Arthur Franz

Personal Info

Birthday

February 29, 1920

Day of Death

2006-06-16

(86 years old)

Place of Birth

Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As

Arthur Sofield Franz

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.

Known For

Perry Mason

Bonanza

Robert Montgomery Presents

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Waltons

Mannix

Lassie

Wagon Train

Filmography

1982
That Championship Season
as Macken
1980
Bogie
as Dr. Bogart
1979
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
as Dick Leonard
1977
The Amazing Howard Hughes
as Barnes
1976
Sisters of Death
as Edmond Clybourn
The Legend of Loch Ness
as Narrator (voice)
1975
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
as Man at Party
The Human Factor
as Gen. Fuller
1974
Murder or Mercy
as Dr. Raymond Eckworth
1973
So Long, Blue Boy
as Ed Rilke
1971
The Million Dollar Duck
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
1970
Dream No Evil
as John
1968
Anzio
as Maj. Gen. Luke Howard
The Sweet Ride
as Army Psychiatrist
1966
Alvarez Kelly
as Capt. Towers
1964
The Carpetbaggers
as Morrissey
1959
The Atomic Submarine
as Richard "Reef" Holloway
1958
Monster on the Campus
as Donald Blake
The Young Lions
as Lt. Green
The Flame Barrier
as Dave Hollister
1957
The Devil's Hairpin
as Danny Rhinegold
Back from the Dead
as Dick Anthony
The Unholy Wife
as Father Stephen Hochen
Hellcats of the Navy
as Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)
1956
The Wild Party
as Lt. Arthur Mitchell
Running Target
as Scott
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
as Bob Hale
Once to Every Woman
as David
1955
Bobby Ware Is Missing
as George Ware
New Orleans Uncensored
as Dan Corbett
Battle Taxi
as Lt. Pete Stacey
1954
The Steel Cage
as Chaplain Harvey, segment "The Face"
The Caine Mutiny
as Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.
With This Ring
as Frederick Miller
1953
The Eddie Cantor Story
as Harry Harris
Bad for Each Other
as Dr. Jim Crowley
Flight Nurse
as Capt. Mike Barnes
Three Lives
as Self
Invaders from Mars
as Dr. Stuart Kelston
1952
The Member of the Wedding
as Jarvis Addams
Eight Iron Men
as Carter
The Sniper
as Eddie Miller
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
as Phil Young
1951
Flight to Mars
as Dr. Jim Barker
Submarine Command
as Lt. Arnie Carlson
Strictly Dishonorable
as Henry Greene
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
as Tommy Nelson
1950
Three Secrets
as Paul Radin
Tarnished
as Bud Dolliver
Sands of Iwo Jima
as Cpl. Robert C. Dunne / Narrator
1949
Roseanna McCoy
as Thad Wilkins
Red Light
as Fr. Jess Torno
Red Stallion In The Rockies
as Thad Avery
The Price of Freedom
as Fred Vollmer
1948
Jungle Patrol
as Lt. 'Mace' Willard