Carl Franklin
April 11, 1949 · 77 years old
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…
Known For
9 titles
Out of Time
A Florida police chief must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion.
Devil in a Blue Dress
A Black war hero is hired to find a mysterious woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal in 1948 Los Angeles.
One False Move
A small town police chief awaits the arrival of a gang of killers.
One True Thing
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
Manhunt
The aftermath of the first American presidential assassination and the fight to preserve and protect the ideals that were the foundation of Lincoln's Reconstruction plans.
Bless Me, Ultima
A drama set in New Mexico during WWII, centered on the relationship between a young man and an elderly medicine woman who helps him contend with the battle between good and evil that rages in his village.
Five on the Black Hand Side
In contrast to most of the violence-laden "blaxploitation" films of the period, this low-budget effort eschews exploitation for humanity and domestic drama. Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a midd...
In the Heat of Passion
A struggling actor lands the part of a rapist in a TV reenactment for a "Crimebusters" segment. He soon meets a beautiful rich woman whom he begins an affair with, even though she is married. Her husband soon finds out and is acci...