
Franchot Tone
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1905-02-27
Day of Death
1968-09-18 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Niagara Falls, New York, USA
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
Acting
(1996)
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
(1991)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1989)
(1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1968)
Nobody Runs Forever
as Ambassador Townsend
(1968)
Shadow Over Elveron
as Barney Conners
(1965)
In Harm's Way
as CINCPAC I
(1965)
Mickey One
as Rudy Lopp
(1964)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Gifford in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)
(1964)
See How They Run
as Baron Frood
(1964)
How to Make a French Dish
as John K. Montasy Jr
(1962)
Advise & Consent
as The President
(1961)
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles
as Your Host
(1958)
Bitter Heritage
as Frank James
(1957)
Uncle Vanya
as Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astroff
(1956)
The Little Foxes
as Horace
(1955)
Too Old for Dolls
as Mike Ramsay
(1954)
Twelve Angry Men
as Juror #3
(1951)
Here Comes the Groom
as Wilbur Stanley
(1949)
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
as Johann Radek
(1949)
Jigsaw
as Howard Malloy
(1949)
Without Honor
as Dennis Williams
(1948)
Every Girl Should Be Married
as Roger Sanford
(1948)
I Love Trouble
as Stuart Bailey
(1947)
Her Husband's Affairs
as William Weldon
(1947)
Lost Honeymoon
as Johnny Gray
(1947)
Honeymoon
as David Flanner
(1946)
Because of Him
as Paul Taylor
(1945)
That Night with You
as Paul Renaud
(1944)
Phantom Lady
as John 'Jack' Marlow
(1944)
Dark Waters
as Dr. George Grover
(1944)
The Hour Before the Dawn
as Jim Hetherton
(1943)
Five Graves to Cairo
as Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos
(1943)
Pilot #5
as George Braynor Collins
(1943)
True to Life
as Fletcher Marvin
(1943)
His Butler's Sister
as Charles Gerard
(1943)
The Voice That Thrilled the World
as Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage)
(1942)
Star Spangled Rhythm
as John
(1942)
The Wife Takes a Flyer
as Christopher Reynolds
(1941)
Nice Girl?
as Richard Calvert
(1941)
She Knew All the Answers
as Mark Willows
(1941)
This Woman Is Mine
as Robert Stevens
(1940)
Trail of the Vigilantes
as Kansas
(1939)
Fast and Furious
as Joel Sloane
(1938)
The Girl Downstairs
as Paul Wagner
(1938)
Three Comrades
as Otto Koster
(1938)
Man-Proof
as Jimmy Kilmartin
(1938)
Love Is a Headache
as Peter Lawrence
(1938)
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Robert 'Bob' Hanson
(1938)
(1937)
Quality Street
as Dr. Valentine Brown
(1937)
The Bride Wore Red
as Giulio
(1937)
They Gave Him a Gun
as James 'Jimmy' Davis
(1937)
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
(1937)
Between Two Women
as Allan Meighan
(1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy
as John H. Eaton
(1936)
Suzy
as Terry
(1936)
Love on the Run
as Barnabus Pells
(1936)
Exclusive Story
as Dick Parton
(1936)
The Unguarded Hour
as Sir Alan Dearden
(1936)
The King Steps Out
as Emperor Franz Josef
(1935)
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Roger Byam
(1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
as Forsythe
(1935)
Dangerous
as Don Bellows
(1935)
Reckless
as Robert 'Bob' Harrison Jr.
(1935)
No More Ladies
as Jim 'Jimsy Boysie' Salston
(1935)
One New York Night
as Foxhall Ridgeway
(1934)
Sadie McKee
as Michael
(1934)
Moulin Rouge
as Douglas Hall
(1934)
The Girl from Missouri
as T.R. Paige, Jr.
(1934)
Gentlemen Are Born
as Bob Bailey
(1934)
The World Moves On
as Richard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914
(1934)
Straight Is the Way
as Benny
(1933)
Bombshell
as Gifford Middleton
(1933)
The Stranger's Return
as Guy Crane
(1933)
Dancing Lady
as Tod Newton
(1933)
Midnight Mary
as Tom
(1933)
Today We Live
as Ronnie Boyce-Smith
(1933)
Stage Mother
as Warren Foster
(1933)
Gabriel Over the White House
as Hartley Beekman - Secretary to the President
(1932)
The Wiser Sex
as Phil Long
Crew
(1957)
Uncle Vanya
Director
(1949)
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
Producer