Franz Gruber (actor)


Franz Gruber was an actor who played in the Japanese Tokusatsu movie/TV productions.
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Born in New York City in 1930. He was the son of German-American doctor Fredrick Gruber and his wife Maria. Franz attended the Columbia University and graduated in 1949. After getting a job as a journalist for The New York Times, Franz traveled to Japan to wrote about Japanese culture and religion. In 1957, he starting his filming career and played the foreign character in many kaiju films. His acting career lasted from 1963 to 1974. Returning to the USA, he became a teacher at Brooklyn College Academy until he retired in 1989. He married Jennie Rosa in 1955 and had two children.

Filmography

as Anderson
:ja:%E6%B5%B7%E5%BA%95%E5%A4%A7%E6%88%A6%E4%BA%89|Water Cyborg,Terror Beneath the Sea as Colonel Brown
The X from Outer Space as Dr. Berman
:ja:%E9%99%B8%E8%BB%8D%E4%B8%AD%E9%87%8E%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1|Rikugun Nakano gakko: Mitsumei as German Embassy, Colonel Winkler
Genocide as Military doctor
Gamera vs. Jiger as Dr. William
:ja:%E3%82%84%E3%81%8F%E3%81%96%E5%88%91%E4%BA%8B %E6%81%90%E6%80%96%E3%81%AE%E6%AF%92%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B9|Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair International Secret Police : Death Gas as Bormann's heart
:ja:%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E6%B2%88%E6%B2%A1#1973%E5%B9%B4%E3%81%AE%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB|Tital Waves as United Nations member
Prophecies of Nostradamus as New Guinea Researcher 3
Esupai as Reverse ESPY