
Arthur Franz
- Date of Birth: 1920-02-29
- Date of Death: 2006-06-16
- Place of Birth: Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
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 a... 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.

The F.B.I.
Crime, Drama, Mystery • 1965 September

The F.B.I.
Crime, Drama, Mystery • 1965 September

The 20th Century Fox Hour
Drama • 1955 October

The 20th Century Fox Hour
Drama • 1955 October

Battle Taxi
Drama, War • 1955 January

Flight to Mars
Science Fiction, Thriller • 1951 November

The Atomic Submarine
Science Fiction, Thriller • 1959 November

The Outcasts
Western, Action & Adventure • 1968 September

Hawaiian Eye
Crime, Drama • 1959 October

Strictly Dishonorable
Comedy, Romance • 1951 July