Stephen Robert "Steve" Franken (May 27, 1932 – August 24, 2012) was an American actor who appeared on screen and television for a half century. He was a cousin of United States Senator Al Franken of Minnesota.
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| 1 | Along with Adam West, Roddy McDowall, Bob Hastings, Barry Dennen, Michael Pataki and Judy Strangis, he is one of only seven actors to appear in both Batman (1966) and Batman: The Animated Series (1992). |
| 2 | Best-known for his role as the snobbish "Chatsworth Osborne Jr.", on the show, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959). |
| 3 | Two daughters with Julia Carter: Emily Franken and Abgail Glass. One daughter, Anne Franken with wife, Jean Garrett. Two grandchildren. |
| 4 | Diminutive, baby-faced American character actor of the 1960's and 70's, the son of a press agent, director of publicity for Television Programs of America. He often played spoiled, uppity, well-to-do juveniles and playboys, sometimes junior officers and even appeared in the occasional comic villainous role. He was memorable as a drunken waiter in the Peter Sellers comedy, The Party (1968). |
| 5 | Appeared 6 times on the sitcom Bewitched (1964) in different roles. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| After the Rain | 2016 | Doctor |
| The Jeff Lewis 5 Minute Comedy Hour | 2012 | TV Series | Father |
| Watch Out for Slick | 2010 | Emory |
| Angels & Demons | 2009 | Cardinal Colbert |
| The Metrosexual | 2007 | Professor |
| Threshold | 2006 | TV Series | Graham Bolton |
| The King of Queens | 2005 | TV Series | Vasili |
| The Comeback | 2005 | TV Series |
| The Works | 2004 | Gordon |
| Law & Order II: Double or Nothing | 2003 | Video Game | Josh Berman (voice) |
| Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader | 2003 | Video Game voice |
| Lionheart | 2003 | Video Game voice |
| RTX Red Rock | 2003 | Video Game | Old Soul #3 (voice) |
| Law & Order: Dead on the Money | 2002 | Video Game | Barney Ruggerio (voice) |
| Family Law | 2001 | TV Series | Teacher |
| Dead Sexy | 2001 | Video | Medical Examiner |
| Crash Point Zero | 2001 | Stuart Elliott |
| The Trumpet of the Swan | 2001 | Bud (voice) |
| Static Shock | 2000 | TV Series | Mr. Janus |
| Rangers | 2000 | Video | Baker (as Stephen Franken) |
| Agent Red | 2000 | General Socka |
| Dish Dogs | 2000 | Video | Pastor |
| Nurse Betty | 2000 | Administrator |
| Chicken Soup for the Soul | 2000 | TV Series | Mr. Bellinger |
| Detention | 1999 | TV Series | Mr. Beal |
| The Omega Code | 1999 | Jeffries |
| Spawn | 1997-1999 | TV Series | Additional Voices |
| Restraining Order | 1999 | Jerry |
| Maggie Winters | 1998 | TV Series | Mr. Addison |
| The Pandora Project | 1998 | Sam Davis |
| Murphy Brown | 1998 | TV Series | College Roommate |
| Seinfeld | 1998 | TV Series | Brendan |
| Road Rovers | 1996-1997 | TV Series | Professor Eugene Atwater |
| Sparks | 1996 | TV Series | Judge |
| ER | 1995 | TV Series | Hank Travis |
| Sisters | 1994 | TV Series | Huey Short |
| Munchie Strikes Back | 1994 | Professor Graves |
| Herman's Head | 1994 | TV Series | Mr. Prescott |
| Breakfast of Aliens | 1993 | Fred |
| Batman: The Animated Series | 1993 | TV Series | Rundle |
| Human Target | 1992 | TV Series | Quentin Firth |
| Harry and the Hendersons | 1992 | TV Series |
| Never Forget | 1991 | TV Movie | Dan Greenspan |
| China Beach | 1990 | TV Series | Judge Julius H. Hoffman |
| The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda | 1990 | TV Series | Additional Voices |
