Eduard Franz

Eduard Franz

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1902-10-31
Deathday: 1983-02-10 (80 years old)

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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

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Filmography

all 99

Movies 57

TV Shows 42

Old Man
Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Movie
Hart to Hart

Hart to Hart (1979)

TV
6.32
Vega$

Vega$ (1978)

TV
The Bionic Woman

The Bionic Woman (1976)

TV
6.67
Jerome Hartford
Panic on the 5:22

Panic on the 5:22 (1974)

Movie
Whittaker
Adam's Rib

Adam's Rib (1973)

TV
Grandpa
ABC Afterschool Special

ABC Afterschool Special (1972)

TV
Professor Hayes
Assignment: Vienna

Assignment: Vienna (1972)

TV
The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco (1972)

TV
6.86
The Waltons

The Waltons (1972)

TV
6
The Rookies

The Rookies (1972)

TV
Col. / Gen. Tillery
Johnny Got His Gun

Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

Movie
Dr. Konstantin Horvathy
The Brotherhood of the Bell

The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970)

Movie
Medical Center

Medical Center (1969)

TV
6.17
Thomas Barlow / Professor MacKinnon
Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O (1968)

TV
5.45
Ethan Allen Cocket
The President's Analyst

The President's Analyst (1967)

Movie
Mannix

Mannix (1967)

TV
6.38
Premier Thor Halvorsen
The Invaders

The Invaders (1967)

TV
6
Prof. Sigmund Marx
Cyborg 2087

Cyborg 2087 (1966)

Movie
Dr. Keeler / Rudolph Klahr
The F.B.I.

The F.B.I. (1965)

TV
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)

TV
Edward Roland
The Fugitive

The Fugitive (1963)

TV
3.5
Dr. William Raymer
Breaking Point

Breaking Point (1963)

TV
Stoney Burke

Stoney Burke (1962)

TV
Two Hawks
The Virginian

The Virginian (1962)

TV
Doctor Sanderson
Hatari!

Hatari! (1962)

Movie
Orsini
Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast (1962)

Movie
Ben Casey

Ben Casey (1961)

TV
4.75
Pietro Bernardone
Francis of Assisi

Francis of Assisi (1961)

Movie
Hugo Baumon
The Fiercest Heart

The Fiercest Heart (1961)

Movie
Mr. Balzar
The Case of the Dangerous Robin

The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960)

TV
Dr. Paul Aldrich
The Barbara Stanwyck Show

The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960)

TV
Jehoam
The Story of Ruth

The Story of Ruth (1960)

Movie
Jonathan Drake
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake

The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)

Movie
Startime

Startime (1959)

TV
Jules Silberg
The DuPont Show with June Allyson

The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)

TV
Mayor Arnold Opel
Rawhide

Rawhide (1959)

TV
4
Cimarron City

Cimarron City (1958)

TV
Isaac Rankin / Bayard Cole
Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)

TV
Monsieur Vallon
A Certain Smile

A Certain Smile (1958)

Movie
Padre Jose
The Last of the Fast Guns

The Last of the Fast Guns (1958)

Movie
Andrew Owens
Day of the Badman

Day of the Badman (1958)

Movie
Dr. Peasley
Collector’s Item

Collector’s Item (1957)

Movie
Zorro

Zorro (1957)

TV
5.73
Dunn
DuPont Show of the Month

DuPont Show of the Month (1957)

TV
Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)

TV
6
Carl Simmons
Man Afraid

Man Afraid (1957)

Movie
Panic!

Panic! (1957)

TV
Mr Selig
Not One Shall Die

Not One Shall Die (1957)

Movie
Jethro
The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments (1956)

Movie
4.25
Jacob Lantz
The Burning Hills

The Burning Hills (1956)

Movie
Anton Karek
Three for Jamie Dawn

Three for Jamie Dawn (1956)

Movie
Dr. Benson
Man on the Ledge

Man on the Ledge (1955)

Movie
Red Cloud
The Indian Fighter

The Indian Fighter (1955)

Movie
King Edward
Lady Godiva of Coventry

Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955)

Movie
The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)

TV
Amos Cartwright / Judge John Kendall
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke (1955)

TV
6
Lorenzo de Quesada
The Last Command

The Last Command (1955)

Movie
Chief Broken Hand
White Feather

White Feather (1955)

Movie
Astrologer
Sign of the Pagan

Sign of the Pagan (1954)

Movie
Dr. James Lifford / Dr. Skinner
Climax!

Climax! (1954)

TV
Two Moons
Broken Lance

Broken Lance (1954)

Movie
Dr. Nassau (uncredited)
Living It Up

Living It Up (1954)

Movie
Dr. Berg
The Big Moment

The Big Moment (1954)

Movie
Bouchard, French Planter
Beachhead

Beachhead (1954)

Movie
Rev. Travers
Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta (1953)

TV
Rabbi
Three Lives

Three Lives (1953)

Movie
Ahab
Sins of Jezebel

Sins of Jezebel (1953)

Movie
Dr. Lionel Y. Newman
Latin Lovers

Latin Lovers (1953)

Movie
Khan
Dream Wife

Dream Wife (1953)

Movie
Cantor David Golding
The Jazz Singer

The Jazz Singer (1953)

Movie
David / R.S. Thomasek
General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater (1953)

TV
Phil Meisner
Everything I Have Is Yours

Everything I Have Is Yours (1952)

Movie
Samuel Morse
Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America (1952)

TV
Albert Parkson Foster
Because You're Mine

Because You're Mine (1952)

Movie
Dr. Gustav Engstrand
One Minute to Zero

One Minute to Zero (1952)

Movie
The Doctor
Shadow in the Sky

Shadow in the Sky (1952)

Movie
Justice Brandeis
Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

TV
8.33
Andrew Jason 'Andy' Layford
The Unknown Man

The Unknown Man (1951)

Movie
Col. Klaus von Stauffenberg
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)

Movie
John Castleberry / Prof. Randall
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)

TV
Giulio Gatti-Casazza
The Great Caruso

The Great Caruso (1951)

Movie
Dr. Stern
The Thing from Another World

The Thing from Another World (1951)

Movie
5.5
Alexander 'Abie' Abel
The Goldbergs

The Goldbergs (1950)

Movie
Louis Brandeis
The Magnificent Yankee

The Magnificent Yankee (1950)

Movie
Eleuthère Irénée du Pont
The Du Pont Story

The Du Pont Story (1950)

Movie
Dr. Heimer
Emergency Wedding

Emergency Wedding (1950)

Movie
Father Pierre / Emil
Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre (1950)

TV
Ed Emery
Treasury Men in Action

Treasury Men in Action (1950)

TV
Emilio Rossi
The Vicious Years

The Vicious Years (1950)

Movie
Colonel Plepper
Francis

Francis (1950)

Movie
Martin Avery
Whirlpool

Whirlpool (1950)

Movie
Gottfried Steiner
Oh, You Beautiful Doll

Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949)

Movie
Rouault
Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary (1949)

Movie
Emir of Bel-Rashad
Outpost in Morocco

Outpost in Morocco (1949)

Movie
6
Harmenszoon Van Schreeven
Wake of the Red Witch

Wake of the Red Witch (1948)

Movie
Ford Theatre

Ford Theatre (1948)

TV
Frederick Muller
Hollow Triumph

Hollow Triumph (1948)

Movie
Maj. Semyon Kulin
The Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain (1948)

Movie

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Eduard FranzEduard Franz

Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1902-10-31

Deathday
1983-02-10 (80 years old)

Birth Place
Milwaukee, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Eduard Franz Schmidt


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