Franklyn Seales
Dexter Stuffins in Silver Spoons
Birth name : Franklyn Seales
Birth date : 1952/07/15
Date of death : 1990/05/21 (38 years old)
Birth place : Kingstown Saint-Vincent Caraibes
Biography for Franklyn Seales
Franklyn Seales is an American actor, from the island of Saint-Vincent, in the Caraîbes, born July 15, 1952, died on May 21, 1990 in Brooklyn, New York of AIDS. Franklyn Seales had arrived in the United States at the age of 15 and had followed John Houseman's dramatic art courses at Juilliars School. Beginnings at the theater alongside Stacy Keach in Hamlet.
Franklyn Seales was an American actor known for his work in the 1980s. He was born on May 5, 1952 in Saint Vincent and died on May 14, 1990 at the age of 38.
Seales started his career by playing in theatrical productions, before making himself known by playing the role of Eliot Weston in the Silver Spoons television sitcom. He also played in films such as The Island (1980), Something Wild (1986) and Mississippi Burning (1988).
Despite his promising career, Seales was faced with many health problems during his lifetime. He suffered from type 1 diabetes, which forced him to undergo many daily insulin injections. In 1989, he was also diagnosed with kidney disease, which forced him to undergo dialysis three times a week.
Despite these difficulties, Seales continued to work and do what he liked the most: playing comedy. He played in many films and television series until his death in 1990. He left behind a lasting heritage as a talented actor and devoted to his art.
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Filmography
| Title | Role |
|---|---|
| Wiseguy | Paco Bazos (1 episode, 1988) |
| Growing Pains | Dr. Jerry Marquez (1 episode, 1987) |
| Amen | Lorenzo Hollingsworth (3 episodes, 1986 |
| Silver Spoons | Dexter Stuffins (14 episodes, 1982 |
| The Taming of the Shrew (1983) (V) | Petruchio |
| Hill Street Blues | Crawford (3 episodes, 1982) |
| Southern Comfort (1981) | Pfc. Simms |
| Macbeth (1981) (V) | Lennox |
| Beulah Land (1980) (mini) TV Series | Roman |
| Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) | Crew Member |
| The Onion Field (1979) | Jimmy Lee 'Youngblood' Smith |
| The Trial of the Moke (1978) (TV) | Lt. Henry O. Flipper |
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
The Caribs had immense influence in my life, even before I saw Picasso's work, I was influenced by their art.
I will like you to perceive my art as something of nature that can heal with its color, its movement and its simplicity.
I love color. I also love the radiograph. I found that pen and really fell in love with it. It creates those lines that I want that segments the body... to treat the body not as an inhuman thing, but see if I could make something human out of something that was sort of angular. But mostly, I'm interested in a lot of color, a lot of vibrancy: nature! And, I'm not very interested in painting reality, per se. I'm representing reality, in color, in form, in line: in black and white and in color...
This is my dream. To get better, buy an old cottage or something... somewhere, have some dogs, paint and live out the rest of my days happy...
Author of the card
- Creation date: 24/11/2007 by abdest