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Franklin Ruehl
ActorBorn January 1, 1950 (74 years)
Franklin Ruehl is an American ufologist and cryptozoologist. He holds a Ph.D. in theoretical nuclear physics from UCLA. He has appeared on such shows as Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Roseanne Show and Tom Green Live among others. Ruehl's own show, Mysteries from Beyond the Other Dominion, started on a public-access television cable TV channel in the Los Angeles area in the late 1980s, and then the Sci Fi Channel in the early '90s. In 2006, He hosted several new episodes of the show on TomGreen.com. Ruehl was rejected on an America's Got Talent audition with an act that encompassed sticking straws into a potato. In 2010, he appeared on several episodes of 1000 Ways to Die, as an expert, portraying a Cryptozoologist, a Conspiracy Expert and a Deathologist/Thanatologist. His show Professor Weird debuted at 9pm on August 18, 2012 on the Science Channel. Ruehl has a series of videos entitled The Realm of Bizarre News, which can be viewed here.
Filmography
| 2017 | Opus of an Angel · as Moviegoer |
| 2016 | Buster's Mal Heart · as Quack Scientist |
| 2016 | Silver Skies · as Diner |
| 2016 | Antibirth · as Tv Salesman |
| 2016 | Opening Night · as Gambler |
| 2016 | Paint It Black · as Piano Tuner |
| 2015 | L.A. Slasher · as Dinner Guest |
| 2015 | Wingman Inc. · as Boris |
| 2014 | Technicolour Llama · as Groucho Marx |
| 2014 | Wish I Was Here · as Hollywood Blvd. Character |
| 2013 | Instructions Not Included · as Mesero |
| 2013 | Pleasure or Pain · as Preacher |
| 2013 | Bukowski · as Patient In Hospital Waiting Room |
| 2013 | The Dark Party · as Composer |
| 2013 | The Numbers Game (TV Series) · as Professor At Chalkboard |
| 2013 | Saving Lincoln · as Farmer |
| 2013 | Second Chances · as Rejected Prospective Room Renter (uncredited) |
| 2012 | Stand Up Guys · as Professor |
| 2012 | Wedding Band (TV Series) · as Misfit |
| 2012 | Average Joe (2012) (TV Series) · as Frank |
| 2012 | Tattoo Nightmares (TV Series) · as Shoe Store Owner |
| 2012 | The Master · as Follower |
| 2012 | The Wailer 3 · as Coroner |
| 2012 | Home Invasion · as Patient |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | Luck (TV Series) · as Bus Passenger |
| 2011 | Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain · as Security Guard |
| 2011 | Friends with Benefits (TV Series) · as Basketball Game Attendee |
| 2011 | James Ellroy's LA: City of Demons (TV Series) · as Barber |
| 2011 | Shameless (US) (TV Series) · as Mr. Jenkins - Cornea Patient |
| 2010 | Fred: The Movie · as Bus Passenger |
| 2010 | Pete Smalls Is Dead · as Paparazzo |
| 2010 | Sympathy for Delicious · as Homeless Man |
| 2010 | Good Luck Charlie (TV Series) · as Exterminator |
| 2010 | Sons of Tucson (TV Series) · as Bum |
| 2010 | Parenthood (2010) (TV Series) · as Diner Patron |
| 2010 | Nothing Special · as Party Guest |
| 2009 | Life Blood · as Party Guest |
| 2009 | Sabotage · as Diner |
| 2009 | Short Cut to Hollywood · as Geisteskranker |
| 2009 | Modern Family (TV Series) · as Diner |
| 2009 | Storage · as Mental Patient |
| 2009 | Table for Three · as Bar Patron |
| 2009 | Angels & Demons · as Mourner (uncredited) |
| 2009 | The Soloist · as Homeless Man |
| 2009 | Party Down (TV Series) · as Wedding Dj |
| 2009 | Race to Witch Mountain · as Ufologist |
| 2009 | Dollhouse (TV Series) · as Rabbit Man |
| 2008 | Necessary Evil · as Extra |
| 2008 | Yes Man · as Homeless Man |
| 2008 | Leaving Barstow · as Book Store Customer |
| 2008 | 1000 Ways to Die (TV Series) · as Cryptozoologist |
| 2008 | The Great Buck Howard · as Diner |
| 2007 | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story · as Junkie |
| 2007 | Balls of Fury · as Diner |
| 2007 | Mad Men (TV Series) · as Beatnik |
| 2007 | Sunset Tan (TV Series) · as Cadaver |
| 2007 | Short Circuitz (TV Series) · as Ugly Billy |
| 2006 | Jericho (2006) (TV Series) · as Townsman |
| 2006 | America's Got Talent (TV Series) · as Straw-In-Potato Performer |
| 2006 | Flavor of Love (TV Series) · as Professor |
| 2005 | Ghost Whisperer (TV Series) · as Church Ghost |
| 2005 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (TV Series) · as Father Mcpoyle |
| 2005 | The Naked Monster · as Doubtful |
| 2004 | ALF's Hit Talk Show (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2004 | Best Week Ever (TV Series) |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) |
| 1999 | The Martin Short Show (1999) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1997 | The Roseanne Show (TV Series) · as Cast |