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Franchot Tone

Born
February 27, 1905
Died
September 18, 1968
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
Known For
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935)
Roger Byam
In Harm's Way
(1965)
CINCPAC I
Five Graves to Cairo
(1943)
Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos
Advise & Consent
(1962)
The President
Phantom Lady
(1944)
John 'Jack' Marlow
That's Entertainment, Part II
(1976)
(archive footage)
Three Comrades
(1938)
Otto Koster
Bombshell
(1933)
Gifford Middleton
The Stranger's Return
(1933)
Guy Crane
Full Filmography
Acting
The Wiser Sex
(1932)
Phil Long
Dancing Lady
(1933)
Tod Newton
Bombshell
(1933)
Gifford Middleton
Midnight Mary
(1933)
Thomas 'Tom' Mannering Jr.
Gabriel Over the White House
(1933)
Hartley Beekman - Secretary to the President
Today We Live
(1933)
Ronnie Boyce-Smith
The Stranger's Return
(1933)
Guy Crane
Stage Mother
(1933)
Warren Foster
Sadie McKee
(1934)
Michael Alderson
Moulin Rouge
(1934)
Douglas Hall
Gentlemen Are Born
(1934)
Bob Bailey
The Girl from Missouri
(1934)
T.R. Paige, Jr.
The World Moves On
(1934)
Richard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914
Straight Is the Way
(1934)
Benny
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935)
Roger Byam
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
(1935)
Forsythe
Reckless
(1935)
Robert 'Bob' Harrison Jr.
Dangerous
(1935)
Don Bellows
No More Ladies
(1935)
Jim 'Jimsy Boysie' Salston
One New York Night
(1935)
Foxhall Ridgeway
Love on the Run
(1936)
Barnabus Pells
Suzy
(1936)
Terry
The Gorgeous Hussy
(1936)
John H. Eaton
Exclusive Story
(1936)
Dick Parton
The King Steps Out
(1936)
Emperor Franz Josef
The Unguarded Hour
(1936)
Sir Alan Dearden
Quality Street
(1937)
Dr. Valentine Brown
They Gave Him a Gun
(1937)
James 'Jimmy' Davis
The Bride Wore Red
(1937)
Giulio
Between Two Women
(1937)
Allan Meighan
The Romance of Celluloid
(1937)
Self (archive footage)
Three Loves Has Nancy
(1938)
Robert 'Bob' Hanson
Three Comrades
(1938)
Otto Koster
The Girl Downstairs
(1938)
Paul Wagner
Man-Proof
(1938)
Jimmy Kilmartin
Love Is a Headache
(1938)
Peter Lawrence
Fast and Furious
(1939)
Joel Sloane
Trail of the Vigilantes
(1940)
Kansas
Nice Girl?
(1941)
Richard Calvert
She Knew All the Answers
(1941)
Mark Willows
This Woman Is Mine
(1941)
Robert Stevens
Star Spangled Rhythm
(1942)
John
The Wife Takes a Flyer
(1942)
Christopher Reynolds
Five Graves to Cairo
(1943)
Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos
His Butler's Sister
(1943)
Charles Gerard
Pilot #5
(1943)
George Braynor Collins
True to Life
(1943)
Fletcher Marvin
The Voice That Thrilled the World
(1943)
Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
Dark Waters
(1944)
Dr. George Grover
Phantom Lady
(1944)
John 'Jack' Marlow
The Hour Before the Dawn
(1944)
Jim Hetherton
That Night with You
(1945)
Paul Renaud
Because of Him
(1946)
Paul Taylor
Her Husband's Affairs
(1947)
William Weldon
Lost Honeymoon
(1947)
Johnny Gray
Honeymoon
(1947)
David Flanner
Every Girl Should Be Married
(1948)
Roger Sanford
I Love Trouble
(1948)
Stuart Bailey
Jigsaw
(1949)
Howard Malloy
Without Honor
(1949)
Dennis Williams
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
(1949)
Johann Radek
Here Comes the Groom
(1951)
Wilbur Stanley
Twelve Angry Men
(1954)
Juror #3
The Little Foxes
(1956)
Horace
Uncle Vanya
(1957)
Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astroff
Bitter Heritage
(1958)
Frank James
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
(1961)
Your Host
Advise & Consent
(1962)
The President
See How They Run
(1964)
Baron Frood
How to Make a French Dish
(1964)
John K. Montasy Jr
The Big Parade of Comedy
(1964)
Gifford in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)
Mickey One
(1965)
Rudy Lopp
In Harm's Way
(1965)
CINCPAC I
Nobody Runs Forever
(1968)
Ambassador Townsend
Shadow Over Elveron
(1968)
Barney Conners
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
(1972)
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(1976)
(archive footage)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
(1989)
Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
(1991)
actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
(1996)
Self (archive footage)
Production
Directing
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