
Franchot Tone
Known for Acting · 107 credits
- Born
- 1905-02-27
- Died
- 1968-09-18
- Place of birth
- Niagara Falls, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Франшо Тоун · Фрэнчот Тоун · Stanislaus Pascal 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (21)

Bonanza
1959
as Denver McKee

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Rudolph Bitzner

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Col. Archie Taylor

Climax!
1954
as Henry Hutton / Dr. Ken Jaynes / Kurt Baumann / Scott Malone

The Virginian
1962
as Murdoch

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Ben

Ben Casey
1961
as Daniel Freeland

Studio One
1948
as Juror #3 / Rev. Lockman / Douglas Thompson / Bill Gibson

Run for Your Life
1965
as Judge Taliaferro Wilson

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

Lights Out
1949

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Oliver Mathews

Suspense
1949
as Markheim

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
as Candy Lombe

Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Meredith Whitehouse

General Electric Theater
1953
as Charles Proteus Steinmetz

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Joe
Movies (86)

In Harm's Way
1965
as CINCPAC I

Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
as Roger Byam
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self

Quality Street
1937
as Dr. Valentine Brown

Advise & Consent
1962
as The President

Mickey One
1965
as Rudy Lopp

Moulin Rouge
1934
as Douglas Hall

Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
as Robert 'Bob' Hanson

Midnight Mary
1933
as Tom

Five Graves to Cairo
1943
as Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dancing Lady
1933
as Tod Newton

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)

Fast and Furious
1939
as Joel Sloane

Stage Mother
1933
as Warren Foster

Exclusive Story
1936
as Dick Parton

Phantom Lady
1944
as John 'Jack' Marlow

Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
as John

Bombshell
1933
as Gifford Middleton

Gentlemen Are Born
1934
as Bob Bailey

Dangerous
1935
as Don Bellows

Without Honor
1949
as Dennis Williams

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)

Man-Proof
1938
as Jimmy Kilmartin

Every Girl Should Be Married
1948
as Roger Sanford

Jigsaw
1949
as Howard Malloy

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Gifford in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)

The Man on the Eiffel Tower
1949
as Johann Radek

I Love Trouble
1948
as Stuart Bailey

Reckless
1935
as Robert 'Bob' Harrison Jr.

Gabriel Over the White House
1933
as Hartley Beekman - Secretary to the President

Between Two Women
1937
as Allan Meighan

The Romance of Celluloid
1937
as Self (archive footage)

Nice Girl?
1941
as Richard Calvert

Dark Waters
1944
as Dr. George Grover

Sadie McKee
1934
as Michael

Pilot #5
1943
as George Braynor Collins

Three Comrades
1938
as Otto Koster

Joan Crawford: Always the Star
1996
as Self (archive footage)

Twelve Angry Men
1954
as Juror #3

The World Moves On
1934
as Richard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935
as Forsythe

The King Steps Out
1936
as Emperor Franz Josef

True to Life
1943
as Fletcher Marvin

The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
as Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)

Her Husband's Affairs
1947
as William Weldon

Today We Live
1933
as Ronnie Boyce-Smith

Shadow Over Elveron
1968
as Barney Conners

The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as John H. Eaton

Here Comes the Groom
1951
as Wilbur Stanley

The Girl Downstairs
1938
as Paul Wagner

Nobody Runs Forever
1968
as Ambassador Townsend

Love on the Run
1936
as Barnabus Pells

Bitter Heritage
1958
as Frank James

The Hour Before the Dawn
1944
as Jim Hetherton

How to Make a French Dish
1964
as John K. Montasy Jr

This Woman Is Mine
1941
as Robert Stevens

See How They Run
1964
as Baron Frood

Lost Honeymoon
1947
as Johnny Gray

Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
as Self (archive footage)

One New York Night
1935
as Foxhall Ridgeway

Suzy
1936
as Terry

They Gave Him a Gun
1937
as James 'Jimmy' Davis

Honeymoon
1947
as David Flanner

His Butler's Sister
1943
as Charles Gerard

She Knew All the Answers
1941
as Mark Willows

The Unguarded Hour
1936
as Sir Alan Dearden

The Little Foxes
1956
as Horace

The Bride Wore Red
1937
as Giulio

The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942
as Christopher Reynolds

Trail of the Vigilantes
1940
as Kansas

No More Ladies
1935
as Jim 'Jimsy Boysie' Salston

The Stranger's Return
1933
as Guy Crane

Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
1961
as Your Host

The Girl from Missouri
1934
as T.R. Paige, Jr.

Because of Him
1946
as Paul Taylor

That Night with You
1945
as Paul Renaud

Straight Is the Way
1934
as Benny

Too Old for Dolls
1955
as Mike Ramsay

Love Is a Headache
1938
as Peter Lawrence

The Wiser Sex
1932
as Phil Long

Uncle Vanya
1957
as Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astroff

Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6
1938
as Self
The Making of A Movie
1965
as Self
The Shape of the River
1960
as Mark Twain

Rendezvous in Black
1956
as Hugh Strickland
About Franchot Tone
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 With 107 credits spanning from 1932 to 1996, Franchot Tone has appeared in 86 films and 21 TV shows.
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- In Harm's Way (1965) — as CINCPAC I
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) — as Roger Byam
- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989) — as Self
- Quality Street (1937) — as Dr. Valentine Brown
- Advise & Consent (1962) — as The President
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