Arthur Sofield Franz (February 29, 1920 – June 17, 2006) was an American actor whose most notable feature film role was as Lieutenant, Junior Grade, H. Paynter Jr. in ''
The Caine Mutiny
''The Caine Mutiny'' is a 1951 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Herman Wouk. The novel grew out of Wouk's personal experiences aboard two destroyer-minesweepers in the Pacific Theater in World War II. Among its themes, it deals with the moral ...
'' (1954).
Early life
Franz was born in
Perth Amboy
Perth Amboy is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Perth Amboy is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 55,436. Perth Amboy has a Hispanic majority population. In the 2010 census, th ...
, New Jersey. His interest in acting developed while he was still a student in high school.
Military service
During
World War II
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, Franz served as a
B-24 Liberator
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and some initial production aircraft were laid down as export models ...
navigator
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in the
United States Army Air Forces
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. He was shot down over
Romania
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and incarcerated in a
POW camp
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There are significant differences among POW camps, internment camps, and military prisons. ...
, from which he later escaped.
Stage
Franz's
Broadway
Broadway may refer to:
Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
credits include ''Command Decision'' (1947), ''The Moon Vine'' (1942), ''Little Darling'' (1942), and ''Hope for a Harvest'' (1941).
Film
Franz made his screen debut in '' Jungle Patrol'' (1948). He appeared in ''
Roseanna McCoy
''Roseanna McCoy'' is a 1949 American drama film directed by Irving Reis. The screenplay by John Collier, based on the 1947 novel of the same title by Alberta Hannum, is a romanticized and semi-fictionalized account of the Hatfield–McCoy feud. ...
'' (1949), ''
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
''Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man'' is a 1951 American science fiction comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring the team of Abbott and Costello alongside Nancy Guild.
The film depicts the misadventures of Lou Francis and Bu ...
John Wayne
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in the World War II film ''
Sands of Iwo Jima
''Sands of Iwo Jima'' is a 1949 war film starring John Wayne that follows a group of United States Marines from training to the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. The film, which also features John Agar, Adele Mara and Forrest Tucker, ...
'' (1949) and with
Ronald Reagan
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That Championship Season
''That Championship Season'' is a 1972 play by Jason Miller. It was the recipient of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 1973 Tony Award for Best Play.
Plot synopsis
The setting is 1972 at the Coach's home in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
O ...
''.
Television
Franz portrayed automobile magnate
Henry Ford
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in the 1955 television film, ''A Story About Henry Ford'', with
Karen Sharpe
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Life and career
Sharpe was born in San Antonio, Texas, th ...
as Ford's wife,
Clara Bryant Ford
Clara Jane Bryant Ford (April 11, 1866 – September 29, 1950) was the wife of Henry Ford. She was an active suffragist and was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.
Early life
Clara Jane Bryant was born on April 11, 1866, to Melvin ...
.
Franz was also a familiar face on American
television series
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; he made five guest appearances on ''
Perry Mason
Perry Mason is a fictional character, an American criminal defense lawyer who is the main character in works of detective fiction written by Erle Stanley Gardner. Perry Mason features in 82 novels and 4 short stories, all of which involve a c ...
'', twice playing the defendant and one time the murderer. In 1958 he played the title role of Danny Harrison in "The Case of the Married Moonlighter," and in 1959 he played Richard Vanaman in "The Case of the Golden Fraud." In 1959, he co-starred in the short-lived series
World of Giants
''World of Giants'' (a.k.a. ''W-O-G'') is an American black-and-white science fiction spy-fi television series that aired in syndication from September 5, 1959 until November 28, 1959. It starred Marshall Thompson and Arthur Franz.
Premise
Amer ...
. In 1962, he played murderer Mr. Evans in "The Case of the Captain's Coin."
In 1960 Franz appeared as
Matt Warner
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on the TV western ''
Death Valley Days
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'' on the episode titled "The Young Gun." In 1961, Franz was cast as the historical
Paine Page Prim
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, a future chief justice of the
Oregon Supreme Court
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anthology series
An anthology series is a radio, television, video game or film series that spans different genres and presents a different story and a different set of characters in each different episode, season, segment, or short. These usually have a dif ...