| Freddy's Nightmares | 1988-1989 | TV Series | Mr. Sexton / Mr. Birdwell |
| Hunter | 1989 | TV Series | Lou, |
| Transylvania Twist | 1989 | Hans Hupp |
| Freeway | 1988 | Lawyer |
| Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis | 1988 | TV Movie | Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. |
| Small Wonder | 1987 | TV Series | Doctor |
| Can't Buy Me Love | 1987 | Moda Clerk |
| Rags to Riches | 1987 | TV Series | Dennis Baxter |
| One Big Family | 1987 | TV Series | Dickie Tyler |
| Our House | 1986 | TV Series | Forrester |
| On Wings of Eagles | 1986 | TV Mini-Series | Mort Myerson |
| Hotel | 1985 | TV Series | Carmondy |
| MacGyver | 1985 | TV Series | Walt, the Pilot |
| There Were Times, Dear | 1985 | TV Movie | Harry |
| Hill Street Blues | 1985 | TV Series | Arnold Solomon |
| The Fourth Wise Man | 1985 | TV Movie | Pharisee #1 |
| Diff'rent Strokes | 1985 | TV Series | Mr. Anderson |
| The Smurfs | 1984 | TV Series | Additional Voices |
| Jessie | 1984 | TV Series | Mr Anderson |
| Fantasy Island | 1983 | TV Series | Wes Perry |
| High School U.S.A. | 1983 | TV Movie | Dr. Fritz Hauptmann |
| Curse of the Pink Panther | 1983 | Harvey Hamilcard III |
| Ryan's Four | 1983 | TV Series |
| Simon & Simon | 1982 | TV Series | Tunridge |
| Trapper John, M.D. | 1980-1982 | TV Series | Patient / Bernie Chalmers |
| Not Just Another Affair | 1982 | TV Movie | Dr. Morton Schiller |
| CHiPs | 1978-1982 | TV Series | Alan Drummond / Student Driver |
| The Love Boat | 1981 | TV Series | Harry Mason |
| Barney Miller | 1975-1981 | TV Series | Edward Novak / Edward Foreman |
| Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1980 | TV Series | Virgil Quinby |
| The Ghosts of Buxley Hall | 1980 | TV Movie | Virgil Quinby |
| The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | 1980 | Pete Williams |
| There Goes the Bride | 1980 | Church Organist |
| Hardly Working | 1980 | Steve Torres |
| Insight | 1970-1979 | TV Series | Interviewee / Jocko Donovan / Danover / ... |
| One Day at a Time | 1979 | TV Series | Victor Mulhern |
| Supertrain | 1979 | TV Series |
| The North Avenue Irregulars | 1979 | Tom |
| Kaz | 1979 | TV Series |
| Terror Out of the Sky | 1978 | TV Movie | Paul Gladstone |
| Alice | 1978 | TV Series | Holdup Man |
| Zuma Beach | 1978 | TV Movie | Rick |
| Quincy M.E. | 1978 | TV Series | Dr. Kitei |
| Avalanche | 1978 | Henry McDade |
| Kojak | 1978 | TV Series | Arnie Goldman |
| Ants | 1977 | TV Movie | White |
| CPO Sharkey | 1977 | TV Series | Dr. Simon |
| Police Woman | 1977 | TV Series | Clerk |
| Operation Petticoat | 1977 | TV Series | Milton |
| Charlie's Angels | 1977 | TV Series | Fred |
| Lanigan's Rabbi | 1977 | TV Series | Will Stopes |
| Man from Atlantis | 1977 | TV Series | Doctor |
| The Missouri Breaks | 1976 | The Lonesome Kid |
| Kiss Me, Kill Me | 1976 | TV Movie | Murry Tesko |
| Good Heavens | 1976 | TV Series | Mr. Dee |
| Doc | 1976 | TV Series | Harvey Kramer |
| Police Story | 1975 | TV Series | D.A. Wallberger |
| I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? | 1975 | Harold Booker Esq. (as Stephen Franken) |
| Murder on Flight 502 | 1975 | TV Movie | Donald Goldman |
| Sky Heist | 1975 | TV Movie | Traffic Controller |
| The Reincarnation of Peter Proud | 1975 | Dr. Charles Crennis |
| The Last Survivors | 1975 | TV Movie | Don West |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker | 1975 | TV Series | Neil |
| Emergency! | 1974 | TV Series | Bernard Goldberg |
| Sierra | 1974 | TV Series | Tommy |
