Carl Franklin
Actor, screenwriter, Film and television director · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1949 · age 77
Carl Michael Franklin is an American film and television director, producer, screenwriter, and former actor. He began his career in the 1970s as a television actor, playing regular roles as Dr. Fred Walters on The Fantastic Journey, Detective Jerry Cross on McClain's Law, and Captain Crane on The A-Team.
Carl Franklin is read about 131 times a day, in 16 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 24 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Monster: The Lizzie Borden StorySeries, Producer2024
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez StorySeries, Director, Producer2020Dancing with the Devil: Carl Franklin on 'Devil in a Blue Dress'Film2017
13 Reasons WhySeries, Director2013
House of CardsSeries, Director
Bless Me, UltimaFilm, 2013Director, Writer2011
Falling SkiesSeries, Director2005
RomeSeries, Director2003
Out of TimeFilm, Director2002
High CrimesFilm, Director1998
One True ThingFilm, Director1992
In the Heat of PassionFilm, Police Det. Rooker1990
Full Fathom FiveFilm, Director1989
Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the EnemyFilm, Director, Writer1988
Too Good to Be TrueFilm, Dr. Boyd1985
MacGyverSeries, Andrew T. Wiley1983
One Cooks, the Other Doesn'tFilm, Officer Lloyd Green1981
Hill Street BluesSeries1980Joshua's WorldFilm1979
The Legend of the Golden GunFilm, Joshua Brown1976
Quincy, M.E.Series1974
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer GuyFilm, Hovey1973
Five on the Black Hand SideFilm, Marvin1971
CannonSeries1949Born11 April 1949People around Carl
Close ties
Denzel Washington Carl directed Out of Time (2004)
John Billingsley Carl directed High Crimes and Out of Time
Todd Field Carl directed Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy (1989)
Mel Winkler Carl directed Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Burt Brinckerhoff Directed Alf's Special Christmas - Part 1
Rodman Flender Produced Full Fathom Five (1990)
Meryl Streep Carl directed One True Thing (1999)
Morgan Freeman Carl directed High Crimes (2002)
Rami Malek Carl directed The Pacific
William Hurt Carl directed One True Thing (1999)
Ashley Judd Carl directed High Crimes (2002)
Bill Paxton Carl directed One False Move (1993)
Jim Caviezel Carl directed High Crimes (2002)
David Carradine Carl directed Nowhere to Run (1989)
Maura Tierney Carl directed The Affair
Julianne Nicholson Carl directed One True Thing (1999)
Michael Moriarty Carl directed Full Fathom Five (1990)
Brenda Bakke Carl directed Nowhere to Run (1989)
Maury Chaykin Carl directed Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Hallee Hirsh Carl directed One True Thing (1998)- Benji Gregory Also in Alf's Special Christmas - Part 1
Robert Baker Carl directed Out of Time (2004)
Gary Sweet Carl directed The Pacific- Cirio H. Santiago Produced Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy (1989)
Known for
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One False Move 1992
One True Thing 1998
Devil in a Blue Dress 1995
Out of Time 2003
High Crimes 2002
Filmography 25
83 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
In the 1980s, he graduated from the AFI Conservatory, and began directing B-movies at Roger Corman's Concorde Pictures.
