Carl Franklin

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

37

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-04-11 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Richmond, California, USA

Carl Franklin

Biography

Carl Franklin  (born April 11, 1949) is an American actor, screenwriter and film and television director. Franklin is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley and continued his education at the AFI Conservatory, where he graduated with an M.F.A. degree in directing in 1986. Franklin is most noted for Devil in a Blue Dress, which was based on the book by Walter Mosley and starred Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl Franklin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

ALF
7.7%

ALF

Sep 22, 1986

The A-Team
7.5%

The A-Team

Jan 23, 1983

MacGyver
7.7%

MacGyver

Sep 29, 1985

The Incredible Hulk
7.2%

The Incredible Hulk

Nov 4, 1977

Roseanne
6.8%

Roseanne

Oct 18, 1988

Quincy, M.E.
7.5%

Quincy, M.E.

Oct 3, 1976

Hill Street Blues
7.6%

Hill Street Blues

Jan 15, 1981

The Rockford Files
7.5%

The Rockford Files

Sep 13, 1974

Good Times
8.0%

Good Times

Feb 8, 1974

Cannon
6.5%

Cannon

Sep 14, 1971

Lou Grant
7.3%

Lou Grant

Sep 20, 1977

    • View by:
    • Media type:
    • Department:

Acting

2020
Dancing with the Devil: Carl Franklin on 'Devil in a Blue Dress' as Self
2006
Hitchcocked! as Self
2006
Shooting the Police: Cops on Film as Self
1995
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir as Self
1992
In the Heat of Passion as Police Det. Rooker
1990
Full Fathom Five as Fletcher
1990
Capital News as Cop
1989
Last Stand at Lang Mei as Sergeant T. Deveraux
1989
Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy as Col. Rawlins
1988
Too Good to Be True as Dr. Boyd
1988
Roseanne
1987
ALF’s Special Christmas as Dr. Willoughby
1986
A Smoky Mountain Christmas as Lt. Danvers
1986
ALF as Dr. Willoughby
1985
MacGyver as Andrew T. Wiley
1984
Cover Up
1983
One Cooks, the Other Doesn't as Officer Lloyd Green
1983
The A-Team as Captain Crane
1981
McClain's Law
1981
Hill Street Blues
1980
Joshua's World
1979
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
The Legend of the Golden Gun as Joshua Brown
1978
Loose Change as Ed Thomas
1977
The Incredible Hulk as Crosby
1977
Lou Grant
1977
The Fantastic Journey as Dr. Fred Walters
1977
The Fantastic Journey as Dr. Fred Walters
1976
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
Quincy, M.E.
1975
Caribe as Sgt. Mark Walters
1974
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy as Hovey
1974
The Rockford Files as Roger Orloff
1974
Good Times
1973
Five on the Black Hand Side as Marvin
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1971
Cannon

Creator

1993
Laurel Avenue as Creator

Directing

The Original Monster as Director
2024
Monsters as Director
2024
American Sports Story as Director
2024
Manhunt as Director
2022
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story as Director
2019
I Am the Night as Director
2017
MINDHUNTER as Director
2017
Ten Days in the Valley as Director
2017
13 Reasons Why as Director
2016
Vinyl as Director
2015
Bloodline as Director
2014
The Affair as Director
2014
The Leftovers as Director
2013
Ray Donovan as Director
2013
Bless Me, Ultima as Director
2013
House of Cards as Director
2012
The Newsroom as Director
2012
Magic City as Director
2011
Homeland as Director
2011
Falling Skies as Director
2010
The Pacific as Director
2007
The Riches as Director
2005
Rome as Director
2003
Out of Time as Director
2002
High Crimes as Director
1998
One True Thing as Director
1995
Devil in a Blue Dress as Director
1993
Laurel Avenue as Director
1991
One False Move as Director
1990
Full Fathom Five as Director
1989
Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy as Director
1989
Nowhere to Run as Director
1986
Punk as Director

Production

2024
Monsters as Executive Producer
2024
American Sports Story as Executive Producer
2024
Manhunt as Executive Producer
2022
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story as Executive Producer

Writing

2013
Bless Me, Ultima as Screenplay
1995
Devil in a Blue Dress as Screenplay
1989
Last Stand at Lang Mei as Writer
1989
Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy as Writer
1986
Punk as Writer
Movies
TV Shows
People
Search
Carl Franklin