Franklyn Ajaye
Acting • Born 1949-05-13
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).
Filmography
35 credits
The Wrong Guys
Movie • 1988
Franklyn
The 'Burbs
Movie • 1989
Detective #1
Fraternity Vacation
Movie • 1985
Harry
Convoy
Movie • 1978
Spider Mike
I Am Comic
Movie • 2010
Self
Get Crazy
Movie • 1983
Cool
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Movie • 2009
Self
Car Wash
Movie • 1976
Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly)
Hysterical
Movie • 1982
Leroy
Queen of the Damned
Movie • 2002
Dealer
Stir Crazy
Movie • 1980
Young Man in Hospital
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2
Movie • 1988
Before They Die!
Movie • 2008
(Voice)
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
Movie • 1987
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3
Movie • 1989
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 4
Movie • 1989
Uncle Tom's Fairy Tales
Movie • 1969
The Jazz Singer
Movie • 1980
Bubba
American Yakuza
Movie • 1993
Sam
Sweet Revenge
Movie • 1976
Edmund
Hollywood Shuffle
Movie • 1987
Body Guard #1
Bridesmaids
Movie • 2011
Lillian's Dad
Deadwood: The Movie
Movie • 2019
Samuel Fields
Franklyn Ajaye: Upside Downunder
Movie • 1990
Deadwood
TV • 2004
Samuel Fields
The Bionic Woman
TV • 1976
Barney Miller
TV • 1975
Wendell Frazier
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
TV • 2010
Self
Thank God You're Here
TV • 2006
Utopia
TV • 2014
Marvin Hudfield
Goof Troop
TV • 1992
(voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Sporty The Cat (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The New Odd Couple
TV • 1982
Henry