Biography

Joseph Franz(1884-1970)

Actor
Director
Writer

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Joseph Franz

Joseph Franz was born on 12 October 1884 in Utica, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Desperate Game (1925), Janette institutrice (1922) and The Love Gambler (1922). He died on 9 September 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Known for

Pete Morrison in The Desperate Game (1925)

The Desperate Game

6.8

Director

1925

Shirley Mason in Janette institutrice (1922)

Janette institutrice

Director

1922

John Gilbert and Carmel Myers in The Love Gambler (1922)

The Love Gambler

Director

1922

Pauline Curley and George Larkin in The Pell Street Mystery (1924)

The Pell Street Mystery

Director

1924

Credits

Actor

Invitation au bonheur
6.3
- Reporter (uncredited)
- 1939
I'm from Missouri
6.8
- Timekeeper (uncredited)
- 1939
L'appel de la folie
5.7
- Cop (uncredited)
- 1936
Good Dame
5.9
- Detective Scanlon (as Joseph J. Franz)
- 1934
Easy Come, Easy Go
5.7
- Detective
- 1928
The Devil's Trail
- (as J.J. France)
- 1919
The Mints of Hell
- Sgt. Blake
- 1919
The End of the Game
5.4
- Hotel Clerk (as J.J. Franz)
- 1919
Life's a Funny Proposition
- Horace Pendleton
- 1919
The Pretender
- Percival Longstreet (as Joseph J. Franz)
- 1918
The Law at Silver Camp
Short
- Kerns - the Stagecoach Driver (as Joseph J. Franz)
- 1915
Gangsters of the Hills
Short
- Joe Gordon - an Ex-Convict (as Joseph J. Franz)
- 1915
The Decree of Destiny
Short
- 1915
When Shadows Fall
Short
- 1915
Christmas at Lonesome Gulch
Short
- Joe - a Desperado
- 1915

Director

Blue Blazes
- Director
- 1926
The Desperate Game
6.8
- Director
- 1925
The Pell Street Mystery
- Director
- 1924
Horseshoe Luck
- Director
- 1924
Alias the Night Wind
- Director
- 1923
Stepping Fast
- Director
- 1923
The Love Gambler
- Director
- 1922
Youth Must Have Love
- Director
- 1922
Janette institutrice
- Director
- 1922
Tracks
- Director
- 1922
Smiling Jim
- Director
- 1922
Au bord du gouffre
6.2
- Director
- 1921
À la manière de d'Artagnan
- Director (as Joseph J. Franz)
- 1921
The Parish Priest
- Director
- 1920
A Broadway Cowboy
- Director
- 1920

Writer

Personal details

Alternative names
- J.J. France
Born
- October 12, 1884
- Utica, New York, USA
Died
- September 9, 1970
- Los Angeles, California, USA

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