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Jigsaw (1949) -- New York Assistant District Attorney Howard Malloy investigates a series of murders and uncovers an extremist group.
"Tales of Tomorrow" (1951): Season 2: Episode 6 -- A scientist invents a horn that calls sinister forces.
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) -- Trailer for the classic film based on the novel
The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) -- In Paris, a down and out medical student Johann Radek (Franchot Tone) is paid by Bill Kirby (Robert Hutton) to murder his wealthy aunt...
Mickey One (1965) -- A mediocre stand-up comic with gambling debts runs away to the West Side of Chicago, and under an assumed name, takes a job as a janitor.

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Date of Death:
18 September 1968, New York City, New York, USA more
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Mini Biography:
Franchot Tone was born into a well-to-do upstate New York family. Tone... more
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Following his Sept. 13, 1951, beating at the hands of Tom Neal over... more
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Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win more

Filmography

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Actor:
  1. Nobody Runs Forever (1968) .... Ambassador Townsend
    ... aka The High Commissioner (USA)
  2. Shadow Over Elveron (1968) (TV) .... S. Bernard (Barney) Conners
  3. "Run for Your Life" .... Judge Taliaferro Wilson (1 episode, 1967)
        - Tell It Like It Is (1967) TV episode .... Judge Taliaferro Wilson
  4. Mickey One (1965) .... Rudy Lopp
  5. In Harm's Way (1965) .... Admiral Kimmel
  6. "The Virginian" .... Murdock (1 episode, 1965)
    ... aka The Men from Shiloh (USA: new title)
        - Old Cowboy (1965) TV episode .... Murdock
  7. "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" .... Rudolph Bitzner (1 episode, 1965)
        - Final Performance (1965) TV episode .... Rudolph Bitzner
  8. "The Reporter" .... Jay Jay Jordan (1 episode, 1964)
        - The Man Behind the Man (1964) TV episode .... Jay Jay Jordan
  9. See How They Run (1964) (TV) .... Baron Frood
  10. "The DuPont Show of the Week" .... Inspector / ... (2 episodes, 1962-1964)
        - Jeremy Rabbitt - The Secret Avenger (1964) TV episode .... Senator Grady Lyons
        - The Betrayal (1962) TV episode .... Inspector
  11. La bonne soupe (1964) .... John K. Montasy Jr
    ... aka Careless Love
    ... aka La pappa reale (Italy)
  12. "The Eleventh Hour" .... Leo Haynes (1 episode, 1962)
        - Along About Late in the Afternoon (1962) TV episode .... Leo Haynes
  13. Advise & Consent (1962) .... The President
  14. "Wagon Train" .... Malachi Hobart (1 episode, 1962)
    ... aka Major Adams, Trail Master
        - The Malachi Hobart Story (1962) TV episode .... Malachi Hobart
  15. "Ben Casey" .... Robert Ashton (1 episode, 1962)
        - A Memory of Candy Stripes (1962) TV episode .... Robert Ashton
  16. "The Twilight Zone" .... Col. Archie Taylor (1 episode, 1961)
    ... aka The Twilight Zone: The Original Series (Australia)
    ... aka Twilight Zone (USA: new title)
        - The Silence (1961) TV episode .... Col. Archie Taylor
  17. "Bonanza" .... Denver McKee (1 episode, 1960)
    ... aka Ponderosa (USA: rerun title)
        - Denver McKee (1960) TV episode .... Denver McKee
  18. "Playhouse 90" .... Allen Grant / ... (6 episodes, 1956-1960)
        - The Shape of the River (1960) TV episode .... Mark Twain
        - The Hidden Image (1959) TV episode .... Avery Yarbrough
        - A Quiet Game of Cards (1959) TV episode .... Raymond
        - Bitter Heritage (1958) TV episode .... Frank James
        - The Thundering Wave (1957) TV episode .... Allen Grant
          (1 more)
  19. "Goodyear Theatre" .... Martin Galt (1 episode, 1960)
    ... aka Award Theatre (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Golden Years of Television (USA: cable TV title)
        - The Ticket (1960) TV episode .... Martin Galt

