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

Career Overview

Franchot Tone has 96 screen credits in a career dating back to 1932. Their work spans 2 cinematic universes — most prominently That's Entertainment Collection with 1 titles. Signature works include Ben Casey, I Love Trouble, Phantom Lady. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

96

Birth Date

1905-02-27 00:00:00

Birth Place

Niagara Falls, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  Ben Casey
• 

  I Love Trouble
• 

  Phantom Lady
• 

  Fast and Furious
• 

  Quality Street
• 

  Bitter Heritage

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 2 universes

• That's Entertainment Collection (1 titles)
• Joel & Garda Sloane Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Vince Edwards (1 collaborations)
• Sam Jaffe (1 collaborations)
• Janet Blair (1 collaborations)
• Janis Carter (1 collaborations)
• Adele Jergens (1 collaborations)
• Glenda Farrell (1 collaborations)
• Steven Geray (1 collaborations)
• Tom Powers (1 collaborations)
• Lynn Merrick (1 collaborations)
• John Ireland (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (93 credits)

  • Joan Crawford: Always the Star

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • That's Entertainment, Part II

    (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Brasileiros em Hollywood

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • Nobody Runs Forever

    Ambassador Townsend

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • Shadow Over Elveron

    Barney Conners

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • In Harm's Way

    CINCPAC I

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • The Making of A Movie

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • See How They Run

    Baron Frood

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • The Big Parade of Comedy

    Gifford in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • How to Make a French Dish

    John K. Montasy Jr

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Advise & Consent

    The President

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Virginian

    - Old Cowboy (1965) ... Murdoch actor actors
    1962
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    - The Final Performance (1965) ... Rudolph Bitzner actor actors
    1962
  • Ben Casey

    Daniel Freeland

    actor

    actors

    - Then, Suddenly, Panic (1966) ... Daniel Freeland actor actors

    - Pull The Wool Over Your Eyes, Here Comes The Cold Wind Of Truth (1966) ... Daniel Freeland actor actors

    - Twenty-Six Ways to Spell Heartbreak, A, B, C, D ... (1966) ... Daniel Freeland actor actors

    - Where Did All the Roses Go? (1966) ... Daniel Freeland actor actors

    - Lullaby for a Wind-Up Toy (1966) ... Daniel Freeland actor actors
    1961
  • Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles

    Your Host

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • The Shape of the River

    Mark Twain

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Twilight Zone

    - The Silence (1961) ... Col. Archie Taylor actor actors
    1959
  • Bonanza

    - Denver McKee (1960) ... Denver McKee actor actors
    1959
  • Bitter Heritage

    Frank James

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Uncle Vanya

    Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astroff

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Little Foxes

    Horace

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Rendezvous in Black

    Hugh Strickland

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Too Old for Dolls

    Mike Ramsay

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    - The Impossible Dream (1959) ... Oliver Mathews actor actors
    1955
  • Twelve Angry Men

    Juror #3

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Climax!

    - The Largest City in Captivity (1957) ... Kurt Baumann / Scott Malone actor actors

    - Silent Decision (1955) ... Dr. Ken Jaynes actor actors

    - The Gioconda Smile (1954) ... Henry Hutton actor actors
    1954
  • Four Star Playhouse

    - Award (1955) ... Ben actor actors
    1952
  • Here Comes the Groom

    Wilbur Stanley

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    - Man Lost (1955) ... actor actors
    1950
  • The Man on the Eiffel Tower

    Johann Radek

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Without Honor

    Dennis Williams

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Jigsaw

    Howard Malloy

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Every Girl Should Be Married

    Roger Sanford

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • I Love Trouble

    Stuart Bailey

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Studio One

    - Ticket to Tahiti (1958) ... Bill Gibson actor actors

    - Trial by Slander (1958) ... Douglas Thompson actor actors

    - The Bend in the Road (1957) ... Rev. Lockman actor actors

    - Twelve Angry Men (1954) ... Juror #3 actor actors

    - Walk the Dark Streets (1950) ... actor actors
    1948
  • Her Husband's Affairs

    William Weldon

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Honeymoon

    David Flanner

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Lost Honeymoon

    Johnny Gray

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Because of Him

    Paul Taylor

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • That Night with You

    Paul Renaud

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Dark Waters

    Dr. George Grover

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Hour Before the Dawn

    Jim Hetherton

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Phantom Lady

    John 'Jack' Marlow

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • True to Life

    Fletcher Marvin

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Voice That Thrilled the World

    Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Pilot #5

    George Braynor Collins

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Wife Takes a Flyer

    Christopher Reynolds

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Star Spangled Rhythm

    John

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • This Woman Is Mine

    Robert Stevens

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • She Knew All the Answers

    Mark Willows

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Nice Girl?

    Richard Calvert

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Trail of the Vigilantes

    Kansas

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Fast and Furious

    Joel Sloane

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Girl Downstairs

    Paul Wagner

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Three Loves Has Nancy

    Robert 'Bob' Hanson

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Three Comrades

    Otto Koster

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Love Is a Headache

    Peter Lawrence

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Man-Proof

    Jimmy Kilmartin

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Bride Wore Red

    Giulio

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Romance of Celluloid

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Between Two Women

    Allan Meighan

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • They Gave Him a Gun

    James 'Jimmy' Davis

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Quality Street

    Dr. Valentine Brown

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Love on the Run

    Barnabus Pells

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Gorgeous Hussy

    John H. Eaton

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Suzy

    Terry

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The King Steps Out

    Emperor Franz Josef

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Unguarded Hour

    Sir Alan Dearden

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Exclusive Story

    Dick Parton

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Dangerous

    Don Bellows

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Mutiny on the Bounty

    Roger Byam

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • No More Ladies

    Jim 'Jimsy Boysie' Salston

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Reckless

    Robert 'Bob' Harrison Jr.

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • One New York Night

    Foxhall Ridgeway

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

    Forsythe

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Gentlemen Are Born

    Bob Bailey

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Straight Is the Way

    Benny

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Girl from Missouri

    T.R. Paige, Jr.

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The World Moves On

    Richard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Sadie McKee

    Michael

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Moulin Rouge

    Douglas Hall

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Dancing Lady

    Tod Newton

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Bombshell

    Gifford Middleton

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Stage Mother

    Warren Foster

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Stranger's Return

    Guy Crane

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Midnight Mary

    Tom

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Gabriel Over the White House

    Hartley Beekman - Secretary to the President

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Today We Live

    Ronnie Boyce-Smith

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Wiser Sex

    Phil Long

    actor

    actors
    1932

• production (2 credits)

  • Uncle Vanya

    producer

    production
    1957
  • The Man on the Eiffel Tower

    producer

    production
    1949

• directing (1 credits)

  • Uncle Vanya

    director

    directing
    1957