Eduard Franz
Biography
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 Broken Hand in White Feather. He played such intellectuals as Dr. Stern in The Thing from Another World (1951), a university professor in The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959), and Justice Louis Brandeis in The Magnificent Yankee (1950), a role he reprised in the 1965 television adaptation. He appeared in a 1957 television adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel Beyond This Place, which was directed by Sidney Lumet. Franz performed as well in two separate remakes of Al Jolson's 1927 cinema classic The Jazz Singer, each time playing the key role of the aged and ailing synagogue cantor upset by his son's decision to pursue a secular show-business career rather than continue the family tradition and follow in his father's religious footsteps. Those remakes were the 1952 film version of the story starring Danny Thomas and the 1959 television version starring Jerry Lewis. Franz performed in a number of television series, including Gunsmoke; Have Gun - Will Travel; The Law and Mr. Jones; The Barbara Stanwyck Show and Cimarron City. Franz was cast as psychiatric clinic director Dr. Edward Raymer in 30 episodes of the weekly ABC medical drama Breaking Point
Known For
Hawaii Five-O
1969
Hawaii Five-O
1969
Mannix
1967
The Fugitive
1963
The Waltons
1972
The Virginian
1962
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Climax!
1954
Climax!
1954
Hart to Hart
1979
Ben Casey
1961
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Filmography
Hawaii Five-O
as Thomas Barlow · 1969
Hawaii Five-O
as Professor MacKinnon · 1969
Mannix
· 1967
The Fugitive
as Edward Roland · 1963
The Waltons
· 1972
The Virginian
as Two Hawks · 1962
Have Gun, Will Travel
· 1957
Climax!
as Dr. James Lifford · 1954
Climax!
as Dr. Skinner · 1954
Hart to Hart
· 1979
Ben Casey
· 1961
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
· 1963
The F.B.I.
as Dr. Keeler · 1965
The F.B.I.
as Rudolph Klahr · 1965
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Isaac Rankin · 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Bayard Cole · 1958
Rawhide
as Mayor Arnold Opel · 1959
Medical Center
· 1969
Zorro
· 1957
The Rookies
· 1972
The Invaders
as Premier Thor Halvorsen · 1967
ABC Afterschool Special
as Grandpa · 1972
The Streets of San Francisco
· 1972
Gunsmoke
as Amos Cartwright · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Judge John Kendall · 1955
Vega$
· 1978
The Bionic Woman
· 1976
The 20th Century Fox Hour
· 1955
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Dr. Paul Aldrich · 1960
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Jules Silberg · 1959
Lux Video Theatre
as Emil · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
as Father Pierre · 1950
Startime
as Cantor Morris Rabinowitz · 1959
The Ten Commandments
as Jethro · 1956
Stoney Burke
· 1962
Cavalcade of America
as Samuel Morse · 1952
Cavalcade of America
· 1952
DuPont Show of the Month
as Dunn · 1957
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
as Mr. Balzar · 1960
Treasury Men in Action
as Ed Emery · 1950
Twilight Zone: The Movie
as Old Man · 1983
Letter to Loretta
as Rev. Travers · 1953
Breaking Point
· 1963
Panic!
· 1957
Adam's Rib
as Whittaker · 1973
Ford Theatre
· 1948
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Justice Brandeis · 1951
Cimarron City
· 1958
The Thing from Another World
as Dr. Stern · 1951
Johnny Got His Gun
as Col. / Gen. Tillery · 1971
General Electric Theater
as David · 1953
General Electric Theater
as R.S. Thomasek · 1953
Broken Lance
as Two Moons · 1954
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
· 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Prof. Randall · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as John Castleberry · 1951
Madame Bovary
as Rouault · 1949
Assignment: Vienna
as Professor Hayes · 1972
White Feather
as Chief Broken Hand · 1955
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as Col. Klaus von Stauffenberg · 1951
Wake of the Red Witch
as Harmenszoon Van Schreeven · 1948
Hatari!
as Doctor Sanderson · 1962
The Indian Fighter
as Red Cloud · 1955
The Story of Ruth
as Jehoam · 1960
Lady Godiva of Coventry
as King Edward · 1955
Hollow Triumph
as Frederick Muller · 1948
Sign of the Pagan
as Astrologer · 1954
Living It Up
as Dr. Nassau (uncredited) · 1954
Whirlpool
as Martin Avery · 1950
The Great Caruso
as Giulio Gatti-Casazza · 1951
Day of the Badman
as Andrew Owens · 1958
The Last Command
as Lorenzo de Quesada · 1955
The Last of the Fast Guns
as Padre Jose · 1958
The Burning Hills
as Jacob Lantz · 1956
Francis
as Colonel Plepper · 1950
The President's Analyst
as Ethan Allen Cocket · 1967
One Minute to Zero
as Dr. Gustav Engstrand · 1952
Francis of Assisi
as Pietro Bernardone · 1961
Because You're Mine
as Albert Parkson Foster · 1952
Not One Shall Die
as Mr. Selig · 1957
The Brotherhood of the Bell
as Dr. Konstantin Horvathy · 1970
Everything I Have Is Yours
as Phil Meisner · 1952
Panic on the 5:22
as Jerome Hartford · 1974
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
as Jonathan Drake · 1959
Beauty and the Beast
as Orsini · 1962
Man on the Ledge
as Dr. Benson · 1955
The Jazz Singer
as David Golding · 1953
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
as Gottfried Steiner · 1949
A Certain Smile
as Monsieur Vallon · 1958
The Unknown Man
as Andrew Jason Layford · 1951
Beachhead
as Bouchard, French Planter · 1954
Three for Jamie Dawn
as Anton Karek · 1956
Shadow in the Sky
as The Doctor · 1952
Man Afraid
as Carl Simmons · 1957
Sins of Jezebel
as Ahab · 1953
Outpost in Morocco
as Emir of Bel-Rashad · 1949
Cyborg 2087
as Prof. Sigmund Marx · 1966
Dream Wife
as Khan · 1953
The Jazz Singer
as Cantor Morris Rabinowitz · 1959
The Vicious Years
as Emilio Rossi · 1950
Collector’s Item
as Mr. Peasley · 1957
The Iron Curtain
as Maj. Semyon Kulin · 1948
The du Pont Story
as Eleuthère Irénée du Pont · 1950
Latin Lovers
as Dr. Lionel Y. Newman · 1953
Emergency Wedding
as Dr. Heimer · 1950
The Fiercest Heart
as Hugo Baumon · 1961
The Magnificent Yankee
as Louis Brandeis · 1950
The Big Moment
as Dr. Berg · 1954
The Goldbergs
as Alexander Abel · 1950
Three Lives
as Rabbi · 1953