Arthur Franz

Arthur Franz

Arthur Sofield Franz

Birth Date

2/29/1920 (Age 86)

Birth Place

Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA

Death Date

6/16/2006

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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 Missil...

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Total Credits

10

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Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.

Donald Blake

Richard "Reef" Holloway

Tommy Nelson

Dr. Jim Barker

Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator

Frequent Collaborators

Jack Arnold

Jack Arnold

1 film together

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Spencer Gordon Bennet

1 film together

Lesley Selander

Lesley Selander

1 film together

David Duncan

1 film together

Arthur Strawn

1 film together

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