
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Franz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
120 acting credits
Acting · 120

Perry Mason
1957

Mannix
1967

Bonanza
1959

The Fugitive
1963

Lassie
1954

Mission: Impossible
1966

Hawaii Five-O
1968

Wagon Train
1957

The Waltons
1972

The Virginian
1962

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

The Six Million Dollar Man
1974

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950

Climax!
1954

The F.B.I.
1965
Four Star Playhouse
1952

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956

Rawhide
1959

Barnaby Jones
1973

Cannon
1971

Studio One
1948

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958

The Rookies
1972

Hawaiian Eye
1959

The Invaders
1967

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964

The Lone Ranger
1949

77 Sunset Strip
1958

Gunsmoke
1955

Omnibus
1952

McCloud
1970

One Step Beyond
1959

Land of the Giants
1968

Checkmate
1960

Tarzan
1966

The Mod Squad
1968

The Ford Television Theatre
1952

Lancer
1968

Studio 57
1954

The Millionaire
1955

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

Police Story
1973

Kraft Television Theatre
1947

Cavalcade of America
1952

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971

The Deputy
1959

Mr. Novak
1963

Bourbon Street Beat
1959

The Alaskans
1959

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976

Medical Story
1975
The Whistler
1954
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960
Profiles in Courage
1964

The Outcasts
1968

Men Into Space
1959

Custer
1967

Saints and Sinners
1962

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

The Caine Mutiny
1954

Primus
1971

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

World of Giants
1959

The Bing Crosby Show
1964

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951

Sands of Iwo Jima
1950

The Young Lions
1958

Ichabod and Me
1961

The Million Dollar Duck
1971

Anzio
1968

The Sniper
1952

Alvarez Kelly
1966

The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977

Invaders from Mars
1953

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956

Bogie
1980

The Carpetbaggers
1964

The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977

Monster on the Campus
1958

Three Secrets
1950

The Atomic Submarine
1959

The Unholy Wife
1957

Hellcats of the Navy
1957

The Sweet Ride
1968

Jungle Patrol
1948

Roseanna McCoy
1949

That Championship Season
1982

The Human Factor
1975

Submarine Command
1951

The Eddie Cantor Story
1953

Red Light
1949

Flight to Mars
1951

Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
1979

Bad for Each Other
1953

New Orleans Uncensored
1955

The Steel Cage
1954

The Member of the Wedding
1952

Battle Taxi
1955

Bobby Ware Is Missing
1955

Tarnished
1950

The Devil's Hairpin
1957

F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
1975

Sisters of Death
1976

Back from the Dead
1957

Strictly Dishonorable
1951

Flight Nurse
1953

Murder or Mercy
1974

Dream No Evil
1970
Three Lives
1953

Eight Iron Men
1952

The Flame Barrier
1958

With This Ring
1954

Running Target
1956

Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
1952

Once to Every Woman
1956
The Price of Freedom
1949

The Wild Party
1956

Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949

The Legend of Loch Ness
1976

So Long, Blue Boy
1973