Arthur Franz
Date of Birth:
Feb 29, 1920
Place of Birth:
Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Biography:
Reliable character actor in many '50s B pictures, often cast as a friendly small-town businessman or professional (as in The Doctor and the Girl (1949)) or the lead's sympathetic friend (as in 1953's Invaders from Mars (1953)). However, in 1951's The Sniper (1952), he turned in an outstanding performance as a mentally unstable ex-soldier who, after being rejected by a woman he was interested in, snaps and terrorizes the streets of San Francisco by stalking and picking off women.
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Filmography
- Sisters of Death (2004)
- The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977)
- The Atomic Submarine (1959)
- Monster on the Campus (1958)
- Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
- The Caine Mutiny (1954)
- Bad for Each Other (1953)
- Invaders from Mars (1953)
- The Member of the Wedding (1952)
- Flight to Mars (1951)
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