Eduard Franz(1902-1983)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Born Eduard Franz Schmidt in Milwaukee, WI, this stern-faced character
actor had originally planned to be a commercial artist, but a stint
with a local theatrical troupe set him on the road to an acting career.
In 1925 he moved to New York City and joined up with a Greenwich
Village theatrical group. He returned to Wisconsin in the early 1930s
and rejoined his old theatrical company, The Wisconsin Players. He
accepted a position with the St. Louis Municipal Opera in 1944 and
performed in many different operettas until 1947, when he headed to
Hollywood. It didn't take him long to find work, and he was soon
appearing in such films as
The Magnificent Yankee (1950)
and
The Ten Commandments (1956),
and even did a turn in an interesting low-budget horror flick,
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959).
All through his film career, however, he kept his hand in the theater,
and also had an extensive list of television credits.
