Born: 29-Feb-1920
Birthplace: Perth Amboy, NJ
Died: 17-Jun-2006
Location of death: Oxnard, CA
Cause of death: Heart Failure

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Sniper

Military service: US Army Air Corps (WWII, prisoner of war, escaped)

Wife: Anna Minot (m. 1945, div. 1946, one child)
Wife: Adele Longmire (m. 1946, div. 1957, two children)
Wife: Doreen Lang (actress, m. 1957, d. 21-Apr-1999)
Wife: Sharon (wife #4, m. 14-Feb-2006, until his death)
Daughter: Gina Martenson
Daughter: Melissa Franz
Son: Michael Franz

    Taken Prisoner of War
    Risk Factors: Emphysema

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    That Championship Season (Feb-1983)
    Bogie (4-Mar-1980) · Dr. Bogart
    The Amazing Howard Hughes (13-Apr-1977)
    The Human Factor (19-Nov-1975)
    The Missiles of October (18-Dec-1974)
    Anzio (24-Jul-1968) · Gen. Howard
    The Sweet Ride (12-Jun-1968)
    Alvarez Kelly (7-Nov-1966)
    The Carpetbaggers (9-Apr-1964)
    The Atomic Submarine (29-Nov-1959)
    Monster on the Campus (17-Dec-1958) · Prof. Donald Blake
    The Young Lions (2-Apr-1958)
    The Flame Barrier (2-Apr-1958)
    The Devil's Hairpin (4-Oct-1957)
    Back from the Dead (12-Aug-1957)
    The Unholy Wife (24-Jun-1957) · Rev. Hochen
    Hellcats of the Navy (May-1957)
    The Wild Party (21-Dec-1956)
    Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (5-Sep-1956) · Bob Hale
    New Orleans Uncensored (30-Apr-1955)
    Battle Taxi (Jan-1955) · Lt. Pete Stacy
    The Caine Mutiny (24-Jun-1954) · Lt. Paynter
    The Eddie Cantor Story (25-Dec-1953)
    Bad for Each Other (24-Dec-1953)
    Invaders from Mars (22-Apr-1953) · Dr. Stuart Kelston
    The Member of the Wedding (30-Dec-1952) · Jarvis
    Eight Iron Men (Dec-1952) · Carter
    Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (Sep-1952)
    The Sniper (9-May-1952) · Edward Miller
    Flight to Mars (11-Nov-1951)
    Submarine Command (Nov-1951)
    Strictly Dishonorable (3-Jul-1951) · Henry Greene
    Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (7-Mar-1951) · Tommy Nelson
    Three Secrets (20-Oct-1950) · Paul Radin
    Sands of Iwo Jima (14-Dec-1949)
    Roseanna McCoy (12-Oct-1949)
    Red Light (30-Sep-1949) · Jess Torno
    The Doctor and the Girl (29-Sep-1949) · Dr. Harvey L. Kenmore
    Red Stallion in the Rockies (2-May-1949)

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