Sort by IMDb Rating - Highest Rated Movies and TV Shows With Arthur Franz
- Job Types
- Movies or TV
- Genres
- Keywords
- IMDb Rating
- Instant Watch Options
- In Theaters
- Release Year
1. The George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957– )
30 min | Mystery
Thirty minute mystery drama series hosted by George Sanders.
Stars: George Sanders, Don Haggerty, Paul Harber, Toni Gerry
Votes: 28
2. Markham (1959–1960)
30 min | Crime, Drama
A private investigator, who had been a successful lawyer, solves crimes almost anywhere in the world, although he is based in New York City.
Stars: Ray Milland, Simon Scott, Henry Corden, Barney Phillips
Votes: 87
3.
The Silent Service (1957–1958)
Episode:
The Sunfish's Cook
(1958)
30 min | Action, War
Fed up with his routine chores in the gallery, the cook of the USS Sunfish, Teddy Aldridge, requests an active combat station for the next engagement with the enemy. The ship's executive ... See full summary »
Director: Sobey Martin | Stars: Thomas M. Dykers, Arthur Franz, Christopher Dark, Anthony Eisley
Votes: 10
4. The Silent Service (1957–1958)
30 min | Action, War
Documentary dramatic anthology about the US Navy's submarine fleet. All stories were based on fact and the realism was heightened by actual use of combat footage from the files of the Navy.
Stars: Thomas M. Dykers, Eric Morris, Robert Knapp, Ron Foster
Votes: 162
5. The Alaskans (1959–1960)
60 min | Adventure
A pair of adventurers are intent on swindling travellers bound for the Yukon Territories during the height of the Klondike Gold Rush.
Stars: Roger Moore, Dorothy Provine, Jeff York, Ray Danton
Votes: 93
6. Omnibus (1952–1961)
55 min | Drama, History, Music
Omnibus was a television program that sought to provide the best of what television could provide as the highest common denominator of intellectual curiosity and interest. This level of programing excellence has not been achieved again.
Stars: Alistair Cooke, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph N. Welch, Helen Hayes
Votes: 218
7.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
The Young Gun
(1960)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
An ex-con tries to prevent the son he gave up for adoption from following in his steps.
Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Arthur Franz, David Howe, King Calder, Reid Hammond
Votes: 21
8.
The Fugitive (1963–1967)
Episode:
Landscape with Running Figures: Part 1
(1965)
TV-PG | 50 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Kimble's joined on the run by Lt. Gerard's wife, who's had it with being no. 2 to a phantom. Kimble stumbles, signing his own name on a time-sheet, which sets off a manhunt, while residents... See full summary »
Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: David Janssen, Barbara Rush, Herschel Bernardi, Jud Taylor
Votes: 192
9.
Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
Episode:
George Mason
(1965)
30 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1787 George Mason refused to sign the US Constitution because it did not contain a Bill Of Rights for individuals. At the Virginia Ratification Convention he spoke against its ratification until it contained a Bill of Rights.
Director: Joseph Anthony | Stars: Wesley Addy, William Bakewell, John Colicos, Arthur Franz
Votes: 6
10. Perry Mason (1957–1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The trials of a master criminal defense attorney handling the most difficult cases in support of the innocent.
Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins
Votes: 11,891
11. Profiles in Courage (1964–1965)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
This anthology series presented episodes in the lives of true-life historical personages who each faced a terrible crisis in their life.
Stars: Jason Wingreen, Ken Drake, Woodrow Parfrey, Len Wayland
Votes: 91
12. Slattery's People (1964–1965)
60 min | Drama
Jim Slattery enters the state legislature, hopeful that he can make a difference. He finds dealing with endless rules and the majority opposition party frustrates any meaningful change but he stubbornly perseveres.
Stars: Richard Crenna, Paul Geary, Tol Avery, Maxine Stuart
Votes: 118
13.
