Franklyn Ajaye
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Franklyn Ajaye

May 13, 1949 - Brooklyn, New York, USA

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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Media
Movie1988The Wrong GuysFranklyn
Movie1989The 'BurbsDetective #1
Movie1985Fraternity VacationHarry
Movie1978ConvoySpider Mike
Movie2010I Am ComicSelf
Movie1983Get CrazyCool
Movie2009Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black ComedySelf
Movie1976Car WashTheodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
Movie1982HystericalLeroy
Movie2002Queen of the DamnedDealer
Movie1980Stir CrazyYoung Man in Hospital
Movie1988Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
Movie2008Before They Die!(Voice)
Movie1987Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
Movie1989Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
Movie1989Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
Movie1969Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales
Movie1980The Jazz SingerBubba
Movie1993American YakuzaSam
Movie1976Sweet RevengeEdmund
Movie1987Hollywood ShuffleBody Guard #1
Movie2011BridesmaidsMr. Donovan
Movie2019Deadwood: The MovieSamuel Fields
Movie1990Franklyn Ajaye: Upside Downunder
TV Show2004DeadwoodSamuel Fields10
TV Show1976The Bionic Woman1
TV Show1975Barney MillerWendell Frazier1
TV Show1975Saturday Night LiveSelf1
TV Show2010The Green Room with Paul ProvenzaSelf1
TV Show2006Thank God You're Here1
TV Show2014UtopiaMarvin Hudfield1
TV Show1992Goof Troop(voice)1
TV Show1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildSporty The Cat (voice)1
TV Show1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf2
TV Show1982The New Odd CoupleHenry1

Crew

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Movie1990Franklyn Ajaye: Upside DownunderProduction ExecutiveProduction
TV Show1993Politically IncorrectWriterWriting
TV Show1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildWriterWriting