Eduard Franz Biography

Fast Facts

• Attended Layton School of Art and Design before deciding to pursue an acting career
• He was one of the original members of the Provincetown Players, a theater company in Provincetown, Mass
• Had a variety of jobs before going into the theater, including factory work, advertising, commercial art, and working on a chicken farm
• Quote: "I make it a point to go out every year to take a stage role․ I don't want to lose my touch․"
• Specialized in playing characters of great wisdom or who specialized in scholarly pursuits in his 1940s Hollywood roles
• Best known for his film roles in "The Ten Commandments," "Hatari," and "Madame Bovary․"
• Performed in two shows with the New Playwrights Theater in the mid-1920s that predicted the stock market crashing
• Before going to Hollywood, he often spent his summers working with the St․ Louis Municipal Opera