Franchot Tone

Deceased · Born: Feb 27, 1905 · Died: Sep 18, 1968

Personal Details

Born Feb 27, 1905 Niagara Falls, New York, USA

Spouse

Dolores Dorn
( May 14, 1956 to Jan 16, 1959 )
Barbara Payton
( Sep 28, 1951 to May 19, 1952 )
Jean Wallace
( Oct 18, 1941 to Oct 1, 1949 )
Joan Crawford
( Oct 11, 1935 to Apr 11, 1939 )

Parents

Frank Jerome Tone
Gertrude Van Vrancken Franchot

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Franchot Tone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Career

acting

1968

Shadow Over Elveron

Shadow Over Elveron as Barney Conners

1965

Mickey One as Rudy Lopp

Ben Casey as Dr. Daniel Niles Freeland

1964

See How They Run

See How They Run as Baron Frood

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Rudolph Bitzner

1962

Advise & Consent

Advise & Consent as The President

1961

Witchcraft as Your Host

1960

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone as Col. Archie Taylor

1958

Bitter Heritage

Bitter Heritage as Frank James

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Oliver Mathews

1957

Uncle Vanya as Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astroff

1956

The Little Foxes

The Little Foxes as Horace

1954

Studio One as Juror #3

Climax! as Henry Hutton

1951

Here Comes the Groom

Here Comes the Groom as Wilbur Stanley

1949

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

The Man on the Eiffel Tower as Johann Radek

Jigsaw as Howard Malloy

Without Honor as Dennis Williams

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

Every Girl Should Be Married

Every Girl Should Be Married as Roger Sanford

I Love Trouble as Stuart Bailey

1947

Lost Honeymoon as Johnny Gray

Her Husband's Affairs

Her Husband's Affairs as William Weldon

Honeymoon as David Flanner

1946

Because of Him as Paul Taylor

1945

That Night with You

That Night with You as Paul Renaud

1944

Dark Waters as Dr. George Grover

Phantom Lady as John 'Jack' Marlow

The Hour Before the Dawn

The Hour Before the Dawn as Jim Hetherton

1943

True to Life as Fletcher Marvin

Pilot #5 as George Braynor Collins

His Butler's Sister

His Butler's Sister as Charles Gerard

Five Graves to Cairo

Five Graves to Cairo as Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos

1942

The Wife Takes a Flyer

The Wife Takes a Flyer as Christopher Reynolds

Star Spangled Rhythm

Star Spangled Rhythm as John

1941

Nice Girl? as Richard Calvert

This Woman Is Mine

This Woman Is Mine as Robert Stevens

She Knew All the Answers

She Knew All the Answers as Mark Willows

1940

Trail of the Vigilantes

Trail of the Vigilantes as Kansas

1939

Fast and Furious

Fast and Furious as Joel Sloane

1938

Love Is a Headache

Love Is a Headache as Peter Lawrence

The Girl Downstairs

The Girl Downstairs as Paul Wagner

Three Comrades as Otto Koster

Man-Proof as Jimmy Kilmartin

Three Loves Has Nancy

Three Loves Has Nancy as Robert 'Bob' Hanson

1937

Quality Street as Dr. Valentine Brown

They Gave Him a Gun

They Gave Him a Gun as James 'Jimmy' Davis

Between Two Women

Between Two Women as Allan Meighan

The Bride Wore Red

The Bride Wore Red as Giulio

1936

Suzy as Terry

The Unguarded Hour

The Unguarded Hour as Sir Alan Dearden

The King Steps Out

The King Steps Out as Emperor Franz Josef

Love on the Run

Love on the Run as Barnabus Pells

The Gorgeous Hussy

The Gorgeous Hussy as John H. Eaton

1935

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty as Roger Byam

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer as Forsythe

Reckless as Robert 'Bob' Harrison Jr.

No More Ladies as Jim 'Jimsy Boysie' Salston

Dangerous as Don Bellows

1934

Sadie McKee as Michael Alderson

Moulin Rouge as Douglas Hall

The World Moves On

The World Moves On as Richard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914

The Girl from Missouri

The Girl from Missouri as T.R. Paige, Jr.

1933

Midnight Mary as Thomas 'Tom' Mannering Jr.

Dancing Lady as Tod Newton

Gabriel Over the White House

Gabriel Over the White House as Hartley Beekman - Secretary to the President

Stage Mother as Warren Foster

Today We Live as Ronnie Boyce-Smith

Bombshell as Gifford Middleton

The Stranger's Return

The Stranger's Return as Guy Crane

directing

1957

Uncle Vanya as Director