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 Ma ... n (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.
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Mr. Novak
as Det. Sgt. Sol Moss
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 24, 1963
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
as Sen. Jones
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 21, 1976
The F.B.I.
as John Caldwell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1965
Hawaii Five-O
as Del Enright
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1968
Land of the Giants
as Dr. Franzen
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1968
Mannix
as Father Vale
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1967
The Mod Squad
as Dr. Sam Berger
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1968
Perry Mason
as Danny Harrison
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Gunsmoke
as Red
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Saints and Sinners
as Everett Harper
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1962
Mission: Impossible
as First Minister Andre Picard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 05, 1968
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Henry Ford
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 24, 1951
The Waltons
as Police Chief Moresdale
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1972
Rawhide
as Sheriff Art Harris
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1959
The Fugitive
as Bus Driver
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1963
The Millionaire
as Carl Nelson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 19, 1955
The Virginian
as Fitz Warren
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Steve Jordan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1951
Climax!
as Dick Crosby
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1954
One Step Beyond
as Kevin Stacy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1959
Profiles in Courage
as James Madison
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 08, 1964
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Norman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1948
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as John Garth
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 06, 1958
Cavalcade of America
as Dr. William Gorgas
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1952
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Lee Brand
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1956
The Lone Ranger
as Nat Parker
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1949
The F.B.I.
as Joseph Daly
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1965
The F.B.I.
as Carl Stokely
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1965
The F.B.I.
as Stacy Merriman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1965
The F.B.I.
as Neil
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1965
The Millionaire
as Frank Harrigan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 19, 1955
Cavalcade of America
as Casimir Pulaski
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Larry Fleming
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Chris Grine
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Sgt. Douglas Renfrew
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1951
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Wayne Carlton
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 18, 1974
Four Star Playhouse
as Richard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1952
Four Star Playhouse
as David
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1952
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Dr. Craig's Son
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 30, 1950
The Chevy Mystery Show
as Simon Dow
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 29, 1960
Perry Mason
as Richard Vanaman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Perry Mason
as Mayor James M. Henderson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Perry Mason
as Evans
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Perry Mason
as Ray Ogilvie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Hack Wiles
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 24, 1951
Climax!
as Dr. Joyce
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1954
Climax!
as Walt
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1954
Climax!
as Franco
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1954
The Mod Squad
as William Jeffers Sr.
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1968
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Laird Holden
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Caroll Shaw
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1971
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Archer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1964
The Mod Squad
as Arthur Westphal
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1968
Barnaby Jones
as Morgan Walding
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 28, 1973
The Mod Squad
as Sims
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1968
Mission: Impossible
as Dr. Adler
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 05, 1968
Bonanza
as Asa Moran
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1959
Hawaiian Eye
as Paul Hoyt
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1959
77 Sunset Strip
as Lieutenant Rudy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 1958
The Virginian
as Sheriff Mike Miller
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
Rawhide
as Charles Fredericks / C. F. Roper
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1959
Hawaiian Eye
as Harry Lytton
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1959
The Deputy
as Herb Caldwell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1959
77 Sunset Strip
as Dr. Alex Conley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 1958
Wagon Train
as Nathan Forge
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1957
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Ben Macready
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1955
Wagon Train
as Dan Highet
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1957
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Howard Boulder
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1955
The Ford Television Theatre
as David Chandler
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1952
Lassie
as Professor Standish
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1954
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Chris Mather
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1951
The Ford Television Theatre
as Joe Newbury
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1952
The Invaders
as Capt. Jim Trent
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 10, 1967
Omnibus
as Fred
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 09, 1952
World of Giants
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Sep 05, 1959
The Whistler
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jul 13, 1954
Kraft Television Theatre
Episodes: 3
First Aired: May 07, 1947
Studio One
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 07, 1948
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 05, 1951
The Ford Television Theatre
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 02, 1952
The Rookies
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1972
Bourbon Street Beat
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1959
Checkmate
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1960
Omnibus
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 09, 1952
Cannon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1971
Ichabod and Me
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1961
The Outcasts
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1968
Police Story
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 20, 1973
Lancer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1968
McCloud
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 17, 1970
Men Into Space
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1959
Tarzan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1966
The Alaskans
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1959
Robert Montgomery Presents
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 30, 1950
The Bing Crosby Show
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1964
Custer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 06, 1967
Primus
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1971
Studio 57
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1954
Popularity History
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2024 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 7 |
2024 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 3 |
2024 | 8 | 13 | 54 | 4 |
2024 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 3 |
2024 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
2024 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
2024 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
2025 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 3 |
2025 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
2025 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |