Person
Franchot Tone
Actor · Producer· Niagara Falls, New York, USA
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
The roles that explain the career.
Mutiny on the Bounty
Roger Byam · 1935
In Harm's Way
CINCPAC I · 1965
Five Graves to Cairo
Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos · 1943
Phantom Lady
John 'Jack' Marlow · 1944
Advise & Consent
The President · 1962
Bombshell
Gifford Middleton · 1933
Dangerous
Don Bellows · 1935
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Forsythe · 1935
Filmography
61 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Nobody Runs Forever | Ambassador Townsend | Film |
| 1965 | In Harm's Way | CINCPAC I | Film |
| 1965 | Mickey One | Rudy Lopp | Film |
| 1962 | Advise & Consent | The President | Film |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | Daniel Freeland | TV |
| 1951 | Here Comes the Groom | Wilbur Stanley | Film |
| 1949 | Jigsaw | Howard Malloy | Film |
| 1949 | The Man on the Eiffel Tower | Johann Radek | Film |
| 1949 | Without Honor | Dennis Williams | Film |
| 1949 | The Man on the Eiffel Tower | Producer | Film |
| 1948 | Every Girl Should Be Married | Roger Sanford | Film |
| 1948 | I Love Trouble | Stuart Bailey | Film |
| 1947 | Lost Honeymoon | Johnny Gray | Film |
| 1947 | Her Husband's Affairs | William Weldon | Film |
| 1946 | Because of Him | Paul Taylor | Film |
| 1945 | That Night with You | Paul Renaud | Film |
| 1944 | Phantom Lady | John 'Jack' Marlow | Film |
| 1944 | Dark Waters | Dr. George Grover | Film |
| 1943 | Five Graves to Cairo | Cpl. John J. Bramble / Paul Davos | Film |
| 1943 | His Butler's Sister | Charles Gerard | Film |
| 1943 | Pilot #5 | George Braynor Collins | Film |
| 1942 | Star Spangled Rhythm | John | Film |
| 1942 | The Wife Takes a Flyer | Christopher Reynolds | Film |
| 1941 | Nice Girl? | Richard Calvert | Film |
| 1941 | This Woman Is Mine | Robert Stevens | Film |
| 1940 | Trail of the Vigilantes | Kansas | Film |
| 1939 | Fast and Furious | Joel Sloane | Film |
| 1938 | Love Is a Headache | Peter Lawrence | Film |
| 1938 | The Girl Downstairs | Paul Wagner | Film |
| 1938 | Three Loves Has Nancy | Robert 'Bob' Hanson | Film |
| 1938 | Three Comrades | Otto Koster | Film |
| 1938 | Man-Proof | Jimmy Kilmartin | Film |
| 1937 | They Gave Him a Gun | James 'Jimmy' Davis | Film |
| 1937 | Quality Street | Dr. Valentine Brown | Film |
| 1937 | The Bride Wore Red | Giulio | Film |
| 1937 | Between Two Women | Allan Meighan | Film |
| 1936 | Love on the Run | Barnabus Pells | Film |
| 1936 | Suzy | Terry | Film |
| 1936 | The Gorgeous Hussy | John H. Eaton | Film |
| 1936 | The Unguarded Hour | Sir Alan Dearden | Film |
| 1936 | Exclusive Story | Dick Parton | Film |
| 1936 | The King Steps Out | Emperor Franz Josef | Film |
| 1935 | Dangerous | Don Bellows | Film |
| 1935 | Reckless | Robert 'Bob' Harrison Jr. | Film |
| 1935 | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | Forsythe | Film |
| 1935 | One New York Night | Foxhall Ridgeway | Film |
| 1935 | No More Ladies | Jim 'Jimsy Boysie' Salston | Film |
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Roger Byam | Film |
| 1934 | The World Moves On | Richard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914 | Film |
| 1934 | Sadie McKee | Michael | Film |
| 1934 | Gentlemen Are Born | Bob Bailey | Film |
| 1934 | The Girl from Missouri | T.R. Paige, Jr. | Film |
| 1934 | Moulin Rouge | Douglas Hall | Film |
| 1934 | Straight Is the Way | Benny | Film |
| 1933 | The Stranger's Return | Guy Crane | Film |
| 1933 | Dancing Lady | Tod Newton | Film |
| 1933 | Bombshell | Gifford Middleton | Film |
| 1933 | Midnight Mary | Tom | Film |
| 1933 | Gabriel Over the White House | Hartley Beekman - Secretary to the President | Film |
| 1933 | Today We Live | Ronnie Boyce-Smith | Film |
| 1933 | Stage Mother | Warren Foster | Film |
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