"tremendous honor", gave his permission. Franklin reappeared as a supporting character in 2015's The Peanuts Movie. In November 2020, BBC Radio 4 broadcast Franklin, a radio play based around Schulz's creation of Franklin. Voiced by Todd Barbee (1973) Robin Reed (1973) Duncan Watson (1975) Vinnie Dow (1976) Tom Muller (1977) Ronald Hendrix (1977) Rocky Reilly (1981) Christopher Donohone (1981–1982) Kevin Brando (1983) Carl Steven (1984–1986) Hakeem Abdul-Samad (1988–1989) Sean Mendelson (1992) Charlie Payne (1994) Jessica Nwafor (1996) Corey Padnos (2000) Stephen Scarpulo (2001) Andreas Glantschnig (2001) Jake Miner (2003) Marleik "Mar Mar" Walker (2015) Caleel Harris (2016) Christian Dal Dosso (2019–2022) Caleb Bellavance (2021-present) References External links The first appearance of Franklin in the Peanuts comic strip from July 31, 1968. Franklin 2020 BBC Radio 4 drama about the character's creation Comics characters introduced in 1968 Fictional African-American people African-Americans in comic strips Black characters in animation Black characters in films Black people in comics Fictional players of American football Child characters in animated television series Child characters in comics Peanuts characters Male characters in animated series Male characters in comics Fictional musicians