5.2
That Championship Season
1982
Arthur Franz
Acting
Born February 29, 1920Died June 16, 2006Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
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, 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.
Movies
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6.3
Bogie
1980
7.0
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
1979
6.4
The Amazing Howard Hughes
1977
4.1
Sisters of Death
1976
7.0
The Legend of Loch Ness
1976
4.0
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
1975
5.8
The Human Factor
1975
10.0
Murder or Mercy
1974
3.0
So Long, Blue Boy
1973
5.8
The Million Dollar Duck
1971
5.7
Dream No Evil
1970
5.7
Anzio
1968
5.1
The Sweet Ride
1968
6.2
Alvarez Kelly
1966
6.0
The Carpetbaggers
1964
5.3
The Atomic Submarine
1959
6.1
Monster on the Campus
1958
6.7
The Young Lions
1958
5.0
The Flame Barrier
1958
6.0
The Devil's Hairpin
1957
5.1
Back from the Dead
1957
4.7
The Unholy Wife
1957
4.8
Hellcats of the Navy
1957
6.6
The Wild Party
1956
6.3
Running Target
1956
6.8
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956
0.0
Once to Every Woman
1956
8.0
Bobby Ware Is Missing
1955
5.3
New Orleans Uncensored
1955
5.6
Battle Taxi
1955
7.0
The Steel Cage
1954
7.3
The Caine Mutiny
1954
6.0
With This Ring
1954
7.5
The Eddie Cantor Story
1953
6.2
Bad for Each Other
1953
6.0
Flight Nurse
1953
Three Lives
7.5
Three Lives
1953
5.9
Invaders from Mars
1953
6.4
The Member of the Wedding
1952
6.6
Eight Iron Men
1952
6.7
The Sniper
1952
10.0
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
1952
5.2
Flight to Mars
1951
5.8
Submarine Command
1951
5.0
Strictly Dishonorable
1951
6.3
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951
6.5
Three Secrets
1950
7.2
Tarnished
1950
6.4
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950
6.1
Roseanna McCoy
1949
5.9
Red Light
1949
9.0
Red Stallion In The Rockies
1949
The Price of Freedom
8.0
The Price of Freedom
1949
6.7
Jungle Patrol
1948
TV Shows
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6.5
The Amazing Howard Hughes
8.3
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
5.0
Medical Story
7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
7.0
Police Story
7.0
Barnaby Jones
7.1
The Waltons
6.9
The Rookies
6.5
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
6.5
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
6.0
Primus
6.7
Cannon
7.2
McCloud
7.2
Hawaii Five-O
6.1
The Mod Squad
5.6
Lancer
6.1
The Mod Squad
6.1
The Mod Squad
6.1
The Mod Squad
6.5
The Outcasts
6.8
Land of the Giants
6.9
Mannix
6.4
Custer
6.8
The Invaders
7.6
Mission: Impossible
7.6
Mission: Impossible
6.9
Tarzan
5.6
The F.B.I.
5.6
The F.B.I.
5.6
The F.B.I.
5.6
The F.B.I.
5.6
The F.B.I.
Profiles in Courage
7.5
Profiles in Courage
6.0
The Bing Crosby Show
7.8
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
7.3
Mr. Novak
7.3
The Fugitive
6.5
The Virginian
6.5
The Virginian
7.0
Saints and Sinners
6.0
Ichabod and Me
4.8
Checkmate
6.8
The Chevy Mystery Show
5.6
Hawaiian Eye
5.6
Hawaiian Eye
6.0
Bourbon Street Beat
6.7
The Alaskans
7.4
Men Into Space
7.5
Bonanza
6.5
The Deputy
6.3
World of Giants
5.7
One Step Beyond
7.3
Rawhide
7.3
Rawhide
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
7.1
Wanted: Dead or Alive
7.7
Perry Mason
7.7
Perry Mason
7.7
Perry Mason
7.7
Perry Mason
7.7
Perry Mason
6.6
Wagon Train
6.6
Wagon Train
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
6.8
Crossroads
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
6.7
Gunsmoke
5.8
The Millionaire
5.8
The Millionaire
3.8
Climax!
3.8
Climax!
3.8
Climax!
3.8
Climax!
7.5
Studio 57
6.3
Lassie
0.0
The Whistler
7.0
Omnibus
7.0
Omnibus
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
4.6
Cavalcade of America
4.6
Cavalcade of America
6.8
Four Star Playhouse
6.8
Four Star Playhouse
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
6.7
The Lone Ranger
5.4
Studio One
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
7.8