Joseph J. Franz (October 12, 1883 – September 9, 1970) was an actor and film director during the silent film era in the United States.
Franz was born in Utica, New York.
He died in Los Angeles in 1970.
[1][2][3] He features in a Frontier advertisement with two of the studio's other stars.
[4] Franz acted on stage in stock theater for three years before he began acting in films.