Arthur Franz

About

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...

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Perry MasonSeries • 1957BonanzaSeries • 1959LassieSeries • 1954Hawaii Five-OSeries • 1969Wagon TrainSeries • 1957The FugitiveSeries • 1963MannixSeries • 1967Mission: ImpossibleSeries • 1966The WaltonsSeries • 1972The VirginianSeries • 1962Four Star PlayhouseSeries • 1952CannonSeries • 1971Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956Studio OneSeries • 1948Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries • 1950The Six Million Dollar ManSeries • 1974Climax!Series • 1954The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries • 1948The F.B.I.Series • 1965RawhideSeries • 1959Barnaby JonesSeries • 1973Wanted: Dead or AliveSeries • 1958One Step BeyondSeries • 1959The Lone RangerSeries • 1949