Franklyn Ajaye
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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Films (24)
Deadwood : The Movie
2019 · Samuel Fields
Mes meilleures amies
2011 · Lillian's Dad
I Am Comic
2010 · Self
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009 · Self
Before They Die!
2008 · (Voice)
La Reine des damnés
2002 · Dealer
American Yakuza
1993 · Sam
Franklyn Ajaye: Upside Downunder
1990 · Production Executive
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
1989
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
1989
The 'Burbs
1989 · Detective #1
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
1988
The Wrong Guys
1988 · Franklyn
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
1987
Hollywood Shuffle
1987 · Body Guard #1
Fraternity Vacation
1985 · Harry
Get Crazy
1983 · Cool
Hysterical
1982 · Leroy
The Jazz Singer
1980 · Bubba
Stir Crazy
1980 · Young Man in Hospital
Convoy
1978 · Spider Mike
Car Wash
1976 · Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
Sweet Revenge
1976 · Edmund
Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales
1969
Séries (13)
Utopia
2014 · Marvin Hudfield
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
2010 · Self
Thank God You're Here
2006
Deadwood
2004 · Samuel Fields
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Sporty the Cat (voice), Writer
NYPD Blue
1993 · Writer
Politically Incorrect
1993 · Writer
Goof Troop
1992 · (voice)
The New Odd Couple
1982 · Henry
The Bionic Woman
1976
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self
Barney Miller
1975 · Wendell Frazier
The Tonight Show avec Johnny Carson
1962 · Self