Arthur Franz 02/29/1920 , (104 years old) in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA

Known for department

Acting

Biography

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.

poster The Caine Mutiny (1954)

Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.

poster Invaders from Mars (1953)

Dr. Stuart Kelston

poster The Sniper (1952)

Eddie Miller

poster Sands of Iwo Jima (1950)

Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator

poster Jungle Patrol (1948)

Lt. 'Mace' Willard

poster Flight To Mars (1951)

Dr. Jim Barker

poster The Atomic Submarine (1959)

Richard "Reef" Holloway

poster Red Light (1949)

Jess Torno

poster Hellcats of the Navy (1957)

Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)

poster Sisters of Death (1976)

Edmond Clybourn

poster The Unholy Wife (1957)

Father Stephen Hochen

poster Battle Taxi (1955)

Lt. Pete Stacey

poster The Steel Cage (1954)

Chaplain Harvey, segment "The Face"

poster Flight Nurse (1953)

Capt. Mike Barnes

poster Tarnished (1950)

Bud Dolliver

poster The Wild Party (1956)

Lt. Arthur Mitchell

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