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Mini Biography:
President of the Dramatic Club at Cornell University, Franchot Tone gave... moreAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win moreFilmography
Actor:
- Nobody Runs Forever (1968) .... Ambassador Townsend
... aka The High Commissioner (USA) - Shadow Over Elveron (1968) (TV) .... S. Bernard (Barney) Conners
- "Run for Your Life" .... Judge Taliaferro Wilson (1 episode, 1967)
- Tell It Like It Is (1967) TV episode .... Judge Taliaferro Wilson - Mickey One (1965) .... Rudy Lopp
- In Harm's Way (1965) .... Admiral Kimmel
- "The Virginian" .... Murdock (1 episode, 1965)
... aka "The Men from Shiloh" (USA: new title)
- Old Cowboy (1965) TV episode .... Murdock - "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" .... Rudolph Bitzner (1 episode, 1965)
- Final Performance (1965) TV episode .... Rudolph Bitzner - "The Reporter" .... Jay Jay Jordan (1 episode, 1964)
- The Man Behind the Man (1964) TV episode .... Jay Jay Jordan - See How They Run (1964) (TV) .... Baron Frood
- "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 - La bonne soupe (1964) .... John K. Montasy Jr
... aka Careless Love
... aka La pappa reale (Italy) - "The Eleventh Hour" .... Leo Haynes (1 episode, 1962)
- Along About Late in the Afternoon (1962) TV episode .... Leo Haynes - Advise & Consent (1962) .... The President
- "Wagon Train" .... Malachi Hobart (1 episode, 1962)
... aka "Major Adams, Trail Master"
- The Malachi Hobart Story (1962) TV episode .... Malachi Hobart - "Ben Casey" .... Robert Ashton (1 episode, 1962-1966)
- A Memory of Candy Stripes (1962) TV episode .... Robert Ashton - "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 - "Bonanza" .... Denver McKee (1 episode, 1960)
... aka "Ponderosa" (USA: rerun title)
- Denver McKee (1960) TV episode .... Denver McKee - "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) - "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 - "The DuPont Show of the Month" (1 episode, 1959)
- Body and Soul (1959) TV episode - "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" .... Oliver Mathews (1 episode, 1959)
- The Impossible Dream (1959) TV episode .... Oliver Mathews - "Pursuit" (1 episode, 1958)
- The Last Night in August (1958) TV episode - "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" .... Candy Lombe (1 episode, 1958)
... aka "Desilu Playhouse"
- The Crazy Hunter (1958) TV episode .... Candy Lombe - "Armchair Theatre" .... Joe (1 episode, 1958)
- Time of Your Life (1958) TV episode .... Joe - Bitter Heritage (1958) (TV) .... Frank James
- "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)
... 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 - Uncle Vanya (1957) .... Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astroff
- "Climax!" .... Dr. Ken Jaynes / ... (3 episodes, 1954-1957)
... aka "Climax Mystery Theater" (USA)
- 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 - "The Alcoa Hour" .... Prince / ... (2 episodes, 1956-1957)
- Night (1957) TV episode .... Prince
- Even the Weariest River (1956) TV episode .... Sheriff Converse - "The Kaiser Aluminum Hour" .... Arthur Baldwin (1 episode, 1957)
- Throw Me a Rope (1957) TV episode .... Arthur Baldwin - "Hallmark Hall of Fame" .... Horace (1 episode, 1956)
... aka "Hallmark Television Playhouse"
- The Little Foxes (1956) TV episode .... Horace - "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 - "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 - "Playwrights '56" .... Jason (1 episode, 1955)
... aka "Pontiac Playwrights '56" (USA)
... aka "The Playwright Hour"
- The Sound and the Fury (1955) TV episode .... Jason - "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 - "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 - "The Best of Broadway" .... Actor (1 episode, 1955)
- The Guardsman (1955) TV episode .... Actor - "The Ford Television Theatre" .... Mike Ramsay (1 episode, 1955)
... aka "Ford Theatre" (USA: short title)
- Too Old for Dolls (1955) TV episode .... Mike Ramsay - "The Elgin Hour" .... Will L'Hommedieu (1 episode, 1955)
- Days of Grace (1955) TV episode .... Will L'Hommedieu - "The Philip Morris Playhouse" (1 episode, 1953)
... aka "P.M. Playhouse"
- Temptation (1953) TV episode - "The Revlon Mirror Theater" (1 episode, 1953)
- One Summer's Rain (1953) TV episode - "Hollywood Opening Night" (1 episode, 1953)
- Legal Affair (1953) TV episode - "Suspense" (2 episodes, 1950-1952)
- All Hallow's Eve (1952) TV episode
- Black Bronze (1950) TV episode - "Tales of Tomorrow" .... Martenson (2 episodes, 1952)
- The Horn (1952) TV episode .... Martenson
- The Diamond Lens (1952) TV episode - "Lights Out" (1 episode, 1952)
- Blood Relation (1952) TV episode - Here Comes the Groom (1951) .... Wilbur Stanley
- "Starlight Theatre" (1 episode, 1951)
- Lunch at Disalvo's (1951) TV episode - "Danger" (1 episode, 1951)
- The Great Filson Bequest (1951) TV episode - "Lux Video Theatre" .... Meredith Whitehouse (1 episode, 1950)
... aka "Summer Video Theatre" (USA: summer title)
