Franklin Cover
Birthday
1928/11/20
Day of death
2006/02/05 (77 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also know as
Franklin E. Cover, Frank Cover, Franklin Edward Cover
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 h...Read more
Acting
(1987) Wall Street
as Dan
(1982) The Day the Bubble Burst
as Herbert Hoover
(1965) Mirage
as Group Leader
(1968) What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
as Medical Expert
(1972) Between Time and Timbuktu
as Col. Donald 'Tex' Pirandello
(1992) Brain Donors
as Doctor
(1988) Zits
as FBI Chief
(1982) A Woman Called Golda
as Hubert Humphrey
(1994) Cosmic Slop
as (segment 'Space Traders')
(1998) Almost Heroes
as Nicholas Burr
(1975) The Stepford Wives
as Ed Wimpiris
(1973) The Connection
as Lee Harris
(1972) Short Walk to Daylight
as Conductor
(1994) Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
as ---
(1974) The Great Gatsby
as Senator Evans (uncredited)
(1992) Mad About You
as Yankee Infielder
(1988) In the Heat of the Night
as ---
(1984) Who's the Boss?
as ---
(1977) The Love Boat
as ---
(1971) All in the Family
as Tom Willis
(1985) 227
as ---
(1975) The Jeffersons
as Thomas "Tom" Willis
(1989) Coach
as Gunnar
(1958) Naked City
as Steelworker
(1993) Living Single
as ---
(1998) Will & Grace
as Justice of the Peace
(1994) ER
as Mr. Thurnhurst
(1990) They Came from Outer Space
as ---
(1967) N.Y.P.D.
as ---
(1992) Batman: The Animated Series
as General Vreeland (voice)
(1995) Too Something
as ---
(1971) Columbo
as Harry Jenkins