That Championship Season
1982 · Movie
as Macken
Arthur Franz
1920-02-29
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Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
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.
Filmography
Bogie
1980 · Movie
as Dr. Bogart
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
1979 · Movie
as Dick Leonard
The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977 · Movie
as Barnes
The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977 · TV Show
as Barnes
Sisters of Death
1976 · Movie
as Edmond Clybourn
The Legend of Loch Ness
1976 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976 · TV Show
as Sen. Jones
The Human Factor
1975 · Movie
as Gen. Fuller
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
1975 · Movie
as Man at Party
Medical Story
1975 · TV Show
as Crowell
Murder or Mercy
1974 · Movie
as Dr. Raymond Eckworth
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · TV Show
as Dr. Wayne Carlton
So Long, Blue Boy
1973 · Movie
as Ed Rilke
Police Story
1973 · TV Show
Barnaby Jones
1973 · TV Show
as Morgan Walding
The Rookies
1972 · TV Show
The Waltons
1972 · TV Show
as Police Chief Moresdale
The Million Dollar Duck
1971 · Movie
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
Cannon
1971 · TV Show
Primus
1971 · TV Show
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971 · TV Show
as Caroll Shaw, Laird Holden
Dream No Evil
1970 · Movie
as John
McCloud
1970 · TV Show
Anzio
1968 · Movie
as Maj. Gen. Luke Howard
The Sweet Ride
1968 · Movie
as Army Psychiatrist
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · TV Show
as Del Enright
Land of the Giants
1968 · TV Show
as Dr. Franzen
The Mod Squad
1968 · TV Show
as Dr. Sam Berger, Arthur Westphal, Sims, William Jeffers Sr.
The Outcasts
1968 · TV Show
Lancer
1968 · TV Show
Mannix
1967 · TV Show
as Father Vale
Custer
1967 · TV Show
The Invaders
1967 · TV Show
as Capt. Jim Trent
Alvarez Kelly
1966 · Movie
as Capt. Towers
Mission: Impossible
1966 · TV Show
as First Minister Andre Picard, Dr. Adler
Tarzan
1966 · TV Show
The F.B.I.
1965 · TV Show
as John Caldwell, Joseph Daly, Carl Stokely, Stacy Merriman, Neil
The Carpetbaggers
1964 · Movie
as Morrissey
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Profiles in Courage
1964 · TV Show
as James Madison
The Bing Crosby Show
1964 · TV Show
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964 · TV Show
as Archer
The Fugitive
1963 · TV Show
as Bus Driver
Mr. Novak
1963 · TV Show
as Det. Sgt. Sol Moss
Saints and Sinners
1962 · TV Show
as Everett Harper
The Virginian
1962 · TV Show
as Fitz Warren, Sheriff Mike Miller
Ichabod and Me
1961 · TV Show
Checkmate
1960 · TV Show
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The Chevy Mystery Show
1960 · TV Show
as Simon Dow
The Atomic Submarine
1959 · Movie
as Richard "Reef" Holloway
Bourbon Street Beat
1959 · TV Show
Rawhide
1959 · TV Show
as Sheriff Art Harris, Charles Fredericks / C. F. Roper
One Step Beyond
1959 · TV Show
as Kevin Stacy
Men Into Space
1959 · TV Show
The Alaskans
1959 · TV Show
World of Giants
1959 · TV Show
Bonanza
1959 · TV Show
as Asa Moran
The Deputy
1959 · TV Show
as Herb Caldwell
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · TV Show
as Harry Lytton, Paul Hoyt
Monster on the Campus
1958 · Movie
as Donald Blake
The Young Lions
1958 · Movie
as Lt. Green
The Flame Barrier
1958 · Movie
as Dave Hollister
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · TV Show
as John Garth
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · TV Show
as Dr. Alex Conley, Lieutenant Rudy
The Unholy Wife
1957 · Movie
as Father Stephen Hochen
Hellcats of the Navy
1957 · Movie
as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
Back from the Dead
1957 · Movie
as Dick Anthony
The Devil's Hairpin
1957 · Movie
as Danny Rhinegold
Perry Mason
1957 · TV Show
as Danny Harrison, Richard Vanaman, Mayor James M. Henderson, Evans, Ray Ogilvie
Wagon Train
1957 · TV Show
as Nathan Forge, Dan Highet
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956 · Movie
as Bob Hale
The Wild Party
1956 · Movie
as Lt. Arthur Mitchell
Running Target
1956 · Movie
as Scott
Once to Every Woman
1956 · Movie
as David
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · TV Show
as Lee Brand
New Orleans Uncensored
1955 · Movie
as Dan Corbett
Bobby Ware Is Missing
1955 · Movie
as George Ware
Battle Taxi
1955 · Movie
as Lt. Pete Stacey
Gunsmoke
1955 · TV Show
as Red
The Millionaire
1955 · TV Show
as Carl Nelson, Frank Harrigan
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · TV Show
as Howard Boulder, Ben Macready
The Caine Mutiny
1954 · Movie
as Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.
The Steel Cage
1954 · Movie
as Chaplain Harvey, segment "The Face"
With This Ring
1954 · Movie
as Frederick Miller
Climax!
1954 · TV Show
as Dick Crosby, Dr. Joyce, Walt, Franco
The Whistler
1954 · TV Show
Lassie
1954 · TV Show
as Professor Standish
Studio 57
1954 · TV Show
Invaders from Mars
1953 · Movie
as Dr. Stuart Kelston
Bad for Each Other
1953 · Movie
as Dr. Jim Crowley
Flight Nurse
1953 · Movie
as Capt. Mike Barnes
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953 · Movie
as Harry Harris
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Three Lives
1953 · Movie
as Self
The Sniper
1952 · Movie
as Eddie Miller
Eight Iron Men
1952 · Movie
as Carter
The Member of the Wedding
1952 · Movie
as Jarvis Addams
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
1952 · Movie
as Phil Young
Omnibus
1952 · TV Show
as Fred
Cavalcade of America
1952 · TV Show
as Dr. William Gorgas, Casimir Pulaski
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · TV Show
as Richard, David
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · TV Show
as Joe Newbury, David Chandler
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951 · Movie
as Tommy Nelson
Flight to Mars
1951 · Movie
as Dr. Jim Barker
Submarine Command
1951 · Movie
as Lt. Arnie Carlson
Strictly Dishonorable
1951 · Movie
as Henry Greene
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
as Henry Ford, Hack Wiles
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · TV Show
as Steve Jordan, Larry Fleming, Chris Grine, Sgt. Douglas Renfrew, Chris Mather
Three Secrets
1950 · Movie
as Paul Radin
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950 · Movie
as Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator
Tarnished
1950 · Movie
as Bud Dolliver
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · TV Show
as Dr. Craig's Son
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The Price of Freedom
1949 · Movie
as Fred Vollmer
Red Light
1949 · Movie
as Fr. Jess Torno
Roseanna McCoy
1949 · Movie
as Thad Wilkins
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949 · Movie
as Thad Avery
The Lone Ranger
1949 · TV Show
as Nat Parker
Jungle Patrol
1948 · Movie
as Lt. 'Mace' Willard
Studio One
1948 · TV Show
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · TV Show
as Norman
Kraft Television Theatre
1947 · TV Show
