Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 27, 1905
Place of Birth
Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Франшо Тоун
- Фрэнчот Тоун
- Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone
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 - Movies
In Harm's Way
as CINCPAC I
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Roger Byam
Phantom Lady
as John 'Jack' Marlow
Midnight Mary
as Tom
Five Graves to Cairo
as Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self
Dangerous
as Don Bellows
Dancing Lady
as Tod Newton
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Gifford in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)
Known For - TV Shows
The Twilight Zone
as Col. Archie Taylor
Bonanza
as Denver McKee
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Rudolph Bitzner
Climax!
as Henry Hutton
Climax!
as Dr. Ken Jaynes
Climax!
as Kurt Baumann / Scott Malone
The Virginian
as Murdoch
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
Studio One
as Juror #3
Studio One
as Rev. Lockman