The Whistler (1954– )
Episode:
An Actor's Life
(1955)
Mystery
Actor Leo Sanders romances old flame Julie Lane to get an introduction to her influential agent; when his big break goes sour he plots the murder of his rival.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Arthur Franz, Margaret Field, John Hubbard, Richard Benedict
Votes: 10
14. Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951–1978)
Comedy, Drama
Probably the longest-running anthology series on television, the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" has been presenting television dramatizations of famous plays and books, as well as original programs especially written for the series, since 1951.
Stars: Sarah Churchill, Howard Wierum, Frank Daly, Robert Daggett
Votes: 338
15. Cavalcade of America (1952–1957)
Not Rated | 60 min | Drama
"Cavalcade of America" documented historical events using stories of individual courage, initiative and achievement, often with feel-good dramatizations of the human spirit's triumph against all odds.
Stars: James Seay, Robert Foulk, Richard Gaines, Raymond Greenleaf
Votes: 98
16. The Chevy Mystery Show (1960)
45 min | Mystery
Anthology series featuring a different mystery each week.
Stars: Walter Slezak, Vincent Price, Everett Sloane, Barbara Stuart
Votes: 44
17.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
The Conspirators
(1967)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Caldwell family is part of a Communist Cell in the San Francisco Bay area. The cell plans to blow up a U.S. ship sailing from Oakland to take war supplies to Vietnam. Erskine and Rhodes... See full summary »
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, Stephen Brooks, Phyllis Thaxter
Votes: 30
18.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
The Recruiter
(1971)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A criminal conducts a bank robbery in Lincoln, Nebraska. The robbery nets $12,000 but is only a preliminary job. The criminal's next job involves robbing a New York City department store. ... See full summary »
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, Monte Markham
Votes: 17
19.
The Rookies (1972–1976)
Episode:
The Old Neighborhood
(1974)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Lt. Ryker goes out on patrol with Officer Danko and discovers that a protection racket is being run in his old neighborhood and that most people are too scared to come forward and talk about it.
Director: E.W. Swackhamer | Stars: Georg Stanford Brown, Sam Melville, Bruce Fairbairn, Kate Jackson
Votes: 22
20.
Saints and Sinners (1962–1963)
Episode:
Judith Was a Lady
(1962)
60 min | Drama
The "Bulletin" finds itself facing a million-dollar lawsuit after a middle-aged housewife is killed (accident? murder?) by her gardener and their account of the case hints that he was the dead woman's lover.
Director: Justus Addiss | Stars: Nick Adams, Larry J. Blake, David Carlile, Constance Dane
Votes: 8
21.
The Virginian (1962–1971)
Episode:
No Tears for Savannah
(1963)
TV-PG | 75 min | Western
The Virginian is in the southwest to collect for a bad check. He gets his money from the man's dad but when he is killed, The Virginian's old flame is convicted of it and he has to protect her while hoping Garth can prove her innocence.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Lee J. Cobb, Doug McClure, Gary Clarke, James Drury
Votes: 109
22. Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City.
Stars: James Arness, Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Ken Curtis
Votes: 8,786
23. The Fugitive (1963–1967)
TV-PG | 51 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A doctor, wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit, escapes custody and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer.
Stars: David Janssen, William Conrad, Barry Morse, Paul Birch
Votes: 4,709
24. Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1957)
25 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
In this science-fiction anthology series host Truman Bradley introduces stories extrapolated from actual scientific data available in the 1950's, concentrating on such concepts as space flight, UFO's and mental telepathy.
Stars: Truman Bradley, Michael Fox, Marshall Thompson, Peter Hansen
Votes: 445
25. The Missiles of October (1974 TV Movie)
150 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In October 1962, the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Director: Anthony Page | Stars: William Devane, Ralph Bellamy, Howard Da Silva, James Hong
Votes: 1,127
26.
