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Eduard Franz

Cast & creator

Eduard Franz

1902-10-31 (died at 80) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USAIMDb

Best known for Hawaii Five-O, Hawaii Five-O, The Fugitive

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

Also known as: Eduard Franz Schmidt, ادوارد فرانتس

Movies

58

film credits

Series

52

television credits

Career

110

1948–1983 · acting roles

Credit score

6.6

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

Thomas Barlow · 1969

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

Professor MacKinnon · 1969

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

Edward Roland · 1963

Mannix

Mannix

Acting · 1967

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

Acting · 1957

Across film & television

Filmography (110)

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Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

Thomas Barlow

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

Professor MacKinnon

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

Edward Roland

Mannix

Mannix

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

Climax!

Climax!

Dr. James Lifford

Climax!

Climax!

Dr. Skinner

The Waltons

The Waltons

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

The Virginian

The Virginian

Two Hawks

Hart to Hart

Hart to Hart

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

Dr. Keeler

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

Rudolph Klahr

Ben Casey

Ben Casey

Rawhide

Rawhide

Mayor Arnold Opel

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Isaac Rankin

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Bayard Cole

Medical Center

Medical Center

The Rookies

The Rookies

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

Amos Cartwright

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

Judge John Kendall

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco

ABC Afterschool Special

ABC Afterschool Special

Grandpa

Zorro

Zorro

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The Invaders

The Invaders

Premier Thor Halvorsen

The Bionic Woman

The Bionic Woman

Vega$

Vega$

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

Dr. Paul Aldrich

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

Jules Silberg

Lux Video Theatre

Emil

Lux Video Theatre

Father Pierre

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America

Samuel Morse

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America

Startime

Startime

Cantor Morris Rabinowitz

Stoney Burke

Stoney Burke

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

Jethro

DuPont Show of the Month

DuPont Show of the Month

Dunn

Treasury Men in Action

Treasury Men in Action

Ed Emery

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta

Rev. Travers

The Case of the Dangerous Robin

The Case of the Dangerous Robin

Mr. Balzar

Panic!

Panic!

Breaking Point

Breaking Point

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Old Man

Ford Theatre

Adam's Rib

Adam's Rib

Whittaker

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Justice Brandeis

The Thing from Another World

The Thing from Another World

Dr. Stern

Cimarron City

Cimarron City

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

David

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

R.S. Thomasek

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Prof. Randall

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

John Castleberry

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

Col. Klaus von Stauffenberg

Johnny Got His Gun

Johnny Got His Gun

Col. / Gen. Tillery

Assignment: Vienna

Assignment: Vienna

Professor Hayes

Lady Godiva of Coventry

Lady Godiva of Coventry

King Edward

Hatari!

Hatari!

Doctor Sanderson

The Story of Ruth

The Story of Ruth

Jehoam

The Last of the Fast Guns

The Last of the Fast Guns

Padre Jose

The Indian Fighter

The Indian Fighter

Red Cloud

Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

Rouault

The President's Analyst

The President's Analyst

Ethan Allen Cocket

Broken Lance

Broken Lance

Two Moons

White Feather

White Feather

Chief Broken Hand

Wake of the Red Witch

Wake of the Red Witch

Harmenszoon Van Schreeven

Living It Up

Living It Up

Dr. Nassau (uncredited)

Sign of the Pagan

Sign of the Pagan

Astrologer

Day of the Badman

Day of the Badman

Andrew Owens

One Minute to Zero

One Minute to Zero

Dr. Gustav Engstrand

The Last Command

The Last Command

Lorenzo de Quesada

The Burning Hills

The Burning Hills

Jacob Lantz

The Great Caruso

The Great Caruso

Giulio Gatti-Casazza

Man on the Ledge

Man on the Ledge

Dr. Benson

Hollow Triumph

Hollow Triumph

Frederick Muller

Because You're Mine

Because You're Mine

Albert Parkson Foster

The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake

The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake

Jonathan Drake

Francis of Assisi

Francis of Assisi

Pietro Bernardone

Shadow in the Sky

Shadow in the Sky

The Doctor

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

Gottfried Steiner

Francis

Francis

Colonel Plepper

Not One Shall Die

Not One Shall Die

Mr. Selig

Everything I Have Is Yours

Everything I Have Is Yours

Phil Meisner

Whirlpool

Whirlpool

Martin Avery

The Brotherhood of the Bell

The Brotherhood of the Bell

Dr. Konstantin Horvathy

Panic on the 5:22

Panic on the 5:22

Jerome Hartford

Dream Wife

Dream Wife

Khan

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

Orsini

The Jazz Singer

The Jazz Singer

David Golding

Collector’s Item

Collector’s Item

Mr. Peasley

Three for Jamie Dawn

Three for Jamie Dawn

Anton Karek

The Magnificent Yankee

The Magnificent Yankee

Louis Brandeis

The Fiercest Heart

Hugo Baumon

Outpost in Morocco

Outpost in Morocco

Emir of Bel-Rashad

The Jazz Singer

The Jazz Singer

Cantor Morris Rabinowitz

Beachhead

Beachhead

Bouchard, French Planter

A Certain Smile

A Certain Smile

Monsieur Vallon

The du Pont Story

Eleuthère Irénée du Pont

The Vicious Years

The Vicious Years

Emilio Rossi

The Unknown Man

The Unknown Man

Andrew Jason Layford

Cyborg 2087

Cyborg 2087

Prof. Sigmund Marx

Sins of Jezebel

Sins of Jezebel

Ahab

Man Afraid

Man Afraid

Carl Simmons

Emergency Wedding

Emergency Wedding

Dr. Heimer

Three Lives

Rabbi

The Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain

Maj. Semyon Kulin

Latin Lovers

Latin Lovers

Dr. Lionel Y. Newman

The Big Moment

The Big Moment

Dr. Berg

The Goldbergs

The Goldbergs

Alexander Abel