| The Rookies | 1974 | TV Series | Alvin Conrad |
| Houston, We've Got a Problem | 1974 | TV Movie | Shimon Levin |
| Westworld | 1973 | Technician |
| The Stranger | 1973 | TV Movie | Henry Maitland |
| Mary Tyler Moore | 1972-1973 | TV Series | Jonas Lasser |
| Love, American Style | 1970-1973 | TV Series | Herb (segment "Love and the Hot Spell") / Roger Burlingame (segment "Love and the Accidental Passion") / Carl (segment "Love and Formula 26B") / ... |
| Voyage of the Yes | 1973 | TV Movie | Doctor |
| Every Man Needs One | 1972 | TV Movie | Bob Rasmussen |
| Adam-12 | 1971-1972 | TV Series | Officer Albert Porter / Albert Porter / The Ferret (Ralph Salisbury) |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | 1972 | TV Series |
| Norman Corwin Presents | 1972 | TV Series |
| Bewitched | 1966-1971 | TV Series | George Barkley / Bruce / Cousin Henry / ... |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | 1971 | TV Series | Dr. Weitzman |
| Night Gallery | 1970 | TV Series | Dr. Peter Mitchell (segment "The House") |
| Three for Tahiti | 1970 | TV Movie | Jay |
| Which Way to the Front? | 1970 | Peter Bland |
| Mod Squad | 1969 | TV Series | Rabbi Elliott Tannenbaum |
| Number One | 1969 |
| Angel in My Pocket | 1969 | Zimmerman |
| My Friend Tony | 1969 | TV Series |
| Blondie | 1968 | TV Series | David Dithers |
| The Big Valley | 1968 | TV Series | Bank Teller |
| Panic in the City | 1968 | Hal Johnson |
| The Outsider | 1968 | TV Series | Roger Edgeway |
| The Party | 1968 | Levinson |
| The Second Hundred Years | 1968 | TV Series | Corporal |
| Mission: Impossible | 1967 | TV Series | Akim Hadramut |
| My Three Sons | 1967 | TV Series | Al Morgan |
| T.H.E. Cat | 1967 | TV Series | Carl Leandro |
| Batman | 1967 | TV Series | Rudy, the Valet |
| The Rat Patrol | 1966 | TV Series | Ned Cunningham |
| That Girl | 1966 | TV Series | Actor Playing Dr. Bruce Alden |
| The Wild Wild West | 1966 | TV Series | Le Fou |
| Follow Me, Boys! | 1966 | P.O.W. Lieutenant |
| The Long, Hot Summer | 1966 | TV Series |
| The Patty Duke Show | 1965-1966 | TV Series | Ronald Dawson / Bob |
| Tammy | 1966 | TV Series | Crazy Wolf |
| Wild Wild Winter | 1966 | John |
| My Favorite Martian | 1965 | TV Series | George |
| The Farmer's Daughter | 1965 | TV Series | Bellboy |
| Please Don't Eat the Daisies | 1965 | TV Series | Crawford |
| McHale's Navy | 1965 | TV Series | Lt. Jason Whitworth |
| Tom, Dick and Mary | 1964-1965 | TV Series | Dr. Dick Moran / Dick Moran |
| The Time Travelers | 1964 | Danny McKee |
| The Americanization of Emily | 1964 | Young Sailor |
| Petticoat Junction | 1964 | TV Series | Homer Bedloe Jr. |
| Mr. Novak | 1963-1964 | TV Series | Jerry Allen / Mr. Jerry Allen |
| The Lieutenant | 1963 | TV Series | Lt. Sam Panosian / Sampan |
| Perry Mason | 1963 | TV Series | Christopher Barton |
| The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | 1960-1963 | TV Series | Chatsworth Osborne, Jr. / Winthrop von Money VIII |
| Ensign O'Toole | 1962 | TV Series | Ensign Clifford Bender |
| Dr. Kildare | 1962 | TV Series | Freddie Binns |
| Psychological Testing | 1962 | Short | Lt. Forbes (voice, uncredited) |
| Checkmate | 1962 | TV Series | Dunc Tomilson |
| Lock Up | 1961 | TV Series | Willie Betterley |
| Assignment: Underwater | 1961 | TV Series | Carstairs |
| The Rebel | 1961 | TV Series | Ruck |
| One Step Beyond | 1961 | TV Series | Crazed soldier |
| Playhouse 90 | 1958 | TV Series | Willie |
| Cop Hater | 1958 | Boy in Lineup |
| Stage Struck | 1958 | Dressing Room Well-Wisher (uncredited) |