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Franchot Tone(1905-1968)

  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Director
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Franchot Tone
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President of the Dramatic Club at Cornell University, Franchot Tone gave up the family business for acting, making his Broadway debut in "The Age of Innocence".

Tone then went into movies for MGM, making his film debut (at Paramount Pictures) in The Wiser Sex (1932). With his theatrical background, Tone became one of the most talented movie actors in Hollywood.
BornFebruary 27, 1905
DiedSeptember 18, 1968(63)
BornFebruary 27, 1905
DiedSeptember 18, 1968(63)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)
Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)
Ella Raines and Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)
Ella Raines and Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)
Ella Raines and Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)
Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)
Virginia Brissac, Ella Raines, and Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)
Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)
Doris Lloyd, Ella Raines, and Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)
Thomas Gomez and Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)
Ella Raines and Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)
Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)

Known for

Bette Davis, Margaret Lindsay, and Franchot Tone in Dangerous (1935)
Dangerous
6.8
  • Don Bellows
  • 1935
Clark Gable and Mamo Clark in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Mutiny on the Bounty
7.6
  • Roger Byam
  • 1935
Janet Blair and Franchot Tone in I Love Trouble (1948)
I Love Trouble
6.7
  • Stuart Bailey
  • 1948
Cary Grant and Jean Harlow in Suzy (1936)
Suzy
6.4
  • Terry Moore
  • 1936

Credits

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Actor

  • The High Commissioner (1968)
    The High Commissioner
    • Ambassador Townsend
    • 1968
  • Shadow Over Elveron (1968)
    Shadow Over Elveron
    • Barney Conners
    • TV Movie
    • 1968
  • Ben Gazzara in Run for Your Life (1965)
    Run for Your Life
    • Judge Taliaferro Wilson
    • TV Series
    • 1967
  • Ben Casey (1961)
    Ben Casey
    • Dr. Daniel Niles Freeland
    • Robert Ashton
    • TV Series
    • 1962–1966
  • Mickey One (1965)
    Mickey One
    • Ruby Lapp
    • 1965
  • In Harm's Way (1965)
    In Harm's Way
    • CINCPAC I
    • 1965
  • James Drury, Doug McClure, and John McIntire in The Virginian (1962)
    The Virginian
    • Murdock
    • TV Series
    • 1965
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
    • Rudolph Bitzner
    • TV Series
    • 1965
  • Festival (1960)
    Festival
    • Solness
    • TV Series
    • 1964
  • The Reporter (1964)
    The Reporter
    • Jay Jay Jordan
    • TV Series
    • 1964
  • See How They Run (1964)
    See How They Run
    • Baron Frood
    • TV Movie
    • 1964
  • Walter Matthau and Frank McGee in The DuPont Show of the Week (1961)
    The DuPont Show of the Week
    • Inspector
    • Sen. Grady Lyons
    • TV Series
    • 1962–1964
  • La bonne soupe (1964)
    La bonne soupe
    • John K. Montasy Jr
    • 1964
  • Angela Lansbury and Tuesday Weld in The Eleventh Hour (1962)
    The Eleventh Hour
    • Leo Haynes
    • TV Series
    • 1962
  • Advise & Consent (1962)
    Advise & Consent
    • The President
    • 1962

Producer

  • Uncle Vanya (1957)
    Uncle Vanya
    • producer
    • 1957
  • Charles Laughton in The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949)
    The Man on the Eiffel Tower
    • producer
    • 1949

Director

  • Uncle Vanya (1957)
    Uncle Vanya
    • Director
    • 1957

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Here Comes the Groom
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Three Loves Has Nancy
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Three Loves Has Nancy

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
  • Born
    • February 27, 1905
    • Niagara Falls, New York, USA
  • Died
    • September 18, 1968
    • New York City, New York, USA(lung cancer)
  • Spouses
      Dolores DornMay 14, 1956 - January 16, 1959 (divorced)
  • Parents
      Frank Jerome Tone
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared (as "Bunner"; Broadway debut) in "The Belt" on Broadway. Written by Paul Sifton. Directed by Edward Massey. New Playwrights Theatre: 19 Oct 1927-Nov 1927 (closing date unknown/29 performances). Cast: Herman Bandes, Jane Barry, Herbert Bergman, Lawrence Bolton, Edward Buckman, Gail De Hart, Lionel Ferrend, Moss Fleisig, Murray Franklin, Eduard Franz (credited as Edward Franz), Ross Matthews, Benjamin Osipow, George N. Price, Irwin Swerdlow, Charles P. Thompson, Parker Totten, Willard Williams.
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Print Biographies
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 2 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Following his Sept. 13, 1951, beating at the hands of Tom Neal over the affections of starlet Barbara Payton, Tone was hospitalized for almost a week and needed plastic surgery to repair his badly damaged face.
  • Quotes
    [on his ex-wife, Joan Crawford] She's like that old joke about Philadelphia: First prize, 4 years with Joan. Second prize, 8 years with her.

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