Acting
Franchot Tone
Born 1905-02-27
Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Department: Acting
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
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The Twilight Zone
1959
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Bonanza
1959
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
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Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
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The Virginian
1962
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Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
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Studio One
1948
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Four Star Playhouse
1952
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Climax!
1954
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (116 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Joan Crawford: Always the Star | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1996 |
 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Movie | 1991 |
| Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Self | Movie | 1989 | |
 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | Movie | 1976 |
 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1972 |
 | Brasileiros em Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1970 |
 | Nobody Runs Forever | Ambassador Townsend | Movie | 1968 |
 | Shadow Over Elveron | Barney Conners | Movie | 1968 |
 | Mickey One | Rudy Lopp | Movie | 1965 |
 | Run for Your Life | Judge Taliaferro Wilson | TV Series | 1965 |
 | In Harm's Way | CINCPAC I | Movie | 1965 |
| The Making of A Movie | Self | Movie | 1965 | |
 | See How They Run | Baron Frood | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Gifford in 'Bombshell' (archive footage) | Movie | 1964 |
 | How to Make a French Dish | John K. Montasy Jr | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Rudolph Bitzner | TV Series | 1962 |
 | The Virginian | Murdoch | TV Series | 1962 |
 | Advise & Consent | The President | Movie | 1962 |
 | Ben Casey | Daniel Freeland | TV Series | 1961 |
 | Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles | Your Host | Movie | 1961 |
| The Shape of the River | Mark Twain | Movie | 1960 | |
 | The Twilight Zone | Col. Archie Taylor | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Bonanza | Denver McKee | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Candy Lombe | TV Series | 1958 |
 | Bitter Heritage | Frank James | Movie | 1958 |
 | Uncle Vanya | Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astroff | Movie | 1957 |
| Uncle Vanya | Director | Movie | 1957 |
| Uncle Vanya | Producer | Movie | 1957 |
 | The Little Foxes | Horace | Movie | 1956 |
 | Rendezvous in Black | Hugh Strickland | Movie | 1956 |
 | Armchair Theatre | Joe | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Oliver Mathews | TV Series | 1955 |
 | Too Old for Dolls | Mike Ramsay | Movie | 1955 |
 | Climax! | Henry Hutton | TV Series | 1954 |
| Climax! | Dr. Ken Jaynes | TV Series | 1954 |
| Climax! | Kurt Baumann / Scott Malone | TV Series | 1954 |
 | Twelve Angry Men | Juror #3 | Movie | 1954 |
 | General Electric Theater | Charles Proteus Steinmetz | TV Series | 1953 |
 | Four Star Playhouse | Ben | TV Series | 1952 |
 | Here Comes the Groom | Wilbur Stanley | Movie | 1951 |
 | Tales of Tomorrow | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Meredith Whitehouse | TV Series | 1950 | |
 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | TV Series | 1950 |
 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1950 |
 | The Man on the Eiffel Tower | Johann Radek | Movie | 1949 |
| The Man on the Eiffel Tower | Producer | Movie | 1949 |
 | Without Honor | Dennis Williams | Movie | 1949 |
 | Lights Out | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1949 |
 | Jigsaw | Howard Malloy | Movie | 1949 |
