Arthur Franz

Age: 86 (passed away Jun. 16th, 2006)
Height: 5' 10 1/2"

Birth Place: Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Born: Feb. 29th, 1920

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Arthur Franz's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Cannon	Steven Carr
World of Giants	Bill Winters

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

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 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 city of San Francisco by stalking and picking off women.

TRIVIA:

Lived in New Zealand for many years but wished to return to California during the last stages of his illness.
Franz's interest in acting developed when he was a high school student.
Had three children: Gina, Melissa and Michael.
During World War II, Franz served as a navigator in the U.S. Army Air Forces. He was shot down over Romania and incarcerated in a POW camp, from which he escaped.

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