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Arthur Sofield Franz
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, T…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
That Championship Season
as Macken
Bogie
as Dr. Bogart
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
as Dick Leonard
The Amazing Howard Hughes
as Barnes
Sisters of Death
as Edmond Clybourn
The Legend of Loch Ness
as Narrator (voice)
The Human Factor
as Gen. Fuller
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
as Man at Party
Murder or Mercy
as Dr. Raymond Eckworth
So Long, Blue Boy
as Ed Rilke
TV Shows
The Amazing Howard Hughes
as Barnes · 2 ep.
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
as Sen. Jones · 2 ep.
Medical Story
as Crowell · 1 ep.
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Dr. Wayne Carlton · 1 ep.
Barnaby Jones
as Morgan Walding · 1 ep.
Police Story
1 ep.
The Waltons
as Police Chief Moresdale · 1 ep.
The Rookies
1 ep.
Cannon
1 ep.
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Laird Holden · 1 ep.
