Actor
Franklin 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 ...

Known For
Acting
1998 -- Almost Heroes | Nicholas Burr
1994 -- Cosmic Slop | (segment 'Space Traders')
1994 -- Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle |
1992 -- Brain Donors | Doctor
1988 -- Zits | FBI Chief
1987 -- Wall Street | Dan
1982 -- A Woman Called Golda | Hubert Humphrey
1982 -- The Day the Bubble Burst | Herbert Hoover
1975 -- The Stepford Wives | Ed Wimpiris
1974 -- The Great Gatsby | Senator Evans (uncredited)
1973 -- The Connection | Lee Harris
1972 -- Short Walk to Daylight | Conductor
1972 -- Between Time and Timbuktu | Col. Donald 'Tex' Pirandello
1968 -- What's So Bad About Feeling Good? | Medical Expert
1965 -- Mirage | Group Leader
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