Arthur Franz

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-02-29 (86 years old)

Deathday

2006-06-16

Place of Birth

Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA

Arthur Franz

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 an...

Acting

1954

The Caine Mutiny

as Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.

1953

Invaders from Mars

as Dr. Stuart Kelston

1949

The Price of Freedom

as Fred Vollmer

1975

The Human Factor

as Gen. Fuller

1952

The Sniper

as Eddie Miller

1957

The Unholy Wife

as Father Stephen Hochen

1949

Red Light

as Fr. Jess Torno

1958

Monster on the Campus

as Donald Blake

1958

The Young Lions

as Lt. Green

1951

Flight to Mars

as Dr. Jim Barker

1950

Three Secrets

as Paul Radin

1959

The Atomic Submarine

as Richard "Reef" Holloway

1955

1979

1976

Sisters of Death

as Edmond Clybourn

1950

Sands of Iwo Jima

as Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator

1957

Hellcats of the Navy

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

1953

Bad for Each Other

as Dr. Jim Crowley

1950

Tarnished

as Bud Dolliver

1955

Bobby Ware Is Missing

as George Ware

1951

Submarine Command

as Lt. Arnie Carlson

1954

The Steel Cage

as Chaplain Harvey, segment "The Face"

1958

The Flame Barrier

as Dave Hollister

1957

Back from the Dead

as Dick Anthony

1956

The Wild Party

as Lt. Arthur Mitchell

1955

Battle Taxi

as Lt. Pete Stacey

1949

Roseanna McCoy

as Thad Wilkins

1952

1951

Strictly Dishonorable

as Henry Greene

1956

1948

Jungle Patrol

as Lt. 'Mace' Willard

1954

With This Ring

as Frederick Miller

1953

Flight Nurse

as Capt. Mike Barnes

1968

Anzio

as Maj. Gen. Luke Howard

1968

The Sweet Ride

as Army Psychiatrist

1953

The Eddie Cantor Story

as Harry Harris

1952

1957

The Devil's Hairpin

as Danny Rhinegold

1964

The Carpetbaggers

as Morrissey

1974

Murder or Mercy

as Dr. Raymond Eckworth

1980

Bogie

as Dr. Bogart

1976

The Legend of Loch Ness

as Narrator (voice)

1966

Alvarez Kelly

as Capt. Towers

1970

1971

The Million Dollar Duck

as Prosecutor (uncredited)

1953

1973

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