Rawhide (1959–1965)
Episode:
Incident at Sugar Creek
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
As the herd nears Sugar Creek Sam Garrett is seriously hurt and they learn the herd is facing tick fever ahead. When the people of Sugar Creek learn Sam is with the herd, the town turns on the drovers except for Marcie who runs the saloon.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Eric Fleming, Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, Charles H. Gray
Votes: 102
27.
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976–1977)
Episode:
Chapter XVII
(1977)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama
Rudy is faced with charges of falsifying evidence connected to the Senate hearings into Estep's businesses.
Director: Jules Irving | Stars: Peter Strauss, Gregg Henry, James Carroll Jordan, Kimberly Beck
Votes: 25
28.
The Silent Service (1957–1958)
Episode:
The Sunfish Story
(1958)
30 min | Action, War
The U.S.S. Sunfish endures 186 depth charges released by Japanese surface craft.
Director: Sobey Martin | Stars: Thomas M. Dykers, Arthur Franz, Christopher Dark, Anthony Eisley
Votes: 11
29. The Invaders (1967–1968)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The Aliens are here, posing as human, and not friendly. David Vincent has seen them land and now must evade them and convince others of their presence while not being put in the booby hatch.
Stars: Roy Thinnes, Kent Smith, Max Kleven, William Windom
Votes: 3,448
30. Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
A Civil War veteran with a sawed-off rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s.
Stars: Steve McQueen, Wright King, Olan Soule, Mort Mills
Votes: 2,787
31. Kraft Theatre (1947–1958)
60 min | Drama
A well-received anthology series presenting live television dramas.
Stars: Ed Herlihy, Vaughn Taylor, Valerie Cossart, Dan Morgan
Votes: 223
32. Waterfront (1954–1956)
30 min | Adventure, Crime
John Herrick was the Captain of the tug "Cheryl Ann" in Los Angeles harbor. His family consisted of wife May, Police Detective son Jim, and the crew of the tug, his son Carl, Tip, and ... See full summary »
Stars: Preston Foster, Douglas Dick, Lois Moran, Willie Best
Votes: 114
33.
Death Valley Days (1952–1970)
Episode:
Justice at Jackson Creek
(1962)
TV-PG | 25 min | Western
A lawyer who turned to the bottle is ostracized when he refuses to help a miner.
Director: George Cahan | Stars: Arthur Franz, William Schallert, Bartlett Robinson, Dub Taylor
Votes: 21
34.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
Region of Peril
(1968)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mrs Daley is kidnapped during a house robbery. The FBI become involved when it seems the criminals are trying to make for Mexico. Mrs Daley realizers her chances of staying alive are ... See full summary »
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, Anne Baxter
Votes: 26
35.
The Invaders (1967–1968)
Episode:
The Life Seekers
(1968)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A police officer's shot and wounded by an alien, who he shoots and sees disintegrate. A roadblock's set up for the other 2 in the car which got away.,David's brought to the 2 aliens, who ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Roy Thinnes, R.G. Armstrong, Diana Muldaur, Arthur Franz
Votes: 182
36.
Mannix (1967–1975)
Episode:
To Save a Dead Man
(1971)
TV-PG | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Mannix tries to help a nun who took a dying man's confession that he let an innocent man go to prison for murder, but finds the inmate insisting he is guilty.
Director: Paul Krasny | Stars: Mike Connors, Gail Fisher, Jeremy Slate, Brooke Bundy
Votes: 94
37.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Golden Fraud
(1959)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sylvia Welles asks Rip Conners to bug her apartment to make a bogus tape as a joke. She asks Richard Vanaman over to explain an investment prospectus. He discovers the bug and makes threatening remarks, but Welles blames it on her husband.
Director: Herbert Hirschman | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 299
38.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of the Larcenous Lady
(1960)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When an important government job is offered to the Mayor of Upton, his wife will go to any lengths to help her husband get the job including putting her own illegal activities on hold and resorting to blackmail which ends with her murder.
