Franklyn Seales : Biography, Pictures, Photos, Trivia, Address, Filmography (Silver Spoons)
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Franklyn Seales - Anecdotes
Trivia
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1979" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 31.
Best known on film as James Woods' cop-killing partner in "The Onion Field", in 1979. Best known on TV as the fussy, meticulous business manager Dexter Stuffins on "Silver Spoons," in the 1980s.
Born on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent and had three brothers and three sisters.
Trained under John Houseman at Juilliard, later working in regional theater and the New York Shakespeare Festival. He played Hamlet at the L.A. Theatre Center.
He also did some artwork as a painter.
He studied with colorist and landscape artist Ian Robertson and West Indies artist O. D. Brisbane. Later, after he moved from St. Vincent to New York City, he studied with Ron Mellman of the Brooklyn Museum.
His screaming during the murder in "The Onion Field" was unscripted and improvised. Quotes
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