  20. "The DuPont Show of the Month" (1 episode, 1959)
        - Body and Soul (1959) TV episode
  21. "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" .... Oliver Mathews (1 episode, 1959)
        - The Impossible Dream (1959) TV episode .... Oliver Mathews
  22. "Pursuit" (1 episode, 1958)
        - The Last Night in August (1958) TV episode
  23. "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" .... Candy Lombe (1 episode, 1958)
    ... aka Desilu Playhouse
        - The Crazy Hunter (1958) TV episode .... Candy Lombe
  24. "Armchair Theatre" .... Joe (1 episode, 1958)
        - Time of Your Life (1958) TV episode .... Joe
  25. Bitter Heritage (1958) (TV) .... Frank James
  26. "Studio One" .... Bill Gibson / ... (5 episodes, 1950-1958)
    ... aka Studio One Summer Theatre (USA: summer title)
    ... aka Studio One in Hollywood (USA: new title)
    ... aka Summer Theatre (USA: summer title)
    ... aka Westinghouse Studio One (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka Westinghouse Summer Theatre (USA: summer title)
        - Ticket to Tahiti (1958) TV episode .... Bill Gibson
        - Trial by Slander (1958) TV episode .... Douglas Thompson
        - Bend in the Road (1957) TV episode .... Reverend Lockman
        - Twelve Angry Men (1954) TV episode .... Juror #3
        - Walk the Dark Streets (1950) TV episode
  27. Uncle Vanya (1957) .... Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astroff
  28. "Climax!" .... Dr. Ken Jaynes / ... (3 episodes, 1954-1957)
    ... aka Climax Mystery Theater (USA: alternative title)
        - The Largest City in Captivity (1957) TV episode .... Kurt Baumann/Scott Malone
        - Silent Decision (1955) TV episode .... Dr. Ken Jaynes
        - The Gioconda Smile (1954) TV episode .... Henry Hutton
  29. "The Alcoa Hour" .... Prince / ... (2 episodes, 1956-1957)
        - Night (1957) TV episode .... Prince
        - Even the Weariest River (1956) TV episode .... Sheriff Converse
  30. "The Kaiser Aluminum Hour" .... Arthur Baldwin (1 episode, 1957)
        - Throw Me a Rope (1957) TV episode .... Arthur Baldwin
  31. "Hallmark Hall of Fame" .... Horace (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka Hallmark Television Playhouse
        - The Little Foxes (1956) TV episode .... Horace
  32. "The United States Steel Hour" .... Armstrong / ... (3 episodes, 1954-1956)
    ... aka The U.S. Steel Hour (USA: alternative title)
        - Survival (1956) TV episode .... Armstrong
        - Red Gulch (1955) TV episode .... Sandy Morton
        - The Fifth Wheel (1954) TV episode .... Charles Burnett
  33. "General Electric Theater" .... Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
    ... aka G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
        - Steinmetz (1956) TV episode .... Charles Proteus Steinmetz
  34. "Playwrights '56" .... Jason (1 episode, 1955)
    ... aka Pontiac Playwrights '56 (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka The Playwright Hour
        - The Sound and the Fury (1955) TV episode .... Jason
  35. "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1 episode, 1955)
    ... aka Lucky Strike Theater
    ... aka Montgomery's Summer Stock
    ... aka The Robert Montgomery Summer Theater
        - Man Lost (1955) TV episode
  36. "Four Star Playhouse" .... Ben Chaney (1 episode, 1955)
    ... aka Best in Mystery (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Four Star Theatre (UK: new title)
    ... aka Singer Playhouse (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka Star Performance (USA: rerun title)
        - Award (1955) TV episode .... Ben Chaney
  37. "The Best of Broadway" .... Actor (1 episode, 1955)
        - The Guardsman (1955) TV episode .... Actor
  38. "The Ford Television Theatre" .... Mike Ramsay (1 episode, 1955)
    ... aka Ford Theatre (USA: short title)
        - Too Old for Dolls (1955) TV episode .... Mike Ramsay
  39. "The Elgin Hour" .... Will L'Hommedieu (1 episode, 1955)
        - Days of Grace (1955) TV episode .... Will L'Hommedieu
  40. "The Philip Morris Playhouse" (1 episode, 1953)
    ... aka P.M. Playhouse
        - Temptation (1953) TV episode
  41. "The Revlon Mirror Theater" (1 episode, 1953)
        - One Summer's Rain (1953) TV episode
  42. "Hollywood Opening Night" (1 episode, 1953)
        - Legal Affair (1953) TV episode
  43. "Suspense" .... Markheim (2 episodes, 1950-1952)
        - All Hallow's Eve (1952) TV episode .... Markheim
        - Black Bronze (1950) TV episode
  44. "Tales of Tomorrow" .... Martenson (2 episodes, 1952)
        - The Horn (1952) TV episode .... Martenson
        - The Diamond Lens (1952) TV episode
  45. "Lights Out" (1 episode, 1952)
        - Blood Relation (1952) TV episode
  46. Here Comes the Groom (1951) .... Wilbur Stanley
  47. "Starlight Theatre" (1 episode, 1951)
        - Lunch at Disalvo's (1951) TV episode
  48. "Danger" (1 episode, 1951)
        - The Great Filson Bequest (1951) TV episode
  49. "Lux Video Theatre" .... Meredith Whitehouse (1 episode, 1950)
    ... aka Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title)
        - Goodnight, Please (1950) TV episode .... Meredith Whitehouse
  50. "The Philco Television Playhouse" (1 episode, 1950)
    ... aka Arena Theatre (USA: new title)
    ... aka Repertory Theatre (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (USA: new title)
        - Murder at the Stork Club (1950) TV episode

