Known for

Acting

Born

Jan 1, 1950 (76 years old)

Place of birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Franklin Ruehl

Franklin Ruehl is an American ufologist and cryptozoologist. He holds a Ph.D. in theoretical nuclear physics from UCLA. He has appeared on such shows as Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Roseanne Show and Tom Green Live among others. Ruehl's own show, Mysteries from Beyond the Other Dominion, started on a public-access television cable TV channel in the Los Angeles area in the late 1980s, and then the Sci Fi Channel in the early '90s. In 2006, He hosted several new episodes of the show on TomGreen.com. Ruehl was rejected on an America's Got Talent audition with an act that encompassed sticking straws into a potato. In 2010, he appeared on several episodes of 1000 Ways to Die, as an expert, portraying a Cryptozoologist, a Conspiracy Expert and a Deathologist/Thanatologist. His show Professor Weird debuted at 9pm on August 18, 2012 on the Science Channel. Ruehl has a series of videos entitled The Realm of Bizarre News, which can be viewed here.

Titles

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Series • 2003

Best Week Ever

Series • 2004

Angels & Demons

Movie • 2009

Friends with Benefits

Series • 2011

Sons of Tucson

Series • 2010

Instructions Not Included

Movie • 2013

Second Chances

Movie • 2013

L.A. Slasher

Movie • 2015

The Naked Monster

Movie • 2005

Arcadia

Movie • 2012