Eduard Franz

Eduard Franz (born as Eduard Franz Schmidt, (October 31 1902, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - February 10 1983, Los Angeles, California) was an American actor of theater, film and television. Franz portrayed King Ahab in the 1953 biblical low-budget film "Sins of Jezebel" and Jethro in The Ten Commandments three years later.

He was a leading Broadway actor for nearly 20 years, in such plays as "First Stop to Heaven" and "Embezzled Heaven", before making his film debut opposite John Wayne in "Wake of the Red Witch" in 1948. He played such intellectuals as Dr. Stern in "The Thing (From Another Planet)" or Justice Louis Brandeis in "The Magnificent Yankee". He appeared in a 1957 television adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel, "Beyond This Place", which was directed by Sidney Lumet. In 1963, Franz was cast as psychiatric clinic director Dr. Edward Raymer on the weekly ABC TV drama "Breaking Point." [ [http://www.oscars.org/mhl/sc/franz_45.html Special Collections Manuscripts - Margaret Herrick Library - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ] ]

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