[3] Irwin Richard Franklyn was born on January 18, 1904, in New York City.

[4] In 1922, he moved to Hollywood, California, to work as a publicity director for film producer Thomas H.

He died on September 7, 1966, after suffering from a heart attack, and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.

[2] Franklyn had been married to Hazel Greene, whom he worked with in film[4][6] and together they had two children.

Franklyn had previously been married to Nan Chapman, which ended in divorce; this divorce was mentioned in part of the New York Supreme Court, Nan Petersen vs. John P. Petersen (1934).