
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Born
April 11, 1949 (age 76)
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.
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Known For

TV
MacGyver
Andrew T. Wiley
1985

TV
The A-Team
Captain Crane
1983

TV
Lou Grant
1977

TV
Quincy, M.E.
1976

TV
Hill Street Blues
1981

TV
Cannon
1971

TV
The Rockford Files
Roger Orloff
1974

TV
ALF
Dr. Willoughby
1986

TV
The Incredible Hulk
Crosby
1977

TV
Trapper John, M.D.
1979

TV
Roseanne
1988

TV
The Streets of San Francisco
1972

TV
Good Times
1974

TV
Battle of the Network Stars
1976

TV
Cover Up
1984

TV
Capital News
Cop
1990

TV
The Fantastic Journey
Dr. Fred Walters
1977

TV
McClain's Law
Det. Jerry Cross
1981

TV
Loose Change
Ed Thomas
1978
TV
Caribe
Sgt. Mark Walters
1975
Filmography
2020FilmDancing with the Devil: Carl Franklin on 'Devil in a Blue Dress'as Self2006FilmHitchcocked!as Self2006FilmShooting the Police: Cops on Filmas Self1995FilmDark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noiras Self1992FilmIn the Heat of Passionas Police Det. Rooker1990FilmFull Fathom Fiveas Fletcher1990TVCapital Newsas Cop1989FilmLast Stand at Lang Meias Sergeant T. Deveraux1989FilmEye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemyas Col. Rawlins1988FilmToo Good to Be Trueas Dr. Boyd1988TVRoseanne1987FilmALF’s Special Christmasas Dr. Willoughby1986FilmA Smoky Mountain Christmasas Lt. Danvers1986TVALFas Dr. Willoughby1985TVMacGyveras Andrew T. Wiley1984TVCover Up1983FilmOne Cooks, the Other Doesn'tas Officer Lloyd Green1983TVThe A-Teamas Captain Crane1981TVMcClain's Lawas Det. Jerry Cross1981TVHill Street Blues1980FilmJoshua's World1979TVTrapper John, M.D.1979FilmThe Legend of the Golden Gunas Joshua Brown1978TVLoose Changeas Ed Thomas1977TVThe Incredible Hulkas Crosby1977TVLou Grant1977FilmThe Fantastic Journeyas Dr. Fred Walters1977TVThe Fantastic Journeyas Dr. Fred Walters1976TVBattle of the Network Stars1976TVQuincy, M.E.1975TVCaribeas Sgt. Mark Walters1974FilmIt Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guyas Hovey1974TVThe Rockford Filesas Roger Orloff1974TVGood Times1973FilmFive on the Black Hand Sideas Marvin1972TVThe Streets of San Francisco1971TVCannon