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Eduard Franz
Actor
Born October 31, 1902Died February 10, 1983 (80 years)
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Eduard Franz (born Eduard Franz Schmidt; October 31, 1902 – February 10, 1987) was an American actor of theatre, film and television. Franz portrayed King Ahab in the 1953 biblical low-budget film Sins of Jezebel, Jethro in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956), and Jehoam in Henry Koster's The Story of Ruth (1960). By 1936, Franz was a player on the national stage, performing from coast to coast. He became a leading Broadway actor for nearly 30 years, in such plays as First Stop to Heaven and Embezzled Heaven and Conversation At Midnight. He made his film debut in a bit part, in 1947, in Killer at Large, but followed that brief appearance the next year with a memorable role in the motion picture The Scar (also titled Hollow Triumph). His fourth movie saw him acting with John Wayne in Wake of the Red Witch, in 1948. He portrayed Chief Broken Hand in White Feather. He played such intellectuals as Dr. Stern in The Thing from Another World (1951), a university professor in The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959), and Justice Louis Brandeis in The Magnificent Yankee (1950), a role he reprised in the 1965 television adaptation. He appeared in a 1957 television adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel Beyond This Place, which was directed by Sidney Lumet.
Franz performed as well in two separate remakes of Al Jolson's 1927 cinema classic The Jazz Singer, each time playing the key role of the aged and ailing synagogue cantor upset by his son's decision to pursue a secular show-business career rather than continue the family tradition and follow in his father's religious footsteps. Those remakes were the 1952 film version of the story starring Danny Thomas and the 1959 television version starring Jerry Lewis.
Franz performed in a number of television series, including Gunsmoke; Have Gun - Will Travel; The Law and Mr. Jones; The Barbara Stanwyck Show and Cimarron City. Franz was cast as psychiatric clinic director Dr. Edward Raymer in 30 episodes of the weekly ABC medical drama Breaking Point
Eduard Franz (born Eduard Franz Schmidt; October 31, 1902 – February 10, 1987) was an American actor of theatre, film and television. Franz portrayed King Ahab in the 1953 biblical low-budget film Sins of Jezebel, Jethro in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956), and Jehoam in Henry Koster's The Story of Ruth (1960). By 1936, Franz was a player on the national stage, performing from coast to coast. He became a leading Broadway actor for nearly 30 years, in such plays as First Stop to Heaven and Embezzled Heaven and Conversation At Midnight. He made his film debut in a bit part, in 1947, in Killer at Large, but followed that brief appearance the next year with a memorable role in the motion picture The Scar (also titled Hollow Triumph). His fourth movie saw him acting with John Wayne in Wake of the Red Witch, in 1948. He portrayed Chief Broken Hand in White Feather. He played such intellectuals as Dr. Stern in The Thing from Another World (1951), a university professor in The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959), and Justice Louis Brandeis in The Magnificent Yankee (1950), a role he reprised in the 1965 television adaptation. He appeared in a 1957 television adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel Beyond This Place, which was directed by Sidney Lumet.
Franz performed as well in two separate remakes of Al Jolson's 1927 cinema classic The Jazz Singer, each time playing the key role of the aged and ailing synagogue cantor upset by his son's decision to pursue a secular show-business career rather than continue the family tradition and follow in his father's religious footsteps. Those remakes were the 1952 film version of the story starring Danny Thomas and the 1959 television version starring Jerry Lewis.
Franz performed in a number of television series, including Gunsmoke; Have Gun - Will Travel; The Law and Mr. Jones; The Barbara Stanwyck Show and Cimarron City. Franz was cast as psychiatric clinic director Dr. Edward Raymer in 30 episodes of the weekly ABC medical drama Breaking Point
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| 1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie · as Old Man |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart (TV Series) |
| 1978 | The Paper Chase (TV Series) · as Ernie, Sr. |
| 1978 | Vega$ (TV Series) |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Panic on the 5:22 · as Jerome Hartford |
| 1974 | The Sex Symbol · as Otto Litsky (foreign Theatrical Version) |
| 1974 | Apple's Way (TV Series) · as H.j. Swanson |
| 1973 | Adam's Rib (TV Series) · as Whittaker |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Grandpa |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) |
| 1972 | The Waltons (TV Series) |
| 1972 | The Rookies (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (TV Series) · as Dr. Lewis |
| 1971 | Johnny Got His Gun · as Col. / Gen. Tillery |
| 1970 | The Interns (TV Series) · as Gus |
| 1970 | The Brotherhood of the Bell · as Dr. Konstantin Horvathy |
| 1969 | Medical Center (TV Series) |
| 1969 | My Friend Tony (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Professor Mackinnon |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief (TV Series) · as Mr. Johnson |
| 1967 | The President's Analyst · as Ethan Allen Cocket |
| 1967 | Mannix (TV Series) |
| 1967 | The Invaders (TV Series) · as Premier Thor Halvorsen |
