Franchot Tone

★ Acting #10,889

1905 - 1968 (age 63) • Acting

Born: 2/27/1905 in Niagara Falls, New York, USA

Died: 9/18/1968 (age 63)

Known for: Acting

Franchot Tone

★ Acting #10,889

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.

Known For

The Twilight Zone

85%

Col. Archie Taylor

1959

Bonanza

75%

Denver McKee

1959

Mutiny on the Bounty

74%

Roger Byam

1935

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

78%

Oliver Mathews

1955

Five Graves to Cairo

70%

Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos

1943

Phantom Lady

70%

John 'Jack' Marlow

1944

Advise & Consent

72%

The President

1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

79%

Rudolph Bitzner

1962

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

75%

Self (archive footage)

1996

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

80%

actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1991

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Self

1989

That's Entertainment, Part II

70%

(archive footage)

1976

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

72%

Self (archive footage)

1972

Brasileiros em Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

1970

Nobody Runs Forever

60%

Ambassador Townsend

1968

Shadow Over Elveron

66%

Barney Conners

1968

Mickey One

58%

Rudy Lopp

1965

Run for Your Life

71%

Judge Taliaferro Wilson

1965

In Harm's Way

66%

CINCPAC I

1965

The Making of A Movie

Self

1965

See How They Run

60%

Baron Frood

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

72%

Gifford in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)

1964

How to Make a French Dish

49%

John K. Montasy Jr

1964

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

79%

Rudolph Bitzner

1962

The Virginian

65%

Murdoch

1962

Advise & Consent

72%

The President

1962

Ben Casey

59%

Daniel Freeland

1961

Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles

60%

Your Host

1961

The Shape of the River

Mark Twain

1960

The Twilight Zone

85%

Col. Archie Taylor

1959

Bonanza

75%

Denver McKee

1959

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

63%

Candy Lombe

1958

Bitter Heritage

80%

Frank James

1958

Uncle Vanya

70%

Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astroff

1957

Uncle Vanya

70%

Director

1957

Uncle Vanya

70%

Producer

1957