Franklin Cover
Acting
Born November 20, 1928 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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 Unive…
Known For · 34 titles
ER
The Love Boat
Columbo
Coach
Batman: The Animated Series
Will & Grace
Mad About You
Naked City
Who's the Boss?
All in the Family
In the Heat of the Night
The Jeffersons
Living Single
227
Wall Street
N.Y.P.D.
The Great Gatsby
They Came from Outer Space
Too Something
The Stepford Wives
Hothouse
Almost Heroes
Mirage
A Woman Called Golda
Cosmic Slop
Brain Donors
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
A Woman Called Golda
The Day the Bubble Burst
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Short Walk to Daylight
Between Time and Timbuktu
The Connection
Zits