  51. The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) .... Johann Radek
    ... aka L'homme de la tour Eiffel (France)
  52. Without Honor (1949) .... Dennis Williams
    ... aka Woman Accused (USA: reissue title)
  53. Jigsaw (1949) .... Howard Malloy
    ... aka Gun Moll (USA: reissue title)
  54. Every Girl Should Be Married (1948) .... Roger Sanford
  55. I Love Trouble (1948) .... Stuart Bailey
  56. Her Husband's Affairs (1947) .... William Weldon
  57. Honeymoon (1947) .... David Flanner
    ... aka Two Men and a Girl (UK)
  58. Lost Honeymoon (1947) .... Johnny Gray
  59. Because of Him (1946) .... Paul Taylor, the Playwright
  60. That Night with You (1945) .... Paul Renaud
  61. Dark Waters (1944) .... Dr. George Grover
  62. The Hour Before the Dawn (1944) .... Jim Hetherton
  63. Phantom Lady (1944) .... Jack Marlow
  64. True to Life (1943) .... Fletcher Marvin
  65. His Butler's Sister (1943) .... Charles Gerard
  66. Pilot #5 (1943) .... George Braynor Collins
    ... aka Pilot No. 5
  67. Five Graves to Cairo (1943) .... Cpl. John J. Bramble/Davos
  68. The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942) .... Christopher Reynolds
    ... aka A Yank in Dutch (UK)
  69. This Woman Is Mine (1941) .... Robert Stevens
    ... aka Fury at Sea (USA: reissue title)
  70. She Knew All the Answers (1941) .... Mark Willows
  71. Nice Girl? (1941) .... Richard Calvert
  72. Trail of the Vigilantes (1940) .... Kansas (Tim Mason)

