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Arthur Franz

Arthur Franz

Actor·1920–2006·Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA

7 horror credits

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 Missiles of October.

Actor7 films

Sisters of Death

Sisters of Death

Edmond Clybourn

1976
So Long, Blue Boy

So Long, Blue Boy

Ed Rilke

1973
Dream No Evil

Dream No Evil

John

1970 2.5
Monster on the Campus

Monster on the Campus

Donald Blake

1958 3.0
Back from the Dead

Back from the Dead

Dick Anthony

1957
Invaders from Mars

Invaders from Mars

Dr. Stuart Kelston

1953 3.5
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Tommy Nelson

1951