Biography:

Actor/entertainer Randall Franks is best known as “Officer Randy Goode” from TV’s “In the Heat of the Night,” a role he performed on NBC and CBS from 1988-1993.
He was chosen as the first 2020 AirPlay Direct Evolution Grant Artist (www.AirPlayDirect.com) and in 2019 was inducted in America's Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame.
Franks’ musical stylings have been heard in 150 countries and by more than 25 million Americans. His musical career boasts 25 album releases, 21 singles, and over 200 recordings with various artists from various genres. The award-winning fiddler’s best selling release, "Handshakes and Smiles" was a top twenty Christian music seller. Many of his albums were among the top 30-bluegrass recordings of their release year. The Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame member shared a top country vocal collaboration with Grand Ole Opry stars The Whites. In addition to his solo career, Franks is a former member of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys, Jim and Jesse's Virginia Boys and has performed with Jeff and Sheri Easter, The Lewis Family, the Marksmen Quartet, Elaine and Shorty, “Doc” Tommy Scott’s Last Real Old Time Medicine Show and Doodle and the Golden River Grass.
As an actor, he has co-starred or starred in three TV series and 15 films. His most recent film "Lukewarm" starring with John Schneider. He also appeared in the “The Flamingo Rising” with William Hurt for Hallmark Hall of Fame as “Officer Randy Kraft.”
Other films include “Still Ramblin’,” a documentary which appeared in PBS syndication, that he hosted, directed and wrote on the life of country music and western film pioneer “Doc” Tommy Scott; “Blue Valley Songbird” with Dolly Parton as “Fiddler #2”, “Firebase Nine” as “Capt. Morgan Fairhope,” “Phoenix Falling” as “Todd” with Stella Parton and “Desperate for Love” with Christian Slater as a high school singer.
Franks shares his time with several non-profit organizations serving as the president of the Catoosa Citizens for Literacy, which assists area residents in learning to read and pursuing a GED at its Catoosa County Learning Center. He is also president of the Share America Foundation, Inc. that provides the Pearl and Floyd Franks Scholarship to musicians continuing the traditional music of Appalachia. He hosts a monthly concert series at the historic Ringgold Depot which helps fund the scholarships.
He authored eight books including his latest "Encouragers II: Walking with the Masters," "Whittlin' and Fiddlin' My Own Way," "Encouragers I: Finding the Light," "A Mountain Pearl: Appalachian Reminiscing and Recipes," “Stirring Up Additional Success with a Southern Flavor” and “Stirring Up Success with a Southern Flavor,” both with Shirley Smith, and “Snake Oil, Superstars and Me” with “Doc” Tommy Scott and Shirley Swiesz.
He appeared on HGTV’s “Offbeat America.” He is a syndicated newspaper columnist appearing from the Carolinas to Texas working with http://randallfranks.com/ of Georgia.
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