Arthur Franz
Acting
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 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.
Born: February 29, 1920
Place of Birth: Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Known For
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Weekly series spun off from the miniseries.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Join the crew of the Seaview aboard their super high-tech submarine, where no mission is too dangerous and no threat is too deadly, be it enemy agents, mad scientists, deadly sea creatures, or impending nuclear disaster.
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.
Filmography
as Macken
as Dr. Bogart
as Dick Leonard
as Barnes
as Sen. Jones
as Edmond Clybourn
as Narrator (voice)
as Man at Party
as Gen. Fuller
as Dr. Raymond Eckworth
as Dr. Wayne Carlton
as Ed Rilke
as Morgan Walding
as Police Chief Moresdale
as Laird Holden
as Caroll Shaw
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
as John
as Dr. Sam Berger
as William Jeffers Sr.
as Arthur Westphal
as Sims
as Dr. Franzen
as Del Enright
as Maj. Gen. Luke Howard
as Army Psychiatrist
as Father Vale
as Capt. Jim Trent
as Capt. Towers
as First Minister Andre Picard
as Dr. Adler
as John Caldwell
as Joseph Daly
as Carl Stokely
as Stacy Merriman
as Neil
as Archer
as Morrissey
as Det. Sgt. Sol Moss
as Bus Driver
as Fitz Warren
as Sheriff Mike Miller
as Everett Harper
as Simon Dow
as Richard "Reef" Holloway
as Paul Hoyt
as Harry Lytton
as Asa Moran
as Herb Caldwell
as Kevin Stacy
as Sheriff Art Harris
as Charles Fredericks / C. F. Roper
as Donald Blake
as Lieutenant Rudy
as Dr. Alex Conley
as John Garth
as Lt. Green
as Dave Hollister
as Danny Rhinegold
as Danny Harrison
as Richard Vanaman
as Mayor James M. Henderson
as Evans
as Ray Ogilvie
as Nathan Forge
as Dan Highet
as Dick Anthony
as Father Stephen Hochen
as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
as Lt. Arthur Mitchell
as Scott
as Lee Brand
as Bob Hale
as David
as George Ware
as Ben Macready
as Howard Boulder
as Red
as Dan Corbett
as Carl Nelson
as Frank Harrigan
as Lt. Pete Stacey
as Chaplain Harvey, segment "The Face"
as Dick Crosby
as Dr. Joyce
as Walt
as Franco
as Professor Standish
as Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.
as Frederick Miller
as Harry Harris
as Dr. Jim Crowley
as Capt. Mike Barnes
as Dr. Stuart Kelston
as Jarvis Addams
as Carter
as Fred
as David Chandler
as Joe Newbury
as Dr. William Gorgas
as Casimir Pulaski
as Eddie Miller
as Phil Young
as Henry Ford
as Hack Wiles
as Dr. Jim Barker
as Lt. Arnie Carlson
as Steve Jordan
as Larry Fleming
as Chris Grine
as Sgt. Douglas Renfrew
as Chris Mather
as Henry Greene
as Tommy Nelson
as Paul Radin
as Bud Dolliver
as Dr. Craig's Son
as Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator
as Thad Wilkins
as Fr. Jess Torno
as Nat Parker
as Thad Avery
as Lt. 'Mace' Willard
as Norman