Franklyn Seales Net Worth
Franklyn Seales Net Worth is
$1.7 Million
Franklyn Seales Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Franklyn Seales was a stage and television actor best remembered for playing the finicky business manager Dexter Stuffins on the NBC sit-com "Silver Spoons." He also appeared in films, most notably as the real-life cop killer in "The Onion Field." One of eight children, Seales was born in 1952 on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent. In 1960, Seales... | Date Of Birth | July 15, 1952 |
| Died | 1990-05-14 |
| Place Of Birth | Kingstown, St. Vincent, British West Indies [now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines] |
| Profession | Actor |
| Star Sign | Cancer |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | 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... |
| 2 | I love color. I also love the rapidograph. 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... |
| 3 | I will like you to perceive my art as something of nature that can heal with its color, its movement and its simplicity. |
| 4 | The Caribs had immense influence in my life, even before I saw Picasso's work, I was influenced by their art. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | His screaming during the murder in "The Onion Field" was unscripted and improvised. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | He also did some artwork as a painter. |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | Born on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent and had three brothers and three sisters. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1979" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 31. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Smurfs | 1989 | TV Series | Additional Voices |
| Santa Barbara | 1989 | TV Series | William Klein |
| Wiseguy | 1988 | TV Series | Paco Bazos |
| Amen | 1986-1987 | TV Series | Lorenzo Hollingsworth |
| Growing Pains | 1987 | TV Series | Dr. Jerry Marquez |
| Silver Spoons | 1983-1987 | TV Series | Dexter Stuffins |
| The Taming of the Shrew | 1983 | Video | Petruchio |
| Hill Street Blues | 1982 | TV Series | Crawford |
| Macbeth | 1981 | Video | Lennox |
| Southern Comfort | 1981 | Simms | |
| Beulah Land | 1980 | TV Mini-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 Movie | Lt. Henry O. Flipper |
| Great Performances | 1974 | TV Series | Servant to Cornwall |
Known for movies
Silver Spoons (1983-1987)
as Dexter Stuffins
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
as Crew Member
Southern Comfort (1981)
as Simms
The Onion Field (1979)
as Jimmy Lee 'Youngblood' Smith