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Franklin Cover
Acting

Franklin Cover
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1928-11-20,Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Franklin Edward Cover (November 20, 1928 – February 5, 2006) was an American actor best known for starring in the sitcom The Jeffersons. His character, Tom Willis, was half of one of the first interracial marriages to be seen on prime-time television. Cover was born on November 20, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Britta (Schreck) and Franklin Held Cover. He graduated from John Marshall High School in 1947. Cover graduated from Denison University in 1951, and he received his MA in Theater in 1954 and MFA in Theater in 1955 both from Case Western Reserve University. His career started on the stage acting in Henry IV, Part 1 and Hamlet. He also appeared in Forty Carats with Julie Harris. He made his television debut on Naked City and later appeared on The Jackie Gleason Show. In 1965, he married Mary Bradford Stone. His first starring role was on The Jeffersons as Tom Willis who was married to a black woman, Helen, played by Roxie Roker. The couple lived in the same high-rise apartment building as the sitcom's title characters. Cover would often be the foil to Sherman Hemsley's black businessman, George Jefferson. The sitcom ran from 1975 to 1985. He also appeared in The Stepford Wives in 1975, and played Hubert Humphrey in the 1982 TV movie A Woman Called Golda. Following the end of The Jeffersons, Cover continued to make guest appearances on television shows as well as appearing in a supporting role in Wall Street (1987). In 1994, he appeared in the second episode of ER. His final television appearance was in an episode of Will & Grace (entitled "Object Of My Rejection") that aired on May 13, 1999. Cover died at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey, on February 5, 2006. He had been living at the home since December 2005 while recovering from a heart condition, and died of pneumonia. He was survived by his wife; the former Mary Bradford Stone, two adult children; Susan and Bradford, and a grandson, Maxwell. His son, Bradford Cover, an actor who lives in New York City, has appeared on Law and Order, Broadway, and Off Broadway, and is a company member at The Pearl Theatre Company. His daughter Susan is the founder of Susie's Supper Club (now closed), a home delivery food service that catered to parents and children in New York. CLR

Filmography

7.2

Wall Street
1987-12-10

The Day the Bubble Burst

2

The Day the Bubble Burst
1982-02-07

7

Mirage
1965-10-29

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

6.7

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968-05-24

Between Time and Timbuktu

8

Between Time and Timbuktu
1972-03-13

6.2

Brain Donors
1992-04-17

4.6

Zits
1988-07-07

A Woman Called Golda

8.1

A Woman Called Golda
1982-04-26

6

Cosmic Slop
1994-11-08

5.4

Almost Heroes
1998-05-29

The Stepford Wives

6.7

The Stepford Wives
1975-02-12

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The Connection
1973-02-27

Short Walk to Daylight

6.2

Short Walk to Daylight
1972-10-24

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

7.3

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
1994-05-10

The Great Gatsby

6.3

The Great Gatsby
1974-03-27

6.7

Mad About You
1992-09-23

In the Heat of the Night

7.45

In the Heat of the Night
1988-03-06

Who's the Boss?

7.422

Who's the Boss?
1984-09-20

6.265

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

All in the Family

7.873

All in the Family
1971-01-12

6.8

227
1985-09-14

7.362

The Jeffersons
1975-01-18

6.8

Coach
1989-02-28

5.5

Naked City
1958-09-30

8.4

Living Single
1993-08-29

6.827

Will & Grace
1998-09-21

7.8

ER
1994-09-19

They Came from Outer Space

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They Came from Outer Space
1990-10-01

5.8

N.Y.P.D.
1967-09-05

Batman: The Animated Series

8.543

Batman: The Animated Series
1992-09-05

0

Too Something
1995-10-01

8.1

Columbo
1971-09-15