Sands of Iwo Jima · as Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Unknown |