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Franchot Tone

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Feb 27, 1905 (121 years old)

Place of Birth

Niagara Falls, New York, USA

Biography

Franchot Tone (February 27, 1905 – September 18, 1968) was an American stage, film, and television actor, star of Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and many other films through the 1960s. In the early 1960s Tone appeared in character roles on TV dramas like Bonanza, Wagon Train, The Twilight Zone, and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Description above from the Wikipedia article Franchot Tone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Acting
1996Joan Crawford: Always the StarSelf (archive footage)
1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmakeractor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf
1976That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage)
1972Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage)
1970Brasileiros em HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
1968Nobody Runs ForeverAmbassador Townsend
1968Shadow Over ElveronBarney Conners
1965Mickey OneRudy Lopp
1965In Harm's WayCINCPAC I
1965The Making of A MovieSelf
1965Run for Your LifeJudge Taliaferro Wilson
1964See How They RunBaron Frood
1964How to Make a French DishJohn K. Montasy Jr
1964The Big Parade of ComedyGifford in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)
1962Advise & ConsentThe President
1962The VirginianMurdoch
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourRudolph Bitzner
1961Witchcraft: The Doll in BramblesYour Host
1961Ben CaseyDaniel Freeland
1960The Shape of the RiverMark Twain
1959The Twilight ZoneCol. Archie Taylor
1959BonanzaDenver McKee
1958Bitter HeritageFrank James
1958Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseCandy Lombe
1957Uncle VanyaDr. Mikhail Lvovich Astroff
1956The Little FoxesHorace
1956Rendezvous in BlackHugh Strickland
1956Armchair TheatreJoe
1955Too Old for DollsMike Ramsay
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsOliver Mathews
1954Twelve Angry MenJuror #3
1954Climax!Henry Hutton
1954Climax!Dr. Ken Jaynes
1954Climax!Kurt Baumann / Scott Malone
1953General Electric TheaterCharles Proteus Steinmetz
1952Four Star PlayhouseBen
1951Here Comes the GroomWilbur Stanley
1951Tales of Tomorrow
1950Lux Video TheatreMeredith Whitehouse
1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelf
1950Robert Montgomery Presents
1949JigsawHoward Malloy
1949Without HonorDennis Williams
1949The Man on the Eiffel TowerJohann Radek
1949Lights Out
1949SuspenseMarkheim
1948Every Girl Should Be MarriedRoger Sanford
1948I Love TroubleStuart Bailey
1948The Philco Television Playhouse
1948Studio OneJuror #3
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
1948Studio OneRev. Lockman
1948Studio OneDouglas Thompson
1948Studio OneBill Gibson
1948Studio One
1947Her Husband's AffairsWilliam Weldon
1947Lost HoneymoonJohnny Gray
1947HoneymoonDavid Flanner
1946Because of HimPaul Taylor
1945That Night with YouPaul Renaud
1944Dark WatersDr. George Grover
1944Phantom LadyJohn 'Jack' Marlow
1944The Hour Before the DawnJim Hetherton
1943Five Graves to CairoCpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos
1943His Butler's SisterCharles Gerard
1943Pilot #5George Braynor Collins
1943True to LifeFletcher Marvin
1943The Voice That Thrilled the WorldSelf (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
1942Star Spangled RhythmJohn
1942The Wife Takes a FlyerChristopher Reynolds
1941Nice Girl?Richard Calvert
1941She Knew All the AnswersMark Willows
1941This Woman Is MineRobert Stevens
1940Trail of the VigilantesKansas
1939Fast and FuriousJoel Sloane
1938Three Loves Has NancyRobert 'Bob' Hanson
1938Three ComradesOtto Koster
1938The Girl DownstairsPaul Wagner
1938Man-ProofJimmy Kilmartin
1938Love Is a HeadachePeter Lawrence
1938Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6Self
1937Quality StreetDr. Valentine Brown
1937They Gave Him a GunJames 'Jimmy' Davis
1937The Bride Wore RedGiulio
1937Between Two WomenAllan Meighan
1937The Romance of CelluloidSelf (archive footage)
1936Love on the RunBarnabus Pells
1936SuzyTerry
1936The Gorgeous HussyJohn H. Eaton
1936Exclusive StoryDick Parton
1936The King Steps OutEmperor Franz Josef
1936The Unguarded HourSir Alan Dearden
1935Mutiny on the BountyRoger Byam
1935The Lives of a Bengal LancerForsythe
1935RecklessRobert 'Bob' Harrison Jr.
1935DangerousDon Bellows
1935No More LadiesJim 'Jimsy Boysie' Salston
1935One New York NightFoxhall Ridgeway
1934Sadie McKeeMichael
1934Moulin RougeDouglas Hall
1934Gentlemen Are BornBob Bailey
1934The Girl from MissouriT.R. Paige, Jr.
1934The World Moves OnRichard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914
1934Straight Is the WayBenny
1933BombshellGifford Middleton
1933Dancing LadyTod Newton
1933Midnight MaryTom
1933Gabriel Over the White HouseHartley Beekman - Secretary to the President
1933Today We LiveRonnie Boyce-Smith
1933The Stranger's ReturnGuy Crane
1933Stage MotherWarren Foster
1932The Wiser SexPhil Long
Production
1957Uncle VanyaProducer
1949The Man on the Eiffel TowerProducer
Directing
1957Uncle VanyaDirector