Carl Franklin

Also Credited As:

Carl Michael Franklin, Carl Mikal Franklin
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Biography

Those who watched far too much bad TV in the 1970s and 80s may remember Carl Franklin as a rugged African-American character player. Those who value thoughtful and solidly crafted genre films may give more weight to his second career as a filmmaker in the 1990s. Franklin first acted as student at UC-Berkely and honed his skills off-Broadway at the Public Theater before becoming a familiar face on TV. He made one film appearance in the family …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Other

Born

April 11, 1949

LATEST CREDITS

The Legend of the Golden Gun

Book--Joshua Brown

Caribe

Sergeant Mark Walters

Last Stand at Lang Mei

Actor

The Fantastic Journey

Dr Fred Walters; a scientist

McClain's Law

Detective Jerry Cross

Eye of the Eagle 3

Sgt Devereux

In the Heat of Passion

Detective Rooker

One Cooks, the Other Doesn't

Officer Lloyd Green

Eye of the Eagle II: Inside the Enemy

Colonel Rawlins

Joshua's World

Nathaniel

Too Good to Be True

Dr Boyd

Steel Magnolias

Nick Fontenot

The A-Team

Captain Crane

Full Fathom Five

Fletcher

Five on the Black Hand Side

Actor

Flying Blind

Ricardo

It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy

Hovey

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

Lieutenant Danvers

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies

Himself

Loose Change

Ed Thomas

Battle of the Network Stars II

NBC Team Member

American Cinema

Actor

Nowhere to Run

Director

High Crimes

Director

ARCHANGEL (Carl Franklin)

Director