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