Franz Rauch

{{Short description|German screenwriter and actor}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Franz Rauch

| image = File:Franz Rauch postcard, 1909 (cropped).jpg

| imagesize = 200px

| caption = Rauch in 1909

| birth_date = 15 October 1878

| birth_place = Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, German Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1960|05|23|1878|10|15|df=y}}

| death_place = Berlin, Germany

| othername =

| occupation = Screenwriter, actor

| yearsactive = 1897–1940

}}

Franz Rauch (15 October 1878 – 23 May 1960) was a German screenwriter and actor.Gandert p.111 He began his career as a stage actor and worked as a screenwriter on over forty films during his career and appeared in several roles as an actor.