Director: James Sheldon | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, Ray Collins
Votes: 343
39.
Police Story (1973–1980)
Episode:
Wyatt Earp Syndrome
(1974)
60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Officer Nations is feeling the strain, in both his job and his personal life, of trying to solve all the world's ills from his patrol car.
Director: Robert L. Collins | Stars: Cliff Gorman, Smokey Robinson, Mel Ferrer, Scott Brady
Votes: 54
40.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968)
Episode:
The Condemned
(1965)
TV-G | 52 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
This episode involves the testing of a new air mixture that will allow a submarine to go to the "bottom of the sea" literally! A brash, news hogging, admiral and his aide, along with his ... See full summary »
Director: Leonard J. Horn | Stars: Richard Basehart, David Hedison, J.D. Cannon, Arthur Franz
Votes: 72
41.
Wagon Train (1957–1965)
Episode:
The Annie Duggan Story
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
An elderly couple and then a young girl become ill with typhoid fever on the wagon train. A young servant girl has attended to them all in isolation. One of the women on the train has an idea about the cause but no one wants to listen.
Director: James Sheldon | Stars: John McIntire, Terry Wilson, Frank McGrath, Denny Miller
Votes: 53
42.
The Whistler (1954– )
Episode:
A Trip to Aunt Sarah's
(1954)
Mystery
Desperate businessman Paul Carter steals money from the home of a dead investor; the only person who can connect him to the theft is a little girl-who mentions him in a school essay. When ... See full summary »
Director: Will Jason | Stars: Arthur Franz, Margaret Field, Frank Gerstle, Robert Burton
Votes: 7
43. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.
Stars: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus
Votes: 11,533
44. Rawhide (1959–1965)
TV-PG | 50 min | Western
Gil Favor is trail boss of a continuous cattle drive. He is assisted by Rowdy Yates. The crew runs into characters and adventures along the way.
Stars: Clint Eastwood, Paul Brinegar, Steve Raines, Eric Fleming
Votes: 4,631
45. Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962)
TV-14 | 60 min | Western
Agent Jim Hardie splits his life between being an agent helping Wells Fargo cope with bad guys, and owning a ranch near San Francisco, California.
Stars: Dale Robertson, Art Felix, Kit Carson, William Demarest
Votes: 1,236
46. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)
60 min | Drama
Actor, Producer, and Director Robert Montgomery introduced each telecast, sometimes interviewing one of the stars, and sometimes appearing in the play.
Stars: Robert Montgomery, John Newland, Vaughn Taylor, Elizabeth Montgomery
Votes: 136
47. The Whistler (1954– )
30 min | Mystery
Crime anthology series with twist endings; based on the popular radio drama and several B-movies.
Stars: William Forman, Danni Sue Nolan, Arthur Franz, Dorothy Green
Votes: 58
48.
The Deputy (1959–1961)
Episode:
Past and Present
(1961)
TV-PG | 30 min | Western
A well-liked miner is killed during an attempted bank robbery when a bank clerk, a Civil War hero, can't bring himself to shoot at the outlaws. The mine owner is convinced that clerk is ... See full summary »
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Henry Fonda, Allen Case, Read Morgan, Murvyn Vye
Votes: 19
49.
The F.B.I. (1965–1974)
Episode:
The Architect
(1970)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Erskine and Colby lead the manhunt for escaped prisoner Arthur McBride. McBride is a genius and a ruthless, borderline psychopath and more than willing to kill to accomplish his means. The ... See full summary »
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott, William Reynolds, Monte Markham
Votes: 19
50.
Lancer (1968–1970)
Episode:
Devil's Blessing
(1969)
60 min | Western
Murdoch leaves on a stage for Yuma in hope of disproving assumptions that he's getting too old to take care of himself. But on the way, he and the stage driver are held up and left for dead... See full summary »
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: James Stacy, Wayne Maunder, Andrew Duggan, Elizabeth Baur
Votes: 34