Franklin Ruehl
Acting • Born 1950-01-01
Biography
Franklin Ruehl is an American ufologist and cryptozoologist. He holds a Ph.D. in theoretical nuclear physics from UCLA. He has appeared on such shows as Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Roseanne Show and Tom Green Live among others. Ruehl's own show, Mysteries from Beyond the Other Dominion, started on a public-access television cable TV channel in the Los Angeles area in the late 1980s, and then the Sci Fi Channel in the early '90s. In 2006, He hosted several new episodes of the show on TomGreen.com. Ruehl was rejected on an America's Got Talent audition with an act that encompassed sticking straws into a potato. In 2010, he appeared on several episodes of 1000 Ways to Die, as an expert, portraying a Cryptozoologist, a Conspiracy Expert and a Deathologist/Thanatologist. His show Professor Weird debuted at 9pm on August 18, 2012 on the Science Channel. Ruehl has a series of videos entitled The Realm of Bizarre News, which can be viewed here.
Filmography
12 credits
Satan VHS
Movie • 2009
Dr. Gruel
Arcadia
Movie • 2012
Motel Clerk
Instructions Not Included
Movie • 2013
Mesero
Short Cut to Hollywood
Movie • 2009
Geisteskranker
Second Chances
Movie • 2013
Rejected Prospective Room Renter (uncredited)
Angels & Demons
Movie • 2009
Mourner (uncredited)
L.A. Slasher
Movie • 2015
Dinner Guest
Best Week Ever
TV • 2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The New Tom Green Show
TV • 2003
Self
Friends with Benefits
TV • 2011
Basketball Game Attendee
Sons of Tucson
TV • 2010
Bum