Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
November 20, 1928
Died
February 5, 2006
Age
77
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Popularity
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Franklin Cover
Acting
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…
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Franklin E. Cover · Frank Cover · Franklin Edward Cover
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Filmography
1998
Will & Grace
TV · Justice of the Peace
6.9
1998
Almost Heroes
Movie · Nicholas Burr
5.5
1995
Too Something
TV
0.0
1994
Cosmic Slop
Movie · (segment 'Space Traders')
5.2
1994
ER
TV · Mr. Thurnhurst
7.8
1994
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Movie
7.5
1993
Living Single
TV
8.0
1992
Mad About You
TV · Yankee Infielder
6.8
1992
Batman: The Animated Series
TV · General Vreeland (voice)
8.6
1992
Brain Donors
Movie · Doctor
6.1
1990
They Came from Outer Space
TV
7.0
1989
Coach
TV · Gunnar
6.7
1988
Zits
Movie · FBI Chief
4.9
1988
Hothouse
TV · Sheriff Joe Gates
7.5
1988
In the Heat of the Night
TV
7.6
1987
Wall Street
Movie · Dan
7.2
1985
227
TV
6.8
1984
Who's the Boss?
TV
7.4
1982
A Woman Called Golda
Movie · Hubert Humphrey
7.7
1982
A Woman Called Golda
TV · Hubert Humphrey
10.0
1982
The Day the Bubble Burst
Movie · Herbert Hoover
5.0
1977
The Love Boat
TV
6.2
1975
The Stepford Wives
Movie · Ed Wimpiris
6.7
1975
The Jeffersons
TV · Thomas 'Tom' Willis
7.3