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Home/People/Franchot Tone
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Born
Feb 27, 1905Died: Sep 18, 1968
Lived 63 years
Place of Birth
Niagara Falls, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

86
Movies
26
TV Shows
1
Directed
Also Known As
Франшо Тоун
Фрэнчот Тоун
Stanislaus Pascal Franchot Tone
IMDb Profile

Franchot Tone

Acting

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
Joan Crawford: Always the Star poster

Joan Crawford: Always the Star

as Self (archive footage)
1996
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker poster

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre poster

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

as Self
1989
That's Entertainment, Part II poster

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)
1976
Hollywood: The Dream Factory poster

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)
1972
Brasileiros em Hollywood poster

Brasileiros em Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)
1970
Nobody Runs Forever poster

Nobody Runs Forever

as Ambassador Townsend
1968
Shadow Over Elveron poster

Shadow Over Elveron

as Barney Conners
1968
Mickey One poster

Mickey One

as Rudy Lopp
1965
In Harm's Way poster

In Harm's Way

as CINCPAC I
1965
The Making of A Movie poster

The Making of A Movie

as Self
1965
See How They Run poster

See How They Run

as Baron Frood
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy poster

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Gifford in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)
1964
How to Make a French Dish poster

How to Make a French Dish

as John K. Montasy Jr
1964
Advise & Consent poster

Advise & Consent

as The President
1962
Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles poster

Witchcraft: The Doll in Brambles

as Your Host
1961
The Shape of the River poster

The Shape of the River

as Mark Twain
1960
Bitter Heritage poster

Bitter Heritage

as Frank James
1958
Uncle Vanya poster

Uncle Vanya

as Dr. Mikhail Lvovich Astroff
1957
The Little Foxes poster

The Little Foxes

as Horace
1956