Franklyn seales biography
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It takes a lot more than an airline ticket to travel the 4, miles from St. Vincent and the Grenadines to Hollywood and land a successful acting career — but the late Franklyn Seales certainly had what it takes.
From the tiny St. Vincent village of Calliaqua, where he was born on July 15, , Seales came to New York in the s and lived his longtime dream of becoming an accomplished stage performer, TV star and a memorable Hollywood actor.
Seales died at 37 in from complications of AIDS.
“He left us much too young, unfortunately,” said the actor’s brother-in-law Jean Dorsinville, author of the fascinating recently published biography “Franklyn V.E. Seales: Life of An Artist.”
Seales is probably best remembered as the painstaking fussy business manager on the s NBC hit sitcom “Silver Spoons” and for his moving big screen portrayal of real-life convicted cop killer Jimmy Lee (Youngblood) Smith in the film “The Onion Field.”
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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 on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent. In , Seales' family emigrated to the United States, where they settled in New York City.
A painter since age six, Seales planned to study art at Pratt Institute. But then John Houseman noticed Seales when he was helping a friend to audition by performing the balcony scene from "Romeo and Juliet." Signed on the spot to a full scholarship at Juilliard, Seales studied acting as a member of Houseman's Acting Company, during the early s.
Seales' first big break was the PBS broadcast of the television drama The Trial of the Moke (). He portrayed Lt. Henry O. Flipper, the first black graduate of West Point.
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Franklyn Seales
American actor (–)
Franklyn Vincent Ellison Seales (July 15, – May 14, ) was an American spelfilm, television and stage actor. He was known for his portrayals of business manager Dexter Stuffins in the s sitcom Silver Spoons, and real-life convicted cop killer Jimmy Lee (Youngblood) Smith in the film The Onion Field.[1][3][4][6][7][8]
Early life and education
[edit]Seales was born on July 15, , the fifth of eight siblings, in Calliaqua to Francis Seales, a merchant seaman and government employee, and Olive Seales (née Allen), a homemaker. Seales was of English, Scottish, African, Portuguese and Native Caribbean descent. He and his family left the West Indies in and settled in New York City. He attended Lincoln High School in Brooklyn.[3][4][5]
Seales originally intended to study at the Pratt Institute to pursue a career in art. However, in the early s, Seales agreed t