Arthur Franz

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.

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Bonanza

7.5

The Six Million Dollar Man

7.2

The Caine Mutiny

7.2

Mission: Impossible

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Invaders from Mars

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Sands of Iwo Jima

6.3

Hawaii Five-O

7.1

The Young Lions

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Perry Mason

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

7.7

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

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Gunsmoke

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The Waltons

7.1

The Million Dollar Duck

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The Sniper

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Anzio

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Lassie

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The Invaders

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The Fugitive

7.2

Alvarez Kelly

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Mannix

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McCloud

7.1

Monster on the Campus

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The Atomic Submarine

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Rawhide

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Land of the Giants

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The Carpetbaggers

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Cannon

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Wanted: Dead or Alive

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The Virginian

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Sisters of Death

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Flight to Mars

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The Lone Ranger

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Barnaby Jones

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Wagon Train

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The Member of the Wedding

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Tarzan

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The F.B.I.

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The Mod Squad

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77 Sunset Strip

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Red Light

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The Human Factor

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The Rookies

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The Unholy Wife

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Dream No Evil

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Police Story

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Submarine Command

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Three Secrets

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Hellcats of the Navy

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Back from the Dead

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One Step Beyond

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Studio One

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Bad for Each Other

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Climax!

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The Amazing Howard Hughes

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Hawaiian Eye

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Battle Taxi

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That Championship Season

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

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Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

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Four Star Playhouse

6.1

Checkmate

4.1

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

6.3

The Flame Barrier

4.2

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.7

The Philco Television Playhouse

6.0

Robert Montgomery Presents

5.2

The 20th Century Fox Hour

5.2

Roseanna McCoy

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Eight Iron Men

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The Sweet Ride

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Lancer

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The Deputy

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New Orleans Uncensored

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The Wild Party

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Strictly Dishonorable

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Men Into Space

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Custer

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The Outcasts

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The Millionaire

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

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Cavalcade of America

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Kraft Television Theatre

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F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood

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Tarnished

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Running Target

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Jungle Patrol

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Flight Nurse

5.5

Bogie

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Omnibus

6.0

The Alaskans

5.5

Mr. Novak

6.5

The Chevy Mystery Show

6.0

The Ford Television Theatre

7.0

Bobby Ware Is Missing

7.0

With This Ring

6.0

The Eddie Cantor Story

5.0

The Devil's Hairpin

5.0

Legend of Loch Ness

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So Long, Blue Boy

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Bourbon Street Beat

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Saints and Sinners

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Ichabod and Me

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Profiles in Courage

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The Bing Crosby Show

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World of Giants

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Primus

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The Price of Freedom

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Jennifer: A Woman’s Story

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The Steel Cage

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Murder or Mercy

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Red Stallion In The Rockies

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Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

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Once to Every Woman

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Three Lives

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The Whistler

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Studio 57

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