Franklin Ruehl

Biography

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.

Known For

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Sons of Tucson

Bum

Friends with Benefits

Basketball Game Attendee

Angels & Demons

Mourner (uncredited)

Best Week Ever

Instructions Not Included

Mesero

Second Chances

Rejected Prospective Room Renter (uncredited)

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2015	L.A. Slasher	Dinner Guest
2013	Instructions Not Included	Mesero
2013	Second Chances	Rejected Prospective Room Renter (uncredited)
2012	Arcadia	Motel Clerk
2009	Satan VHS	Dr. Gruel
2009	Short Cut to Hollywood	Geisteskranker
2009	Angels & Demons	Mourner (uncredited)

Year	TV Show	Role
2011	Friends with Benefits	Basketball Game Attendee
2010	Sons of Tucson	Bum
2004	Best Week Ever
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003	The New Tom Green Show	Self