Arthur Franz
| Arthur Franz | |
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From the film trailer for The Unholy Wife (1957)
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| Born |
February 29, 1920 Perth Amboy, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | June 17, 2006 (aged 86) Henderson, Nevada, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Emphysema |
| Years active | 1948-1982 |
| Spouse(s) |
Anna Minot (m. 1945; div. 1946)
Adele Longmire (m. 1946; div. 1957) |
| Children | Gina Martenson Melissa Franz Michael Franz |
Adele Longmire (m. 1946; div. 1957)
Doreen Lang (m. 1964; d. 1999)
Sharon Keyser (m. 2006)
Arthur Sofield Franz (February 29, 1920 – June 17, 2006) was an American B-movie and television actor, whose most notable feature film role was as Lieutenant, Junior Grade, H. Paynter Jr. in The Caine Mutiny (1954). He also appeared in Roseanna McCoy (1949), Eight Iron Men (1952), Invaders From Mars (1953), Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951), and The Unholy Wife (1957), among many others. In The Sniper (1952), he played a rare lead in the film's title role as a tormented killer; earlier, he co-starred with John Wayne in the World War II film Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) and with Ronald Reagan in Hellcats of the Navy (1957).
Franz was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. His interest in acting developed while he was still a student in high school.
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 later escaped.
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