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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).
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 | Thank God You're Here (TV Series) |
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 | American Yakuza · as Sam |
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 | Fraternity Vacation · as Harry |
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 | |
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 |