Franklin Lacey (1917–1988) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for co-authoring the story for
The Music Man (1957), together with collaborator
Meredith Willson, and later collaborating on the screenplay with Marion Hargrove for the
1962 film version. One of his first major works was the play
Pagan in the parlor in 1949; it was directed for the stage by
Frankenstein director James Whale. He also wrote the screenplay for the film
Rain for a Dusty Summer (1971), which starred
Ernest Borgnine. He worked closely with the author Aldous Huxley on a musical version of his novel
Brave new World but the project was eventually shelved.