| 1966 | Cyborg 2087 · as Prof. Sigmund Marx |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Dr. Keeler |
| 1965 | A Man Called Shenandoah (TV Series) · as Dr. Joshua Macauley |
| 1965 | For the People (TV Series) · as Judge Newman |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock High (TV Series) · as Adm. Siegfried Von Kreuter |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Edward Roland |
| 1963 | Breaking Point (TV Series) |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke (TV Series) |
| 1962 | Beauty and the Beast · as Orsini |
| 1962 | The Wide Country (TV Series) · as Dr. Carl Lukins |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Two Hawks |
| 1962 | Hatari! · as Doctor Sanderson |
| 1961 | Ben Casey (TV Series) |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show (TV Series) · as Dr. Bert Jacobson |
| 1961 | Francis of Assisi · as Pietro Bernardone |
| 1961 | The Fiercest Heart · as Hugo Baumon |
| 1960 | The Case of the Dangerous Robin (TV Series) · as Mr. Balzar |
| 1960 | The Law and Mr. Jones (TV Series) · as Gustave Helmer |
| 1960 | Insight (TV Series) · as Fine |
| 1960 | Michael Shayne (TV Series) · as Dr. Thomas Thompson |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV Series) · as Dr. Paul Aldrich |
| 1960 | The Story of Ruth · as Jehoam |
| 1959 | The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake · as Jonathan Drake |
| 1959 | The Miracle · as Priest |
| 1959 | Ford Startime (TV Series) |
| 1959 | The June Allyson Show (TV Series) · as Jules Silberg |
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| 1959 | The Deputy (TV Series) · as Wilk - Guitar Player |
| 1959 | Markham (TV Series) · as Father Mike Weathergay |
| 1959 | David Niven Show (TV Series) · as Prisoner Anton Helg |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Mayor Arnold Opel |
| 1958 | Pursuit (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1958 | Cimarron City (TV Series) |
| 1958 | A Certain Smile · as Monsieur Vallon |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series) · as Isaac Rankin |
| 1958 | The Last of the Fast Guns · as Padre Jose |
| 1958 | Day of the Badman · as Andrew Owens |
| 1957 | Collector's Item: The Left Fist of David · as Mr. Peasley |
| 1957 | Zorro (1957) (TV Series) |
| 1957 | The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series) · as Dunn |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun (TV Series) · as David Marcus |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Dr. Rand |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Man Afraid · as Carl Simmons |
| 1957 | Panic (TV Series) |
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments · as Jethro |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Burton Wheless |
| 1956 | The Burning Hills · as Jacob Lantz |
| 1956 | Three for Jamie Dawn · as Anton Karek |
| 1955 | Lady Godiva of Coventry · as King Edward |
| 1955 | The Indian Fighter · as Red Cloud |
| 1955 | Crossroads (1955) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1955 | The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Casablanca (1955) (TV Series) · as Ben Hassan |
| 1955 | The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (TV Series) · as De Santre |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Amos Cartwright |
| 1955 | The Last Command · as Lorenzo De Quesada |
| 1955 | White Feather · as Chief Broken Hand |
| 1954 | Sign of the Pagan · as Astrologer |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Dr. James Lifford |
| 1954 | Broken Lance · as Two Moons |
| 1954 | Living It Up · as Dr. Nassau (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Beachhead · as Bouchard, French Planter |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Rev. Travers |
| 1953 | Sins of Jezebel · as Ahab |
| 1953 | Latin Lovers · as Dr. Lionel Y. Newman |
| 1953 | Dream Wife · as Khan |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as David |
| 1952 | The Jazz Singer · as David Golding |
| 1952 | Everything I Have Is Yours · as Phil Meisner |
| 1952 | Because You're Mine · as Albert Parkson Foster |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Paul |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Samuel Morse |
| 1952 | One Minute to Zero · as Dr. Gustav Engstrand |
| 1952 | This Is The Life (TV Series) · as Hank Brewster |
| 1952 | Shadow in the Sky · as The Doctor |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Rabbi Eli Lipner |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Justice Brandeis |
| 1951 | The Unknown Man · as Andrew Jason 'andy' Layford |
| 1951 | The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel · as Col. Klaus Von Stauffenberg |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Prof. Randall |
| 1951 | The Great Caruso · as Giulio Gatti-Casazza |
| 1951 | The Thing from Another World · as Dr. Stern |
| 1950 | The Goldbergs · as Alexander Abel |
| 1950 | The Magnificent Yankee · as Louis Brandeis |
| 1950 | Emergency Wedding · as Dr. Heimer |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Father Pierre |
| 1950 | Treasury Men in Action (TV Series) · as Ed Emery |
| 1950 | Francis · as Colonel Plepper |
| 1950 | Whirlpool · as Martin Avery |
| 1949 | Oh, You Beautiful Doll · as Gottfried Steiner |
| 1949 | Madame Bovary · as Rouault |
| 1949 | Outpost in Morocco · as Emir Of Bel-Rashad |
| 1948 | Wake of the Red Witch · as Harmenszoon Van Schreeven |
| 1948 | Ford Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1948 | Hollow Triumph · as Frederick Muller |
| 1948 | The Iron Curtain · as Maj. Semyon Kulin |