Acting
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 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
Filmography
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Film · 1983
Hart to Hart
Series · 1979
Vega$
Series · 1978
The Bionic Woman
Series · 1976
Panic on the 5:22
Film · 1974
Adam's Rib
Series · 1973
The Rookies
Series · 1972
The Streets of San Francisco
Series · 1972
The Waltons
Series · 1972
ABC Afterschool Special
Series · 1972
Assignment: Vienna
Series · 1972
Johnny Got His Gun
Film · 1971
The Brotherhood of the Bell
Film · 1970
Hawaii Five-O
Series · 1969
Medical Center
Series · 1969
Hawaii Five-O
Series · 1969
The President's Analyst
Film · 1967
Mannix
Series · 1967
The Invaders
Series · 1967
Cyborg 2087
Film · 1966
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
The Fugitive
Series · 1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Series · 1963
Breaking Point
Series · 1963
Hatari!
Film · 1962
Beauty and the Beast
Film · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
Stoney Burke
Series · 1962
Francis of Assisi
Film · 1961
The Fiercest Heart
Film · 1961
Ben Casey
Series · 1961
The Story of Ruth
Film · 1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Series · 1960
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
Series · 1960
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Film · 1959
The Jazz Singer
Film · 1959
Rawhide
Series · 1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Series · 1959
Startime
Series · 1959
The Last of the Fast Guns
Film · 1958
Day of the Badman
Film · 1958
A Certain Smile
Film · 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Series · 1958
Cimarron City
Series · 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Series · 1958
Collector’s Item
Film · 1957
Man Afraid
Film · 1957
Not One Shall Die
Film · 1957
Zorro
Series · 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Series · 1957
Panic!
Series · 1957
DuPont Show of the Month
Series · 1957
The Ten Commandments
Film · 1956
The Burning Hills
Film · 1956
Three for Jamie Dawn
Film · 1956
Man on the Ledge
Film · 1955
The Indian Fighter
Film · 1955
White Feather
Film · 1955
Lady Godiva of Coventry
Film · 1955
The Last Command
Film · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Broken Lance
Film · 1954
Beachhead
Film · 1954
The Big Moment
Film · 1954
Sign of the Pagan
Film · 1954
Living It Up
Film · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
Dream Wife
Film · 1953
Latin Lovers
Film · 1953
The Jazz Singer
Film · 1953
Sins of Jezebel
Film · 1953
Three Lives
Film · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
Shadow in the Sky
Film · 1952
One Minute to Zero
Film · 1952
Everything I Have Is Yours
Film · 1952
Because You're Mine
Film · 1952
Cavalcade of America
Series · 1952
Cavalcade of America
Series · 1952
The Thing from Another World
Film · 1951
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Film · 1951
The Unknown Man
Film · 1951
The Great Caruso
Film · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Whirlpool
Film · 1950
The Magnificent Yankee
Film · 1950
The Vicious Years
Film · 1950
Emergency Wedding
Film · 1950
The Goldbergs
Film · 1950
The du Pont Story
Film · 1950
Francis
Film · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Treasury Men in Action
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Madame Bovary
Film · 1949
Outpost in Morocco
Film · 1949
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
Film · 1949
Hollow Triumph
Film · 1948
The Iron Curtain
Film · 1948
Wake of the Red Witch
Film · 1948
Ford Theatre
Series · 1948