, ''
Death Valley Days
''Death Valley Days'' is an American old-time radio and television anthology series featuring true accounts of the American Old West, particularly the Death Valley country of southeastern California. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program ...
'', hosted by
Stanley Andrews
Stanley Andrews (born Stanley Martin Andrzejewski; August 28, 1891 – June 23, 1969) was an American actor perhaps best known as the voice of Daddy Warbucks on the radio program ''Little Orphan Annie'' and later as "The Old Ranger", the first ...
. Prim is shown as a drunken, ostracized lawyer who hesitates to help a miner in legal trouble but must overcome his personal demons to excel at the law. The episode also stars
Dub Taylor
Walter Clarence "Dub" Taylor Jr. (February 26, 1907 – October 3, 1994),Dub Taylor, 87, Actor in Westerns, The New York Times, October 5, 1994, Section B, Page 12 was an American character actor who from the 1940s into the 1990s worked extens ...
as Jake;
William Schallert
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as Carl Spenger, and
Bill Bixby
Wilfred Bailey Everett Bixby III (January 22, 1934 – November 21, 1993) professionally known as Bill Bixby, was an American actor, director, producer, and frequent game-show panellist.
Bixby's career spanned more than three decades, includi ...
as Kinney. In 1962, he was cast as Asa Moran, an acting sheriff who abuses of his power, in the episode "The Lawmaker" of the NBC western series ''
Bonanza
''Bonanza'' is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 13, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 432 episodes, ''Bonanza'' is NBC's longest-running western, the second-longest-running western series on ...
''.
He appeared on dozens of other series, including ''
Schlitz Playhouse
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Crossroads
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* Crossroads (junction), where four roads meet
Film and television Films
* ''Crossroads'' (1928 film), a 1928 Japanese film by Teinosuke Kinugasa
* ''Cross Roads'' (film), a 1930 Brit ...
Tarzan
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The F.B.I.
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'', ''
The Mod Squad
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Custer
George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars.
Custer graduated from West Point in 1861 at the bottom of his class, b ...
Mannix
''Mannix'' is an American detective television series that ran from 1967 to 1975 on CBS. It was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller. The title character, Joe Mannix, is a private in ...
'', ''
The Rookies
''The Rookies'' is an American police procedural series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows the exploits of three rookie police officers working in an unidentified city for the fictitious Southern California Police Department (SC ...
Storefront Lawyers
''Storefront Lawyers'' (also known as ''Men at Law'') is an American legal drama that ran from September 1970 to January 1971 and February 1971 to March 1971 on CBS. The series starred Robert Foxworth, Sheila Larken, David Arkin, and A Martinez. ...
'', ''
The Six Million Dollar Man
''The Six Million Dollar Man'' is an American science fiction and action television series, running from 1973 to 1978, about a former astronaut, USAF Colonel Steve Austin, portrayed by Lee Majors. After a NASA test flight accident, Austin ...
'', ''
The Invaders
''The Invaders'' is an American science-fiction television series created by Larry Cohen that aired on ABC for two seasons, from 1967 to 1968. Roy Thinnes stars as David Vincent, who after stumbling across evidence of an in-progress invas ...
'', ''
The Waltons
''The Waltons'' is an American historical drama television series about a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II. It was created by Earl Hamner Jr., based on his 1961 book '' Spencer's Mountain'' and the 1963 fil ...
'', ''
Room 222
''Room 222'' is an American comedy-drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television that aired on ABC for 112 episodes, from September 17, 1969 until January 11, 1974. The show was broadcast on Wednesday evenings at 8:30 ( EST) fo ...
Gunsmoke
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Medical Story
''Medical Story'' is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from September 4, 1975, until January 8, 1976.
Premise
This was an anthology series about issues in the medical field, making it into the medical equivalent of '' Police Story'' ...
Lancer
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Barnaby Jones
''Barnaby Jones'' is an American detective television series starring Buddy Ebsen as a formerly retired investigator and Lee Meriwether as his widowed daughter-in-law, who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles, California. The show was o ...
