Eduard Franz
| Eduard Franz | |
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 Eduard Franz (left) |
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| Born | Eduard Franz Schmidt October 31, 1902 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | February 10, 1983 (aged 80) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1948–1983 |
Eduard Franz (born Eduard Franz Schmidt; October 31, 1902 – February 10, 1983) was an American actor of theater, 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).
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[edit] Life and career
Franz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was a leading Broadway actor for nearly 20 years, in such plays as First Stop to Heaven and Embezzled Heaven, before making his film debut opposite John Wayne in Wake of the Red Witch in 1948. He portrayed Chief Broken Hand in White Feather. He played such intellectuals as Dr. Stern in The Thing (From Another Planet) (1951), a university professor in The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959), and Justice Louis Brandeis in The Magnificent Yankee. He appeared in a 1957 television adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel, Beyond This Place, which was directed by Sidney Lumet.
In 1956, he guest starred with Joan Fontaine in the episode "The De Santre Story" of the NBC anthology series, The Joseph Cotten Show. By 1958, he was in the second season of Zorro, playing the role of Señor Gregorio Verdugo. He guest starred as Jules Silberg in the 1960 episode "The Test" of CBS's anthology series The DuPont Show with June Allyson, with June Allyson portraying the role of Ruth Taylor.
In 1961, Franz and Scott Marlowe guest starred in the episode "The Duke of Texas" of CBS's western series Have Gun - Will Travel, with Richard Boone, as two Austrians involved in intrigue in the days of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico. In 1961, Franz guest starred as Gustave Helmer in the ABC legal drama The Fugitive The Law and Mr. Jones with James Whitmore in the title role and Jack Mullaney as a second guest.[1] About that same time, he appeared on NBC's anthology series, The Barbara Stanwyck Show.
In 1963, Franz was cast as psychiatric clinic director Dr. Edward Raymer on the weekly ABC medical drama Breaking Point with co-star Paul Richards.[2]
[edit] Filmography
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1948 | The Iron Curtain | Maj. Semyon Kulin | |
| Hollow Triumph | Frederick Muller | ||
| Wake of the Red Witch | Harmenszoon Van Schreeven | ||
| 1949 | Outpost In Morocco | Emir of Bel-Rashad | |
| Madame Bovary | Rouault | ||
| Oh, You Beautiful Doll | Gottfried Steiner | ||
| Whirlpool (film) | Martin Avery | ||
| 1950 | Francis | Colonel Pepper | |
| The Vicious Years | Emilio Rossi | ||
| Emergency Wedding | Doctor Heimer | ||
| The Du Pont Story | Eleuthère Irénée du Pont | ||
| The Magnificent Yankee | Judge Louis Brandeis | ||
| The Goldbergs | Alexander 'Abie' Abel | ||
| 1951 | The Thing from Another World | Doctor Stern | |
| The Great Caruso | Giulio Gatti-Casazza | ||
| The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | Colonel Klaus von Stauffenberg | ||
| The Unknown Man | Andrew Jason 'Andy' Layford | ||
| 1952 | Shadow in the Sky | The Doctor | |
| One Minute to Zero | Dr. Gustav Engstrand | ||
| Because You're Mine | Albert Parkson Foster | ||
| Everything I Have Is Yours | Phil Meisner | ||
| The Jazz Singer | Cantor David Golding | ||
| 1953 | Three Lives | ||
| Cavalcade of America | Samuel Morse | Episodes "Mightier Than the Sword" and "What God Hath Wrought" | |
| Dream Wife | Khan | ||
| Latin Lovers | Doctor Lionel Y. Newman | ||
| Sins of Jezebel | King Ahab | ||
| 1954 | Beachhead | Bouchard, French Planter | |
| Living It Up | Doctor Nassau | ||
| Broken Lance | Two Moons | ||
| Treasury Men in Action | Ed Emery | Episode "The Case of the Man Outside" | |
| Sign of the Pagan | Astrologer | ||
| 1955 | White Feather (1955 film) | Chief Broken Hand | |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Paul | Episode "Tomorrow We'll Love" | |
| The Last Command | Lorenzo de Quesada | ||
| Lux Video Theatre | Emil | Episodes "Return to Alsace" and "The Last Confession" | |
| Lady Godiva of Coventry | King Edward | ||
| The Indian Fighter | Red Cloud | ||
| 1956 | Casablanca | Ben Hassan | Episode "The Alley" |
| Three for Jamie Dawn | Anton Karek | ||
| The Burning Hills | Jacob Lantz - Tracker | ||
| The Ten Commandments | Jethro | ||
| On Trial | De Santre | Episode "The De Santre Story" | |
| 1961 | Francis of Assisi | Pietro Bernardone | |
