Arthur Franz
Acting
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.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Tommy Nelson
Age 31 (now 86)
Hellcats of the Navy
as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
Age 37 (now 86)
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
as Man at Party
Age 55 (now 86)
Hellcats of the Navy
as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
Age 37 (now 86)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Tommy Nelson
Age 31 (now 86)
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
as Sen. Jones
Age 56 (now 86)
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Wayne Carlton
Age 53 (now 86)
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Laird Holden
Age 51 (now 86) Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Caroll Shaw
Age 51 (now 86)
Mission: Impossible
as First Minister Andre Picard
Age 46 (now 86)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Archer
Age 44 (now 86)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Lee Brand
Age 36 (now 86)
The Ford Television Theatre
as Joe Newbury
Age 32 (now 86) The Ford Television Theatre
as David Chandler
Age 32 (now 86)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Sgt. Douglas Renfrew
Age 31 (now 86) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Larry Fleming
Age 31 (now 86)
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Dr. Craig's Son
Age 29 (now 86)
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Norman
Age 28 (now 86)
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Also Known As
Arthur Sofield Franz
IMDB
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