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.
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Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
112
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-02-27 (120 years old)
Place of Birth
Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Acting
1996
Joan Crawford: Always the Star as Self (archive footage)1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self1976
That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)1968
Nobody Runs Forever as Ambassador Townsend1968
Shadow Over Elveron as Barney Conners1965
Run for Your Life as Judge Taliaferro Wilson1965
In Harm's Way as CINCPAC I1965
Mickey One as Rudy Lopp1965
The Making of A Movie as Self1964
The Big Parade of Comedy as Gifford in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)1964
See How They Run as Baron Frood1964
How to Make a French Dish as John K. Montasy Jr1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Rudolph Bitzner1962
The Virginian as Murdoch1962
Advise & Consent as The President1961
Ben Casey as Daniel Freeland1961
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles as Your Host1959
Bonanza as Denver McKee1959
The Twilight Zone as Col. Archie Taylor1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Candy Lombe1958
Bitter Heritage as Frank James1957
Uncle Vanya as Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astroff1956
Rendezvous in Black as Hugh Strickland1956
The Little Foxes as Horace1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Oliver Mathews1955
Too Old for Dolls as Mike Ramsay1954
Climax! as Henry Hutton1954
Climax! as Dr. Ken Jaynes1954
Climax! as Kurt Baumann / Scott Malone1954
Twelve Angry Men as Juror #31953
General Electric Theater as Charles Proteus Steinmetz1952
Four Star Playhouse as Ben1951
Tales of Tomorrow as Not available1951
Here Comes the Groom as Wilbur Stanley1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self1950
Robert Montgomery Presents as Not available1950
Lux Video Theatre as Meredith Whitehouse1949
Suspense as Markheim1949
Lights Out as Not available1949
The Man on the Eiffel Tower as Johann Radek1949
Jigsaw as Howard Malloy1949
Without Honor as Dennis Williams1948
The Philco Television Playhouse as Not available1948
Studio One as Juror #31948
Studio One as Rev. Lockman1948
Studio One as Douglas Thompson1948
Studio One as Bill Gibson1948
Studio One as Not available1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self1948
I Love Trouble as Stuart Bailey1948
Every Girl Should Be Married as Roger Sanford1947
Lost Honeymoon as Johnny Gray1947
Honeymoon as David Flanner1947
Her Husband's Affairs as William Weldon1946
Because of Him as Paul Taylor1945
That Night with You as Paul Renaud1944
Phantom Lady as John 'Jack' Marlow1944
Dark Waters as Dr. George Grover1944
The Hour Before the Dawn as Jim Hetherton1943
Five Graves to Cairo as Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos1943
True to Life as Fletcher Marvin1943
Pilot #5 as George Braynor Collins1943
His Butler's Sister as Charles Gerard1943
The Voice That Thrilled the World as Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)1942
Star Spangled Rhythm as John1942
The Wife Takes a Flyer as Christopher Reynolds1941
She Knew All the Answers as Mark Willows1941
Nice Girl? as Richard Calvert1941
This Woman Is Mine as Robert Stevens1940
Trail of the Vigilantes as Kansas1939
Fast and Furious as Joel Sloane1938
Three Loves Has Nancy as Robert 'Bob' Hanson1938
Three Comrades as Otto Koster1938
Love Is a Headache as Peter Lawrence1938
The Girl Downstairs as Paul Wagner1938
Man-Proof as Jimmy Kilmartin1938
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 as Self1937
Quality Street as Dr. Valentine Brown1937
The Bride Wore Red as Giulio1937
The Romance of Celluloid as Self (archive footage)1937
They Gave Him a Gun as James 'Jimmy' Davis1937
Between Two Women as Allan Meighan1936
The Gorgeous Hussy as John H. Eaton1936
Love on the Run as Barnabus Pells1936
Suzy as Terry1936
The Unguarded Hour as Sir Alan Dearden1936
Exclusive Story as Dick Parton1936
The King Steps Out as Emperor Franz Josef1935
Mutiny on the Bounty as Roger Byam1935
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer as Forsythe1935
Reckless as Robert 'Bob' Harrison Jr.1935
Dangerous as Don Bellows1935
No More Ladies as Jim 'Jimsy Boysie' Salston1935
One New York Night as Foxhall Ridgeway1934
The Girl from Missouri as T.R. Paige, Jr.1934
Sadie McKee as Michael1934
Gentlemen Are Born as Bob Bailey1934
The World Moves On as Richard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 19141934
Moulin Rouge as Douglas Hall1934
Straight Is the Way as Benny1933
Dancing Lady as Tod Newton1933
Bombshell as Gifford Middleton1933
Today We Live as Ronnie Boyce-Smith1933
Stage Mother as Warren Foster1933
Midnight Mary as Tom1933
Gabriel Over the White House as Hartley Beekman - Secretary to the President1933
The Stranger's Return as Guy Crane1932
The Wiser Sex as Phil Long