Franz Gruber
Actor · Born February 10, 1930 (96) · New York City
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)
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Biography from IMDb.
- February 10, 1930 (96)
- New York City
- Actor
- 5 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
What are Franz Gruber's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Society.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 1
Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Mentoras Dr. Williams in Gamera vs. Jiger (1970)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Franz Gruber's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Franz Gruber's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
15 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.
A Beautiful Mask (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
ESPY (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Submersion of Japan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Submersion of Japan(1973)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Greatest Boss of Japan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Gamera vs. Jiger(1970)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Genocide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
G-Men of the Sea: Pacific Ocean Bodyguards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Invitation to Jail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Secret Assignment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Branded to Kill(1967)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
The X from Outer Space(1967)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Terror Beneath the Sea(1966)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Whirlwind Call the Storm - Ginza Hoodlum's Diary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Career shape
Star power in the 63rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 15 titles from 1963 to 1979.
Film career
- 1967Screen debut· The X from Outer Space
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Franz Gruber's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 24th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 26th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 5 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 33/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 44, detractors 23. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Franz Gruber work with?
People who share at least 2 of Franz Gruber's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Andrew Hughes shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Andrew HughesShared titles: Submersion of Japan (1973), Terror Beneath the Sea (1966)See all 2 shared titles with Andrew Hughes
- Hiroshi FujiokaShared titles: Submersion of Japan (1973), The X from Outer Space (1967)See all 2 shared titles with Hiroshi Fujioka
- Mike DanningShared titles: The X from Outer Space (1967), Terror Beneath the Sea (1966)See all 2 shared titles with Mike Danning
- Peggy NealShared titles: The X from Outer Space (1967), Terror Beneath the Sea (1966)See all 2 shared titles with Peggy Neal
Composers
- Shunsuke KikuchiShared titles: Gamera vs. Jiger (1970), Terror Beneath the Sea (1966)See all 2 shared titles with Shunsuke Kikuchi
