Franchot Tone

Feb 27, 1905 - Sep 18, 1968 (63 years old) in Niagara Falls, New York, USA

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

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Bonanza

Denver McKee

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The Twilight Zone

Col. Archie Taylor

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Rudolph Bitzner

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Climax!

Henry Hutton

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The Virginian

Murdoch

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Studio One

Juror #3

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Ben Casey

Daniel Freeland

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Robert Montgomery Presents

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Four Star Playhouse

Ben

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Run for Your Life

Judge Taliaferro Wilson

Credits

Joan Crawford: Always the Star 1996

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.5
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker 1991

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

★ 7.7
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre 1989

Self

★ NR
That's Entertainment, Part II 1976

(archive footage)

★ 6.9
Hollywood: The Dream Factory 1972

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
Brasileiros em Hollywood 1970

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Nobody Runs Forever 1968

Ambassador Townsend

★ 6
Shadow Over Elveron 1968

Barney Conners

★ 6.5
Mickey One 1965

Rudy Lopp

★ 5.7
Run for Your Life 1965

Judge Taliaferro Wilson

★ 7.2
In Harm's Way 1965

CINCPAC I

★ 6.6
The Making of A Movie 1965

Self

★ NR
See How They Run 1964

Baron Frood

★ 4
The Big Parade of Comedy 1964

Gifford in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)

★ 6.6
How to Make a French Dish 1964

John K. Montasy Jr

★ 4.5
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962

Rudolph Bitzner

★ 7.8
The Virginian 1962

Murdoch

★ 6.4
Advise & Consent 1962

The President

★ 7.1
Ben Casey 1961

Daniel Freeland

★ 5.6
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles 1961

Your Host

★ 6
The Shape of the River 1960

Mark Twain

★ NR
The Twilight Zone 1959

Col. Archie Taylor

★ 8.5
Bonanza 1959

Denver McKee

★ 7.5
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse 1958

Candy Lombe

★ 5.8
Bitter Heritage 1958

Frank James

★ NR
Uncle Vanya 1957

Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astroff

★ 6
The Little Foxes 1956

Horace

★ NR
Rendezvous in Black 1956

Hugh Strickland

★ NR
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955

Oliver Mathews

★ 7.8
Too Old for Dolls 1955

Mike Ramsay

★ NR
Climax! 1954

Henry Hutton

★ 3.3
Twelve Angry Men 1954

Juror #3

★ 8
General Electric Theater 1953

Charles Proteus Steinmetz

★ 6.4
Four Star Playhouse 1952

Ben

★ 6.7
Here Comes the Groom 1951

Wilbur Stanley

★ 5.2
Tales of Tomorrow 1951

★ 6
Lux Video Theatre 1950

Meredith Whitehouse

★ 6.3
The Colgate Comedy Hour 1950

Self

★ 6.8
Robert Montgomery Presents 1950

★ 5.6
The Man on the Eiffel Tower 1949

Johann Radek

★ 5.1
Without Honor 1949

Dennis Williams

★ 4.5
Lights Out 1949

★ 5.8
Jigsaw 1949

Howard Malloy

★ 4.8
Suspense 1949

Markheim

★ 4.9
Every Girl Should Be Married 1948

Roger Sanford

★ 5.9
Studio One 1948

Juror #3

★ 5
The Philco Television Playhouse 1948

★ 6.3
I Love Trouble 1948

Stuart Bailey

★ 6.3
Her Husband's Affairs 1947

William Weldon

★ 4.7
Honeymoon 1947

David Flanner

★ 6.4
Lost Honeymoon 1947

Johnny Gray

★ 5.3
Because of Him 1946

Paul Taylor

★ 6.2
That Night with You 1945

Paul Renaud

★ NR
Dark Waters 1944

Dr. George Grover

★ 5.8
The Hour Before the Dawn 1944

Jim Hetherton

★ 5.5
Phantom Lady 1944

John 'Jack' Marlow

★ 7
True to Life 1943

Fletcher Marvin

★ 7.3
His Butler's Sister 1943

Charles Gerard

★ 7.1
The Voice That Thrilled the World 1943

Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)

★ 5.3
Pilot #5 1943

George Braynor Collins

★ 5.8
Five Graves to Cairo 1943

Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos

★ 6.9
The Wife Takes a Flyer 1942

Christopher Reynolds

★ 4.5
Star Spangled Rhythm 1942

John

★ 6
This Woman Is Mine 1941

Robert Stevens

★ 4
She Knew All the Answers 1941

Mark Willows

★ 6.5
Nice Girl? 1941

Richard Calvert

★ 5.3
Trail of the Vigilantes 1940

Kansas

★ NR
Fast and Furious 1939

Joel Sloane

★ 4.7
The Girl Downstairs 1938

Paul Wagner

★ 4.1
Three Loves Has Nancy 1938

Robert 'Bob' Hanson

★ 3.8
Three Comrades 1938

Otto Koster

★ 7.2
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 6 1938

Self

★ NR
Love Is a Headache 1938

Peter Lawrence

★ 5.7
Man-Proof 1938

Jimmy Kilmartin

★ 4.3
The Bride Wore Red 1937

Giulio

★ 6.7
The Romance of Celluloid 1937

Self (archive footage)

★ 7
Between Two Women 1937

Allan Meighan

★ 5.5
They Gave Him a Gun 1937

James 'Jimmy' Davis

★ 6.2
Quality Street 1937

Dr. Valentine Brown

★ 5.8
Love on the Run 1936

Barnabus Pells

★ 6.4
The Gorgeous Hussy 1936

John H. Eaton

★ 5.3
Suzy 1936

Terry

★ 5.6
The King Steps Out 1936

Emperor Franz Josef

★ 5.9
The Unguarded Hour 1936

Sir Alan Dearden

★ 6.2
Exclusive Story 1936

Dick Parton

★ 6.5
Dangerous 1935

Don Bellows

★ 6.6
Mutiny on the Bounty 1935

Roger Byam

★ 7.4
No More Ladies 1935

Jim 'Jimsy Boysie' Salston

★ 4.6
Reckless 1935

Robert 'Bob' Harrison Jr.

★ 5
One New York Night 1935

Foxhall Ridgeway

★ NR
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer 1935

Forsythe

★ 6.6
Gentlemen Are Born 1934

Bob Bailey

★ 6.5
Straight Is the Way 1934

Benny

★ 5.5
The Girl from Missouri 1934

T.R. Paige, Jr.

★ 7.1
The World Moves On 1934

Richard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914

★ 5.6
Sadie McKee 1934

Michael

★ 6.9
Moulin Rouge 1934

Douglas Hall

★ 7
Dancing Lady 1933

Tod Newton

★ 6.8
Bombshell 1933

Gifford Middleton

★ 6.5
Stage Mother 1933

Warren Foster

★ 5
The Stranger's Return 1933

Guy Crane

★ 6.2
Midnight Mary 1933

Tom

★ 6.8
Gabriel Over the White House 1933

Hartley Beekman - Secretary to the President

★ 6.8
Today We Live 1933

Ronnie Boyce-Smith

★ 6.2
The Wiser Sex 1932

Phil Long

★ 6