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Director, Screenwriter, Actor Born: April 11, 1949 in Richmond, CA Biography:While still recognizable for his recurring role as Captain Crane on "The A-Team", former character actor "Carl Franklin" is now one of Hollywood's most versatile writer/directors. After a string of mind-numbing television roles forced him to go behind the camera in 1986, he has worked in every genre from war film to family drama and has been the force behind such different works as "One False Move" (1991), "Devil in a Blue Dress" (1995), and "One True Thing" (1998).
Franklin grew up in Richmond, CA, a working-class suburb of San Francisco. His father died before he was born, and he was raised by his mother, a homemaker, and his stepfather, a carpenter. As a teenager, Franklin excelled in school and dreamed of becoming a lawyer or teacher. He earned a scholarship to the University of California at Berkeley, where he studied history and began hanging around the theater department in an effort to meet... Full Biography
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