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Franchot Tone

Acting

Born February 27, 1905 · Niagara Falls, New York, USA

Died September 18, 1968

Also known as Франшо Тоун · Фрэнчот Тоун · Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone

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

Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 1936 · nominated

Filmography41 titles

The Twilight Zone

1959as Col. Archie Taylor

Twelve Angry Men

1954as Juror #3

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Rudolph Bitzner

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Oliver Mathews

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

1996as Self (archive footage)

Bonanza

1959as Denver McKee

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935as Roger Byam

Three Comrades

1938as Otto Koster

Exclusive Story

1936as Dick Parton

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976as (archive footage)

Phantom Lady

1944as John 'Jack' Marlow

Five Graves to Cairo

1943as Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos

Sadie McKee

1934as Michael

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as Self

The Bride Wore Red

1937as Giulio

Dancing Lady

1933as Tod Newton

Four Star Playhouse

1952as Ben

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Lux Video Theatre

as Meredith Whitehouse

In Harm's Way

1965as CINCPAC I

Dangerous

1935as Don Bellows

The Virginian

1962as Murdoch

I Love Trouble

1948as Stuart Bailey

Love on the Run

1936as Barnabus Pells

Bombshell

1933as Gifford Middleton

The Unguarded Hour

1936as Sir Alan Dearden

Tales of Tomorrow

Today We Live

1933as Ronnie Boyce-Smith

Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles

1961as Your Host

Every Girl Should Be Married

1948as Roger Sanford

Lights Out

The World Moves On

1934as Richard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914

Mickey One

1965as Rudy Lopp

Quality Street

1937as Dr. Valentine Brown

Here Comes the Groom

1951as Wilbur Stanley

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

1949as Johann Radek

Reckless

1935as Robert 'Bob' Harrison Jr.

Suspense

as Markheim

Jigsaw

1949as Howard Malloy

Without Honor

1949as Dennis Williams

Three Loves Has Nancy

1938as Robert 'Bob' Hanson