 | Suspense | Markheim | TV Series | 1949 |
 | Every Girl Should Be Married | Roger Sanford | Movie | 1948 |
 | Studio One | Juror #3 | TV Series | 1948 |
| Studio One | Rev. Lockman | TV Series | 1948 |
| Studio One | Douglas Thompson | TV Series | 1948 |
| Studio One | Bill Gibson | TV Series | 1948 |
| Studio One | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1948 |
 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1948 |
 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV Series | 1948 |
 | I Love Trouble | Stuart Bailey | Movie | 1948 |
 | Her Husband's Affairs | William Weldon | Movie | 1947 |
 | Honeymoon | David Flanner | Movie | 1947 |
 | Lost Honeymoon | Johnny Gray | Movie | 1947 |
 | Because of Him | Paul Taylor | Movie | 1946 |
 | That Night with You | Paul Renaud | Movie | 1945 |
 | Dark Waters | Dr. George Grover | Movie | 1944 |
 | The Hour Before the Dawn | Jim Hetherton | Movie | 1944 |
 | Phantom Lady | John 'Jack' Marlow | Movie | 1944 |
 | True to Life | Fletcher Marvin | Movie | 1943 |
 | His Butler's Sister | Charles Gerard | Movie | 1943 |
 | The Voice That Thrilled the World | Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage) | Movie | 1943 |
 | Pilot #5 | George Braynor Collins | Movie | 1943 |
 | Five Graves to Cairo | Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos | Movie | 1943 |
 | The Wife Takes a Flyer | Christopher Reynolds | Movie | 1942 |
 | Star Spangled Rhythm | John | Movie | 1942 |
 | This Woman Is Mine | Robert Stevens | Movie | 1941 |
 | She Knew All the Answers | Mark Willows | Movie | 1941 |
 | Nice Girl? | Richard Calvert | Movie | 1941 |
 | Trail of the Vigilantes | Kansas | Movie | 1940 |
 | Fast and Furious | Joel Sloane | Movie | 1939 |
 | The Girl Downstairs | Paul Wagner | Movie | 1938 |
 | Three Loves Has Nancy | Robert 'Bob' Hanson | Movie | 1938 |
 | Three Comrades | Otto Koster | Movie | 1938 |
 | Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 | Self | Movie | 1938 |
 | Love Is a Headache | Peter Lawrence | Movie | 1938 |
 | Man-Proof | Jimmy Kilmartin | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Bride Wore Red | Giulio | Movie | 1937 |
 | The Romance of Celluloid | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1937 |
 | Between Two Women | Allan Meighan | Movie | 1937 |
 | They Gave Him a Gun | James 'Jimmy' Davis | Movie | 1937 |
 | Quality Street | Dr. Valentine Brown | Movie | 1937 |
 | Love on the Run | Barnabus Pells | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Gorgeous Hussy | John H. Eaton | Movie | 1936 |
 | Suzy | Terry | Movie | 1936 |
 | The King Steps Out | Emperor Franz Josef | Movie | 1936 |
 | The Unguarded Hour | Sir Alan Dearden | Movie | 1936 |
 | Exclusive Story | Dick Parton | Movie | 1936 |
 | Dangerous | Don Bellows | Movie | 1935 |
 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Roger Byam | Movie | 1935 |
 | No More Ladies | Jim 'Jimsy Boysie' Salston | Movie | 1935 |
 | Reckless | Robert 'Bob' Harrison Jr. | Movie | 1935 |
 | One New York Night | Foxhall Ridgeway | Movie | 1935 |
 | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | Forsythe | Movie | 1935 |
 | Gentlemen Are Born | Bob Bailey | Movie | 1934 |
 | Straight Is the Way | Benny | Movie | 1934 |
 | The Girl from Missouri | T.R. Paige, Jr. | Movie | 1934 |
 | The World Moves On | Richard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914 | Movie | 1934 |
 | Sadie McKee | Michael | Movie | 1934 |
 | Moulin Rouge | Douglas Hall | Movie | 1934 |
 | Dancing Lady | Tod Newton | Movie | 1933 |
 | Bombshell | Gifford Middleton | Movie | 1933 |
 | Stage Mother | Warren Foster | Movie | 1933 |
 | The Stranger's Return | Guy Crane | Movie | 1933 |
 | Midnight Mary | Tom | Movie | 1933 |
 | Gabriel Over the White House | Hartley Beekman - Secretary to the President | Movie | 1933 |
 | Today We Live | Ronnie Boyce-Smith | Movie | 1933 |
 | The Wiser Sex | Phil Long | Movie | 1932 |