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Franklyn Ajaye

Actor, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn May 13, 1949 (76 years)
Franklyn Ajaye (born May 13, 1949) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. His nickname is "The Jazz Comedian" for his distinctive jazz-inflected style of delivery, timing, and use of silence. He released a series of comedy albums starting in 1973 and has acted in film and television shows from the 1970s through the present, including as a primary character in the 1976 ensemble comedy Car Wash and a supporting role in Sam Peckinpah's Convoy (1978).

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Convoy
  • American Yakuza

Known For

  • Convoy
  • Car Wash
  • The Jazz Singer
  • American Yakuza
  • Politically Incorrect
  • In Living Color
  • The Wrong Guys
  • C-Bear and Jamal
  • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
  • Sweet Revenge
  • Hysterical
  • The Best of Robert Townsend & His Partners in Crime
  • Roc

Filmography

2019
Deadwood: The Movie · as Samuel Fields
2015
Too Hip for the Room · as Joe Papy
2015
Open Slather (TV Series) · as President Of Nigeria
2014
Utopia (AU) (TV Series) · as Marvin Hudfield
2011
Bridesmaids · as Mr. Donovan
2006
2004
Deadwood (TV Series) · as Samuel Fields
2003
Pirate Islands (TV Series) · as Five Spice
2002
Queen of the Damned · as Dealer
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV Series) · as Sporty The Cat (voice)
1993
1992
Goof Troop (TV Series) · as (voice)
1991
The New WKRP in Cincinnati (TV Series) · as Reggie
1989
The 'Burbs · as Detective #1
1988
The Wrong Guys · as Franklyn
1987
1987
Hollywood Shuffle · as Body Guard #1
1987
Glory Years · as Wilson
1985
227 (TV Series) · as Painter
1985
1983
Get Crazy · as Cool
1982
Hysterical · as Leroy
1982
The New Odd Couple (TV Series) · as Henry
1980
The Jazz Singer · as Bubba
1980
Stir Crazy · as Young Man In Hospital
1978
Convoy · as Spider Mike
1976
Car Wash · as Theodore Chauncy "t.c." Alcott (the Fly)
1976
Sweet Revenge · as Edmund
1976
The Bionic Woman (TV Series)
1975
Barney Miller (TV Series) · as Wendell Frazier
1974
Chico and the Man (TV Series) · as Tony Rogers
1971
Soul Train (TV Series) · as Guest

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