Eduard Franz (Eduard Franz Schmidt)
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Biography
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Born Eduard Franz Schmidt in Milwaukee, WI, this stern-faced character actor had originally planned to be a commercial artist, but a stint with a local theatrical troupe set him on the road to an acting career. In 1925 he moved to New York City and joined up with a Greenwich Village theatrical group. He returned to Wisconsin in the early 1930s and rejoined his old theatrical company, The Wisconsin Players. He accepted a position with the St. Louis Municipal Opera in 1944 and performed in many different operettas until 1947, when he headed to Hollywood. Read more... work, and he was soon appearing in such films as The Magnificent Yankee (1950) and The Ten Commandments (1956), and even did a turn in an interesting low-budget horror flick, The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959). All through his film career, however, he kept his hand in the theater, and also had an extensive list of television credits.
Actor

Character:
Harmenszoon Van Schreeven
Wake of the Red Witch 1948
1

Character:
Frederick Muller
Hollow Triumph 1948
1

Character:
Martin Avery
Whirlpool 1949
1

Character:
Gottfried Steiner
Oh, You Beautiful Doll 1949
10

Character:
Dr. Stern
The Thing from Another World 1951
3

Character:
Col. Klaus von Stauffenberg
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel 1951
4

Character:
Cantor David Golding
The Jazz Singer 1952
11

Character:
Dr. Gustav Engstrand
One Minute to Zero 1952
2

Character:
Albert Parkson Foster
Because You're Mine 1952
14

Character:
Phil Meisner
Everything I Have Is Yours 1952
8

Character:
Khan of Bukistan
Dream Wife 1953
2

Character:
Dr. Lionel Y. Newman
Latin Lovers 1953
8

Character:
Dr. Nassau
Living It Up 1954
4

Character:
Lorenzo de Quesada
The Last Command 1955
1

Character:
Priest
The Miracle 1959
2

Character:
Dr. Sanderson
Hatari! 1962
13

Character:
Ethan Allan Cocket
The President's Analyst 1967
3

Character:
Old Man
Twilight Zone: The Movie 1983
6

Character:
Ernie, Sr.
The Paper Chase 1978
1

Character:
Fine
Insight 1960
0

Character:
Victor Seaton
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre 1963
0

Character:
Cody Nelson
The Waltons 1971
0

Character:
Col. / Gen. Tillery
Johnny Got His Gun 1971
1

Character:
Dr. Bert Jacobson
The Dick Powell Theatre 1961
0

Character:
Dr. Edward Raymer
Ben Casey 1961
0

Character:
Rev. Travers
The Loretta Young Show 1953
0

Character:
Giulio Gatti-Casazza
The Great Caruso 1951
28

Character:
Judge Louis Brandeis
The Magnificent Yankee 1950
0

Character:
Herb Whitley
Hart to Hart 1979
1

Character:
Paul
The Ford Television Theatre 1952
0

Character:
Leo Steiner
The Streets of San Francisco 1972
0

Character:
Dr. Benson
The 20th Century-Fox Hour 1955
0

Character:
Two Moons
Broken Lance 1954
0

Character:
Dr. James Lifford
Climax! 1954
0

Character:
Edward Roland
The Fugitive 1963
0

Character:
Terry Meade
Stoney Burke 1962
0

Character:
Dunn
The DuPont Show of the Month 1957
0

Character:
Blue Eagle
Medical Center 1969
0

Character:
Cantor Morris Rabinowitz
Startime 1959
0

Character:
Dr. Lewis
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law 1971
0

Character:
Jafai
Vega$ 1978
0

Character:
Ky
The Bionic Woman 1976
0

Character:
Jethro
The Ten Commandments 1956
0

Character:
Mr. Johnson
It Takes a Thief 1968
0

Character:
Gustave Helmer
The Law and Mr. Jones 1960
0

Character:
Jules Silberg
The DuPont Show with June Allyson 1959
0

Character:
Adm. Sigfried von Kreuter
12 O'Clock High 1964
0

Character:
Dr. Paul Aldrich
The Barbara Stanwyck Show 1960
0

Character:
Roualt
Madame Bovary 1949
0

Character:
Justice Brandeis
The Magnificent Yankee 1965
0

Character:
Dr. Konstantin Horvathy
The Brotherhood of the Bell 1970
0

Character:
Dr. William Raymer
Breaking Point 1963
0