James Madison
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in the 1965 episode "George Mason" of the
NBC
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documentary series ''
Profiles in Courage
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George Wythe
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, and
Laurence Naismith
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played the title role of
George Mason
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Charles A. Halleck
Charles Abraham Halleck (August 22, 1900 – March 3, 1986) was an American politician. He was the Republican leader of the United States House of Representatives from the second district of Indiana.
Early life and education
Halleck was born nea ...
of
Indiana
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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.
Personal life
Franz's third wife, Doreen Lang, died in 1999. He had previously been divorced twice. He married his fourth wife, Sharon, on February 14, 2006.
Death
Franz died in
Oxnard, California
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, at the age of 86 from
emphysema
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and
heart disease
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The Doctor and the Girl
''The Doctor and the Girl'' (also known as ''Bodies and Souls'') is a 1949 American drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Glenn Ford, Charles Coburn, Gloria DeHaven and Janet Leigh that was inspired by the French novel ''Corps et  ...
'' (1949) as Dr. Harvey L. Kenmore
* '' Red Light'' (1949) as Capt. Jess Torno (Chaplain)
* ''
Roseanna McCoy
''Roseanna McCoy'' is a 1949 American drama film directed by Irving Reis. The screenplay by John Collier, based on the 1947 novel of the same title by Alberta Hannum, is a romanticized and semi-fictionalized account of the Hatfield–McCoy feud. ...
'' (1949) as Thad Wilkins
* ''
Sands of Iwo Jima
''Sands of Iwo Jima'' is a 1949 war film starring John Wayne that follows a group of United States Marines from training to the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. The film, which also features John Agar, Adele Mara and Forrest Tucker, ...
'' (1949) as Cpl. Robert Dunne / Narrator
* ''
Tarnished
''Tarnished'' is a 1950 American action film directed by Harry Keller, written by John K. Butler, and starring Dorothy Patrick, Arthur Franz, Barbra Fuller, Jimmy Lydon, Harry Shannon and Don Beddoe. It was released on February 28, 1950 by Rep ...
'' (1950) as Bud Dolliver
* ''
Three Secrets
''Three Secrets'' is a 1950 American drama film directed by Robert Wise and starring Eleanor Parker, Patricia Neal and Ruth Roman. It was released by Warner Bros.
Plot
A private plane crashes in the California mountains and a 5-year-old boy sur ...
'' (1950) as Paul Radin
* ''
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
''Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man'' is a 1951 American science fiction comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring the team of Abbott and Costello alongside Nancy Guild.
The film depicts the misadventures of Lou Francis and Bu ...
Submarine Command
''Submarine Command'' is a 1951 American war film directed by John Farrow and starring William Holden, Don Taylor, Nancy Olson, William Bendix, and Darryl Hickman. It is notable for being one of the first films to touch on post traumatic stress ...
'' (1951) as Lt. Arnie Carlson
* '' Flight to Mars'' (1951) as Dr. Jim Barker
* '' The Sniper'' (1952) as Eddie Miller
* '' Castle in the Air'' (1952) (uncredited). This film was also called "Rainbow Round My Shoulder" starring Frankie Laine. Franz was 3rd billed.
* '' Eight Iron Men'' (1952) as Carter
* ''
The Member of the Wedding
''The Member of the Wedding'' is a 1946 novel by Southern writer Carson McCullers. It took McCullers five years to complete, although she interrupted the work for a few months to write the novella '' The Ballad of the Sad Café''.McDowell, Marga ...
'' (1952) as Jarvis Addams
* '' Invaders from Mars'' (1953) as Dr. Stuart Kelston/Narrator
* ''
Flight Nurse
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'' (1953) as Capt. Mike Barnes
* ''
Bad for Each Other
''Bad for Each Other'' is a 1953 American drama film noir directed by Irving Rapper and starring Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott and Dianne Foster. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Its genre has been characterized as a "medi ...
The Caine Mutiny
''The Caine Mutiny'' is a 1951 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Herman Wouk. The novel grew out of Wouk's personal experiences aboard two destroyer-minesweepers in the Pacific Theater in World War II. Among its themes, it deals with the moral ...
'' (1954) as Lt. JG H. Paynter Jr.