  73. Fast and Furious (1939) .... Joel Sloane
  74. The Girl Downstairs (1938) .... Paul Wagner
  75. Three Loves Has Nancy (1938) .... Robert 'Bob' Hanson
  76. Three Comrades (1938) .... Otto Koster
  77. Love Is a Headache (1938) .... Peter Lawrence
  78. Man-Proof (1938) .... Jimmy Kilmartin
  79. The Bride Wore Red (1937) .... Giulio
  80. Between Two Women (1937) .... Dr.Allan Demarest Meighan
    ... aka Surrounded by Women (USA: TV title)
  81. They Gave Him a Gun (1937) .... James 'Jimmy' Davis
  82. Quality Street (1937) .... Dr. Valentine Brown
  83. Love on the Run (1936) .... Barnabus Pells
  84. The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) .... John Eaton
  85. Suzy (1936) .... Terry
  86. The King Steps Out (1936) .... Emperor Franz Josef
  87. The Unguarded Hour (1936) .... Sir Alan Dearden
  88. Exclusive Story (1936) .... Dick Barton
  89. Dangerous (1935) .... Don Bellows
  90. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) .... Byam
  91. No More Ladies (1935) .... Jim 'Jimsy Boysie' Salston
  92. Reckless (1935) .... Robert 'Bob' Harrison Jr.
  93. One New York Night (1935) .... Foxhall Ridgeway
    ... aka The Trunk Mystery (UK)
  94. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) .... Lieutenant Forsythe
  95. Gentlemen Are Born (1934) .... Bob Bailey
  96. Straight Is the Way (1934) .... Benny 'Ben' Horowitz
  97. The Girl from Missouri (1934) .... T.R. Paige Jr.
    ... aka 100 Per Cent Pure (UK)
    ... aka Born to Be Kissed (USA: alternative title)
  98. The World Moves On (1934) .... Richard Girard
  99. Sadie McKee (1934) .... Michael Alderson
  100. Moulin Rouge (1934) .... Douglas Hall
  101. Dancing Lady (1933) .... Tod Newton
  102. Bombshell (1933) .... Gifford Middleton
    ... aka Blonde Bombshell (UK)
  103. Stage Mother (1933) .... Warren Foster
  104. The Stranger's Return (1933) .... Guy Crane
  105. Midnight Mary (1933) .... Thomas 'Tom' Mannering Jr.
  106. Gabriel Over the White House (1933) .... Hartley 'Beek' Beekman - Secretary to the President
  107. Today We Live (1933) .... Ronnie
  108. The Wiser Sex (1932) .... Phil Long
Soundtrack:
  1. A Brokedown Melody (2004) (writer: "The Cave", "The Count")

  2. They Gave Him a Gun (1937) (performer: "I Don't Want to Get Well" (uncredited))
  3. Love on the Run (1936) ("She'll be Comin' 'Round the Mountain" (uncredited))
  4. Suzy (1936) ("The Wedding March" (uncredited))
  5. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) ("Rock-a-Bye Baby" (pub. 1765) (uncredited))
  6. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) ("Mother Machree" (1910) (uncredited), "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" (1868) (uncredited))
  7. The World Moves On (1934) ("Should She Desire Me Not")
Producer:
  1. Uncle Vanya (1957) (producer)

  2. The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) (producer)
    ... aka L'homme de la tour Eiffel (France)
Self:
  1. Witchcraft (1961) (TV) .... Himself - Host

  2. "Playhouse 90" .... Himself - Announcing Next Week's Show (1 episode, 1956)
        - Sizeman and Son (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Announcing Next Week's Show
  3. "The Colgate Comedy Hour" .... Himself - Actor (1 episode, 1955)
    ... aka Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
    ... aka Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
    ... aka Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
        - Episode #5.15 (1955) TV episode .... Himself - Actor
  4. "The Jack Carter Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1950-1951)
        - Episode #2.30 (1951) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode #1.2 (1950) TV episode .... Himself
  5. "The Perry Como Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1950)
    ... aka Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Chesterfield Supper Club
        - Episode dated 5 February 1950 (1950) TV episode .... Himself

  6. Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) .... Himself as John in Card Playing Skit

  7. Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 (1938) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
  1. Gable and Crawford (2008) (V) .... Himself
  2. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) .... Clip from 'Reckless'
  3. The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) .... Actor in 'Bombshell'
  4. The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943) (uncredited) .... Himself (segment "Dangerous")


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