- Goodnight, Please (1950) TV episode .... Meredith Whitehouse - "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 - The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) .... Johann Radek
... aka L'homme de la tour Eiffel (France) - Without Honor (1949) .... Dennis Williams
... aka Woman Accused (USA: reissue title) - Jigsaw (1949) .... Howard Malloy
... aka Gun Moll (USA: reissue title) - Every Girl Should Be Married (1948) .... Roger Sanford
- I Love Trouble (1948) .... Stuart Bailey
- Her Husband's Affairs (1947) .... William Weldon
- Honeymoon (1947) .... David Flanner
... aka Two Men and a Girl (UK) - Lost Honeymoon (1947) .... Johnny Gray
- Because of Him (1946) .... Paul Taylor, the Playwright
- That Night with You (1945) .... Paul Renaud
- Dark Waters (1944) .... Dr. George Grover
- The Hour Before the Dawn (1944) .... Jim Hetherton
- Phantom Lady (1944) .... Jack Marlow
- True to Life (1943) .... Fletcher Marvin
- His Butler's Sister (1943) .... Charles Gerard
- Pilot #5 (1943) .... George Braynor Collins
... aka Pilot No. 5 - Five Graves to Cairo (1943) .... Cpl. John J. Bramble/Davos
- The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942) .... Christopher Reynolds
... aka A Yank in Dutch (UK) - She Knew All the Answers (1941) .... Mark Willows
- This Woman Is Mine (1941) .... Robert Stevens
... aka Fury at Sea (USA: reissue title) - Nice Girl? (1941) .... Richard Calvert
- Trail of the Vigilantes (1940) .... Kansas (Tim Mason)
- Fast and Furious (1939) .... Joel Sloane
- The Girl Downstairs (1938) .... Paul Wagner
- Three Loves Has Nancy (1938) .... Robert 'Bob' Hanson
- Three Comrades (1938) .... Otto Koster
- Love Is a Headache (1938) .... Peter Lawrence
- Man-Proof (1938) .... Jimmy Kilmartin
- The Bride Wore Red (1937) .... Giulio
- Between Two Women (1937) .... Dr.Allan Demarest Meighan
... aka Surrounded by Women (USA: TV title) - They Gave Him a Gun (1937) .... James 'Jimmy' Davis
- Quality Street (1937) .... Dr. Valentine Brown
- Love on the Run (1936) .... Barnabus Pells
- The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) .... John Eaton
- Suzy (1936) .... Terry
- The King Steps Out (1936) .... Emperor Franz Josef
- The Unguarded Hour (1936) .... Sir Alan Dearden
- Exclusive Story (1936) .... Dick Barton
- Dangerous (1935) .... Don Bellows
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) .... Byam
- No More Ladies (1935) .... Jim 'Jimsy Boysie' Salston
- Reckless (1935) .... Robert 'Bob' Harrison Jr.
- One New York Night (1935) .... Foxhall Ridgeway
... aka The Trunk Mystery (UK) - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) .... Lieutenant Forsythe
- Gentlemen Are Born (1934) .... Bob Bailey
- Straight Is the Way (1934) .... Benny 'Ben' Horowitz
- The Girl from Missouri (1934) .... T.R. Paige Jr.
... aka 100 Per Cent Pure (UK)
... aka Born to Be Kissed (USA) - The World Moves On (1934) .... Richard Girard
- Sadie McKee (1934) .... Michael Alderson
- Moulin Rouge (1934) .... Douglas Hall
- Dancing Lady (1933) .... Tod Newton
- Bombshell (1933) .... Gifford Middleton
... aka Blonde Bombshell (UK) - Stage Mother (1933) .... Warren Foster
- The Stranger's Return (1933) .... Guy Crane
- Midnight Mary (1933) .... Thomas 'Tom' Mannering Jr.
- Gabriel Over the White House (1933) .... Hartley 'Beek' Beekman - Secretary to the President
- Today We Live (1933) .... Ronnie
- The Wiser Sex (1932) .... Phil Long
Soundtrack:
- A Brokedown Melody (2004) (writer: "The Cave", "The Count")
- They Gave Him a Gun (1937) (performer: "I Don't Want to Get Well" (uncredited))
- Love on the Run (1936) ("She'll be Comin' 'Round the Mountain" (uncredited))
- Suzy (1936) ("The Wedding March" (uncredited))
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) ("Rock-a-Bye Baby" (pub. 1765) (uncredited))
- The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) ("Mother Machree" (1910), "(The Man on) The Flying Trapeze" (1868))
- The World Moves On (1934) ("Should She Desire Me Not")
Producer:
- Uncle Vanya (1957) (producer)
- The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) (producer)
... aka L'homme de la tour Eiffel (France)
Director:
- Uncle Vanya (1957)
Self:
- Witchcraft (1961) (TV) .... Himself - Host
- "Playhouse 90" .... Himself - Announcing Next Week's Show (1 episode, 1956)
- Sizeman and Son (1956) TV episode .... Himself - Announcing Next Week's Show - "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 - "The Jack Carter Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1950-1951)
- Episode #2.30 (1951) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #1.2 (1950) TV episode .... Himself - "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 - Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) .... Himself as John in Card Playing Skit
- Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 (1938) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
- Gable and Crawford (2008) (V) .... Himself
- That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) .... Clip from 'Reckless'
- The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) .... Actor in 'Bombshell'
- The Voice That Thrilled the World (1943) (uncredited) .... Himself (segment "Dangerous")
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