Acting
Franklyn Ajaye
Birth Date
May 13, 1949
(77 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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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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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962 • 2 episodes
Saturday Night Live
Self
1975 • 1 episode
Deadwood
Samuel Fields
2004 • 10 episodes
Barney Miller
Wendell Frazier
1975 • 1 episode
The Bionic Woman
1976 • 1 episode
Goof Troop
(voice)
1992 • 1 episode
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Sporty the Cat (voice)
1995 • 1 episode
Bridesmaids
Lillian's Dad
2011
Thank God You're Here
2006 • 1 episode
Convoy
Spider Mike
1978
Queen of the Damned
Dealer
2002
The 'Burbs
Detective #1
1989
Utopia
Marvin Hudfield
2014 • 1 episode
Stir Crazy
Young Man in Hospital
1980
Deadwood: The Movie
Samuel Fields
2019
The New Odd Couple
Henry
1982 • 1 episode
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
Self
2010 • 1 episode
Hollywood Shuffle
Body Guard #1
1987
Car Wash
Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
1976
The Jazz Singer
Bubba
1980