* ''
The Steel Cage
''The Steel Cage'' is a 1954 American film noir drama film directed by Walter Doniger, written by Oliver Crawford, Walter Doniger, Scott Littleton, Berman Swarttz and Guy Trosper, and starring Paul Kelly, Maureen O'Sullivan, Walter Slezak, J ...
'' (1954) as Chaplain Harvey (segment "The Face")
* ''
Battle Taxi
''Battle Taxi'' is a 1955 American aviation drama film directed by Herbert L. Strock and written by Malvin Wald. The film stars Sterling Hayden, Arthur Franz, Marshall Thompson, Leo Needham and Jay Barney. The film was released on January 26, ...
'' (1955) as Lt. Pete Stacy
* ''
New Orleans Uncensored
''New Orleans Uncensored'' is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by William Castle and starring Arthur Franz and Beverly Garland.
Plot
The docks of New Orleans, Louisiana are controlled by Zero Saxon, a notorious racketeer. When form ...
'' (1955) as Dan Corbett
* ''
Bobby Ware Is Missing
''Bobby Ware Is Missing'' is a 1955 American crime film directed by Thomas Carr and written by Daniel B. Ullman. The film stars Neville Brand, Arthur Franz, Jean Willes, Walter Reed, Paul Picerni and Kim Charney. The film was released on Octobe ...
'' (1955) as George Ware
* ''
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
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'' (1956) as Bob Hale
* ''
Running Target
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The Devil's Hairpin
''The Devil's Hairpin'' is a 1957 feature film about car racing, filmed in Technicolor and VistaVision, written and directed by Cornel Wilde, who also stars.
Plot
Nick Jargin retired from auto racing undefeated. He is continually goaded by Mike ...
'' (1957) as Danny Rhinegold
* ''
The Young Lions
''The Young Lions'' (1948) is a novel by Irwin Shaw about three soldiers in World War II.
Plot
Christian Diestl is at first a sympathetic Austrian drawn to Nazism by despair for his future but willing to sacrifice Jews if necessary. Noah Acke ...
Woman Obsessed
''Woman Obsessed'' is a 1959 romantic drama film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Susan Hayward, Stephen Boyd, Barbara Nichols, Dennis Holmes, Theodore Bikel, Ken Scott, James Philbrook, and Florence MacMichael. The screenplay concerns th ...
'' (1959) as Tom Sharron (uncredited)
* ''
The Atomic Submarine
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'' (1959) as Lt. Cmdr. Richard 'Reef' Holloway
* '' Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond'' ('Call from Tomorrow ', episode) (1960) (Series 2, Episode 19) as Kevin Stacy
* ''
The Carpetbaggers
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In the United States, the term "car ...
'' (1964) as Morrissey
* ''
Alvarez Kelly
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'' (1966) as Capt. Towers
* '' The Sweet Ride'' (1968) as Army Psychiatrist
* ''
Anzio
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Well known for its seaside harbour setting, it is a fishing port and a departure point for ferries and hydroplanes to the Pontine Isl ...
'' (1968) as Maj. Gen. Luke Howard
* '' Dream No Evil'' (1970) as John, County Psychiatrist
* ''
Million Dollar Duck
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'' (1971) as Prosecutor (uncredited)
* ''So Long, Blue Boy'' (1973) as Ed Rilke
* '' The Missiles of October'' (1974) as Congressman Charles A. Halleck
* '' The 'Human' Factor'' (1975) as Gen. Fuller
* '' Sisters of Death'' (1976) as Edmond Clybourn
* ''King Monster'' (1976) as Narrator
* '' Rich Man, Poor Man Book II'' (1977) as Sen. Jones
* ''
The Amazing Howard Hughes
''The Amazing Howard Hughes'' is a 1977 American made-for-television biographical film about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book ''Howard: The Amazing Mr. Hughes'' by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. Th ...
'' (1977) as Barnes
* '' The Last Hurrah'' (1977) as Hack Wiles
* ''
That Championship Season
''That Championship Season'' is a 1972 play by Jason Miller. It was the recipient of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 1973 Tony Award for Best Play.
Plot synopsis
The setting is 1972 at the Coach's home in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
O ...
'' (1982) as Macken (final film role)
Arthur also appeared in a segment of "Have Gun, Will Travel"