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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 1952 on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent. In 1960, 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 1970s.
Seales' first big break was the PBS broadcast of the television drama The Trial of the Moke (1978). He portrayed Lt. Henry O. Flipper, the first black graduate of West Point.
Seales' film debut was in the true-crime drama The Onion Field (1979). He portrayed a weak, gullible ex-con who's just out of jail when a fast-talking killer, played by James Woods, talks him into a senseless crime that results in the murder of a police officer.
From 1983 to 1987, Seales played the character for which he was best remembered, the finicky business manager Dexter Stuffins on the NBC situation-comedy Silver Spoons (1982), which also starred John Houseman as stoic Grandpa Stratton.
Toward the end of his life, Seales worked mainly in the non-profit Equity-waver theatre on the Westside of Los Angeles. He appeared in plays ranging from the theater of the absurd to Shakespeare. Los Angeles Times critic Lawrence Christon called Seales "one of America's most compelling stage actors."
As a member of the all-star L.A. Theatre Works, Seales was one of a company of 36 actors who contributed $6,000 each for the pleasure of performing classic plays together on the radio. Some of the Theater Works other members were James Earl Jones, Ted Danson, Richard Dreyfuss, Bonnie Bedelia, Stacy Keach, Michael York, and Ed Asner.
Seales last appeared in "Nothing Sacred," at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in the fall of 1988. A comedic adaptation of Turgenev's "Fathers and Sons," it was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. Seales appeared as Uncle Havel, an aristocratic fop and former military man. For his characterization, Seales relied on his recollections of the English colonels and majors of his native St. Vincent, when it was still a British colony, "with their little sticks and stiff mustaches."
Although he was acclaimed for his versatility, Seales admitted that being a light-skinned black man had limited the roles that were available to him.
Franklyn Seales died on Monday, May 14, 1990 from complications from AIDS at his family's home in Brooklyn, New York. He had been too ill to work for several months. In its obituary, the Los Angeles Times said that "Seales as an actor came to be seen as a link between the tradition of black Africa and the sophistication of classical Anglo drama."
He was survived by his mother, three brothers and three sisters. A memorial service was planned at Juilliard.- Writer
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John A. Andrews hails from the beautiful Islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean.
He is a prolific, International Bestselling author whose works include: Rude Buay ... The Unstoppable. A gritty "drug prevention" action thriller which delves into the drug corruption, the deception, the deceit, of the drug epidemic sweeping through Jamaica and up into America. A series of books which many has already dubbed "A Black James Bond Series."
Other works include: The Whodunit Chronicles. Included in this mystery series are titles such as: Who Shot the Sheriff? and A Snitch on Time. The author is also known for his Hard-Boiled detective work in Renegade Cops. His writing portfolio also includes books for teens on success as well as other personal development titles.
Andrews who fantasized with becoming a cop as a little boy studied acting at Lee Strasberg Institute in NYC. He later brought his acting to Hollywood in 1997. He continued honing his acting craft at Van Mar Academy under the tutelage of Ivan Markota, the Star-maker. According to Andrews "The late Ivan Markota didn't just teach acting but he taught the business of Hollywood."
John Andrews has since performed in multiple TV campaigns for Nike, AT&T, Hollywood Video, EMC Squared, Compaq Computers, Nasdaq. He appeared in John Q, and Films with Charlie Sheen and other major stars.
Many see him as a visionary, who, after being denied the rights to a film in 2002, which he badly wanted to remake, decided to would write his own. That rejection triggered his now writing career. Not many authors are adept at turning their novel into screenplay and vice versa. Andrews prides himself as a part of the elite pact.
Mentored in film by one of Hollywood's top film producers in Mark Burg, John Andrews has seen many films come to the big screen including JOHN Q starring Denzel Washington, and the SAW franchise and others. According to Andrews: "Mark. Burg always invited me on the set, whether film or TV. I did embrace those opportunities. He always kept me in the know and was never reluctant when it came to introducing me to his allies. On set, I learned how to see things through a producer's eyes. One of the gems I picked up from him is that he always came in under budget."
Mr. Andrews is the father of 3 teenage boys, Jonathan, Jefferri and Jamison. Jonathan and Jefferri collaboratively released their first novel in 2013 and are not only turning it into a sequel but will be co-authoring upcoming "Who Shot the Sheriff? II for a spring 2016 release. Andrews resides in New York and heads up ALI Pictures LLC, a US based film Production Company.- Jackson Roloff was born on 12 May 2017 in Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, USA.
- Nik Zaran was born on 19 January 1933 in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He was an actor, known for Department S (1969), Hine (1971) and It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974). He died on 3 January 2014 in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
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Kevin Lyttle was born on 14 October 1976 in St. Vincent, Caribbean Islands. He is an actor and composer, known for After the Sunset (2004), Hitch (2005) and Dance Central 2 (2011).- Orde Coombs was born on 3 June 1939 in St. Vincent, Caribbean Islands. He was a writer, known for Terminal Bar (2003). He died on 27 August 1984 in New York, USA.
- Daniel Pope was born on 25 October 1975 in Canouan, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He has been married to Vera Pope since 16 June 2005. They have one child.
- Roy Lewis was born in 1944 in St. Vincent, Caribbean Islands. He died on 20 September 2003 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago.
- Shivern Peters was born on 27 April 1984 in Bequia, St. Vincent.
- Adonal Foyle was born on 9 March 1975 in Canouan, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He is an actor, known for The Darwin Awards (2006) and 1997 NBA Draft (1997).
- Kineke Alexander was born on 21 February 1986 in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
- Allen G. Browne was born on 20 March 1960 in St. Vincent, Caribbean Islands. He is an actor, known for Il commissario Rex (2008).
- Winston Davis was born on 18 September 1958 in Sion Hill, Kingstown, St Vincent.