Franklyn Ajaye
Acting
1949-05-13 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
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).
tvThe New Odd Couple
as Henry · 1982 · 5.8
movieThe Jazz Singer
as Bubba · 1980 · 5.9
movieStir Crazy
as Young Man in Hospital · 1980 · 6.5
movieConvoy
as Spider Mike · 1978 · 6.3
movieCar Wash
as Theodore Chauncy "T.C." Alcott (The Fly) · 1976 · 6.0
movieSweet Revenge
as Edmund · 1976 · 5.7
tvThe Bionic Woman
as · 1976 · 7.0
tvSaturday Night Live
as Self · 1975 · 6.9
tvBarney Miller
as Wendell Frazier · 1975 · 7.4
movieUncle Tom's Fairy Tales
as · 1969 · 7.0
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962 · 7.5