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
Man on the Ledge
(Dr. Benson)
The Thing from Another World
(Dr. Stern)
Hatari!
(Doctor Sanderson)
The Ten Commandments
(Jethro)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
(Col. Klaus von Stauffenberg)
Hollow Triumph
(Frederick Muller)
The Iron Curtain
(Maj. Semyon Kulin)
Whirlpool
(Martin Avery)
Wake of the Red Witch
(Harmenszoon Van Schreeven)
Broken Lance
(Two Moons)
The Story of Ruth
(Jehoam)
Beachhead
(Bouchard, French Planter)
Madame Bovary
(Rouault)
Johnny Got His Gun
(Col. / Gen. Tillery)
The Unknown Man
(Andrew Jason 'Andy' Layford)
Dream Wife
(Khan)
The Indian Fighter
(Red Cloud)
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
(Jonathan Drake)
The Magnificent Yankee
(Louis Brandeis)
Francis of Assisi
(Pietro Bernardone)
The Great Caruso
(Giulio Gatti-Casazza)
The Burning Hills
(Jacob Lantz)
Collector’s Item
(Mr. Peasley)
White Feather
(Chief Broken Hand)
Lady Godiva of Coventry
(King Edward)
Man Afraid
(Carl Simmons)
The Last of the Fast Guns
(Padre Jose)
Shadow in the Sky
(The Doctor)
One Minute to Zero
(Dr. Gustav Engstrand)
Everything I Have Is Yours
(Phil Meisner)
Outpost in Morocco
(Emir of Bel-Rashad)
Latin Lovers
(Dr. Lionel Y. Newman)
Beauty and the Beast
(Orsini)
The Jazz Singer
(David Golding)
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
(Gottfried Steiner)
Sins of Jezebel
(Ahab)
Three for Jamie Dawn
(Anton Karek)
The Vicious Years
(Emilio Rossi)
Twilight Zone: The Movie
(Old Man)
The Big Moment
(Dr. Berg)
Emergency Wedding
(Dr. Heimer)
The Goldbergs
(Alexander Abel)
The Du Pont Story
(Eleuthère Irénée du Pont)
Sign of the Pagan
(Astrologer)
Francis
(Colonel Plepper)
The Last Command
(Lorenzo de Quesada)
Day of the Badman
(Andrew Owens)
Living It Up
(Dr. Nassau (uncredited))
The Fiercest Heart
(Hugo Baumon)
A Certain Smile
(Monsieur Vallon)
The Brotherhood of the Bell
(Dr. Konstantin Horvathy)
Panic on the 5:22
(Jerome Hartford)
Because You're Mine
(Albert Parkson Foster)
The President's Analyst
(Ethan Allen Cocket)
Cyborg 2087
(Prof. Sigmund Marx)
Not One Shall Die
(Mr. Selig)
Three Lives
(Rabbi)
The Rookies
The F.B.I.
(Dr. Keeler)
The Bionic Woman
Hawaii Five-O
(Thomas Barlow)
The Streets of San Francisco
Mannix
Medical Center
Gunsmoke
(Amos Cartwright)
Hart to Hart
General Electric Theater
(David)
Zorro
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Justice Brandeis)
The Waltons
Rawhide
(Mayor Arnold Opel)
Vega$
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Fugitive
(Edward Roland)
The Virginian
(Two Hawks)
Adam's Rib
(Whittaker)
Lux Video Theatre
(Emil)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Climax!
(Dr. James Lifford)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Ford Theatre
Wanted: Dead or Alive
(Isaac Rankin)
Ben Casey
Cimarron City
Cavalcade of America
(Samuel Morse)
Stoney Burke
Breaking Point
Treasury Men in Action
(Ed Emery)
Panic!
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
(Jules Silberg)
ABC Afterschool Special
(Grandpa)
Letter to Loretta
(Rev. Travers)
Startime
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
(Dr. Paul Aldrich)
DuPont Show of the Month
(Dunn)
The F.B.I.
(Rudolph Klahr)
Gunsmoke
(Judge John Kendall)
General Electric Theater
(R.S. Thomasek)
Cavalcade of America
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(Prof. Randall)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(John Castleberry)
Lux Video Theatre
(Father Pierre)
Assignment: Vienna
(Professor Hayes)
Wanted: Dead or Alive
(Bayard Cole)
Hawaii Five-O
(Professor MacKinnon)
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
(Mr. Balzar)
Climax!
(Dr. Skinner)
The Invaders
(Premier Thor Halvorsen)