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Franklin Cover‌

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Birthday

calendar1928-11-20

Popularity

star15.3

Franklin Cover

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Franklin Cover

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1928-11-20

Popularity

star15.3

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

Movie Credits

Wall Street

Wall Street‌
star7.2
calendar 1987

The Day the Bubble Burst

The Day the Bubble Burst‌
star2.0
calendar 1982

Mirage

Mirage‌
star6.9
calendar 1965

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

What's So Bad About Feeling Good?‌
star6.7
calendar 1968

Between Time and Timbuktu

Between Time and Timbuktu‌
star8.0
calendar 1972

Brain Donors

Brain Donors‌
star6.2
calendar 1992

Zits

Zits‌
star3.0
calendar 1988

A Woman Called Golda

A Woman Called Golda‌
star8.2
calendar 1982

Cosmic Slop

Cosmic Slop‌
star6.0
calendar 1994

Almost Heroes

Almost Heroes‌
star5.4
calendar 1998

The Stepford Wives

The Stepford Wives‌
star6.7
calendar 1975

The Connection

The Connection‌
star0.0
calendar 1973

Short Walk to Daylight

Short Walk to Daylight‌
star6.2
calendar 1972

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle‌
star7.2
calendar 1994

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby‌
star6.3
calendar 1974

Tv Credits

Mad About You

Mad About You‌
star6.7
calendar 1992

In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night‌
star7.5
calendar 1988

Who's the Boss?

Who's the Boss?‌
star7.5
calendar 1984

The Love Boat

The Love Boat‌
star6.3
calendar 1977

All in the Family

All in the Family‌
star7.8
calendar 1971

227

227‌
star6.8
calendar 1985

The Jeffersons

The Jeffersons‌
star7.3
calendar 1975

Coach

Coach‌
star6.9
calendar 1989

Naked City

Naked City‌
star5.3
calendar 1958

Living Single

Living Single‌
star8.4
calendar 1993

Will & Grace

Will & Grace‌
star6.8
calendar 1998

ER

ER‌
star7.8
calendar 1994

They Came from Outer Space

They Came from Outer Space‌
star0.0
calendar 1990

N.Y.P.D.

N.Y.P.D.‌
star5.8
calendar 1967

Batman: The Animated Series

Batman: The Animated Series‌
star8.5
calendar 1992

Too Something

Too Something‌
star0.0
calendar 1995

Columbo

Columbo‌
star8.1
calendar 1971