- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 31, 1902
- Place of Birth
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- Died
- February 10, 1983
Eduard Franz
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eduard Franz (born Eduard Franz Schmidt; October 31, 1902 – February 10, 1987) was an American actor of theatre, film and television. Franz portrayed King Ahab in the 1953 biblical low-budget film Sins of Jezebel, Jethro in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956), and Jehoam in Henry Koster's The Story of Ruth (1960). By 1936, Franz was a player on the national stage, performing from coast to coast. He became a leading Broadway actor for nearly 30 years, in such plays as First Stop to Heaven and Embezzled Heaven and Conversation At Midnight. He made his film debut in a bit part, in 1947, in Killer at Large, but followed that brief appearance the next year with a memorable role in the motion picture The Scar (also titled Hollow Triumph). His fourth movie saw him acting with John Wayne in Wake of the Red Witch, in 1948. He portrayed Chief Brok…
Filmography
movieTwilight Zone: The Movie
1983 · Old Man
tvHart to Hart
1979
tvVega$
1978
tvThe Bionic Woman
1976
moviePanic on the 5:22
1974 · Jerome Hartford
tvAdam's Rib
1973 · Whittaker
tvABC Afterschool Special
1972 · Grandpa
tvAssignment: Vienna
1972 · Professor Hayes
tvThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
tvThe Waltons
1972
tvThe Rookies
1972
movieJohnny Got His Gun
1971 · Col. / Gen. Tillery
movieThe Brotherhood of the Bell
1970 · Dr. Konstantin Horvathy
tvMedical Center
1969
tvHawaii Five-O
1968 · Thomas Barlow, Professor MacKinnon
movieThe President's Analyst
1967 · Ethan Allen Cocket
tvMannix
1967
tvThe Invaders
1967 · Premier Thor Halvorsen
movieCyborg 2087
1966 · Prof. Sigmund Marx
tvThe F.B.I.
1965 · Dr. Keeler, Rudolph Klahr
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
tvBob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
tvThe Fugitive
1963 · Edward Roland
tvBreaking Point
1963
tvStoney Burke
1962
tvThe Virginian
1962 · Two Hawks
movieHatari!
1962 · Doctor Sanderson
movieBeauty and the Beast
1962 · Orsini
tvBen Casey
1961
movieFrancis of Assisi
1961 · Pietro Bernardone
The Fiercest Heart
movieThe Fiercest Heart
1961 · Hugo Baumon
tvThe Case of the Dangerous Robin
1960 · Mr. Balzar
tvThe Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960 · Dr. Paul Aldrich
movieThe Story of Ruth
1960 · Jehoam
movieThe Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
1959 · Jonathan Drake
movieThe Jazz Singer
1959 · Cantor Morris Rabinowitz
tvStartime
1959 · Cantor Morris Rabinowitz
tvThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · Jules Silberg
tvRawhide
1959 · Mayor Arnold Opel
tvCimarron City
1958
tvWanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Isaac Rankin, Bayard Cole
movieA Certain Smile
1958 · Monsieur Vallon
movieThe Last of the Fast Guns
1958 · Padre Jose
movieDay of the Badman
1958 · Andrew Owens
movieCollector’s Item
1957 · Mr. Peasley
tvZorro
1957
tvDuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Dunn
tvHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
movieMan Afraid
1957 · Carl Simmons
tvPanic!
1957
movieNot One Shall Die
1957 · Mr. Selig
movieThe Ten Commandments
1956 · Jethro
movieThe Burning Hills
1956 · Jacob Lantz
movieThree for Jamie Dawn
1956 · Anton Karek
movieMan on the Ledge
1955 · Dr. Benson
movieThe Indian Fighter
1955 · Red Cloud
movieLady Godiva of Coventry
1955 · King Edward
tvThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Amos Cartwright, Judge John Kendall
movieThe Last Command
1955 · Lorenzo de Quesada
movieWhite Feather
1955 · Chief Broken Hand
movieSign of the Pagan
1954 · Astrologer
tvClimax!
1954 · Dr. James Lifford, Dr. Skinner
movieBroken Lance
1954 · Two Moons
movieLiving It Up
1954 · Dr. Nassau (uncredited)
movieThe Big Moment
1954 · Dr. Berg
movieBeachhead
1954 · Bouchard, French Planter
tvLetter to Loretta
1953 · Rev. Travers
Three Lives
movieThree Lives
1953 · Rabbi
movieSins of Jezebel
1953 · Ahab
movieLatin Lovers
1953 · Dr. Lionel Y. Newman
movieDream Wife
1953 · Khan
movieThe Jazz Singer
1953 · David Golding
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · David, R.S. Thomasek
movieEverything I Have Is Yours
1952 · Phil Meisner
movieBecause You're Mine
1952 · Albert Parkson Foster
tvCavalcade of America
1952 · Samuel Morse
movieOne Minute to Zero
1952 · Dr. Gustav Engstrand
movieShadow in the Sky
1952 · The Doctor
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Justice Brandeis
movieThe Unknown Man
1951 · Andrew Jason Layford
movieThe Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951 · Col. Klaus von Stauffenberg
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · , Prof. Randall, John Castleberry
movieThe Great Caruso
1951 · Giulio Gatti-Casazza
movieThe Thing from Another World
1951 · Dr. Stern
movieThe Goldbergs
1950 · Alexander Abel
movieThe Magnificent Yankee
1950 · Louis Brandeis
The du Pont Story
movieThe du Pont Story
1950 · Eleuthère Irénée du Pont
movieEmergency Wedding
1950 · Dr. Heimer
Lux Video Theatre
tvLux Video Theatre
1950 · Emil, Father Pierre
tvTreasury Men in Action
1950 · Ed Emery
movieThe Vicious Years
1950 · Emilio Rossi
movieFrancis
1950 · Colonel Plepper
movieWhirlpool
1950 · Martin Avery
movieOh, You Beautiful Doll
1949 · Gottfried Steiner
movieMadame Bovary
1949 · Rouault
movieOutpost in Morocco
1949 · Emir of Bel-Rashad
movieWake of the Red Witch
1948 · Harmenszoon Van Schreeven
Ford Theatre
tvFord Theatre
1948
movieHollow Triumph
1948 · Frederick Muller
movieThe Iron Curtain
1948 · Maj. Semyon Kulin