Franz Gruber

Franz Gruber was born on Feb 10, 1930 in New York City. Franz Gruber's big-screen debut came with Terror Beneath the Sea directed by Hajime Satô in 1966, strarring Commander Brown (as Frank Gruber). Franz Gruber is known for Yakuza deka: Kyofu no doku gasu directed by Ryûichi Takamori, Shin'ichi Chiba stars as Shiro Hayata and Tôru Abe as Furuya. The upcoming new movie Franz Gruber plays is Prophecies of Nostradamus which will be released on Jul 13, 1979.

Born in New York City 10 February 1930. He was the son of German-American doctor Fredrick Gruber (1883-1960) and his wife Maria (1886-1961). 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 japanese 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 (Mark *1960 and Elizabeth *1962)