Franco got his first early break into acting with TV work, and he got his first spot of work with a tiny role in one episode of bicycle cop show (!) Pacific Blue. The Santa Monica fuzz patrolled the beaches on their bikes to ensure that law and order was upheld.

Following that, he played high-school student Greg, opposite Ben Foster in short TV movie 1973. This was unsurprisingly set in the 70s, though it has all but disappeared into obscurity since its first airing.

Arty Franco? We'll have to guess no...