Franklyn Ajaye
Acting Born May 13, 1949 Brooklyn, New York, USA 24 credits
Biography
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).
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Full filmography
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self
- Deadwood (2004) as Samuel Fields
- Barney Miller (1975) as Wendell Frazier
- The Bionic Woman (1976)
- Goof Troop (1992) as (voice)
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) as Sporty the Cat (voice)
- Bridesmaids (2011) as Lillian's Dad
- Thank God You're Here (2006)
- The 'Burbs (1989) as Detective #1
- Queen of the Damned (2002) as Dealer
- Utopia (2014) as Marvin Hudfield
- Convoy (1978) as Spider Mike
- The New Odd Couple (1982) as Henry
- The Green Room with Paul Provenza (2010) as Self
- Stir Crazy (1980) as Young Man in Hospital
- Car Wash (1976) as Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
- Deadwood: The Movie (2019) as Samuel Fields
- I Am Comic (2010) as Self
- American Yakuza (1993) as Sam
- The Jazz Singer (1980) as Bubba
- The Wrong Guys (1988) as Franklyn
- Get Crazy (1983) as Cool
- Fraternity Vacation (1985) as Harry