Franklin Cover

Franklin Cover

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

  • titulus: Franklin Cover
  • popularis: 3.706
  • notum enim: Acting
  • dies natalis: 1928-11-20
  • Locus Natus: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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  • Et ut: Franklin E. Cover, Frank Cover, Franklin Edward Cover
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Franklin Cover Domum Movies Venatus

  • 1987
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    Wall Street

    Wall Street

    7.166 1987 HD

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  • 1982
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    The Day the Bubble Burst

    The Day the Bubble Burst

    2 1982 HD

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  • 1965
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    Mirage

    Mirage

    6.957 1965 HD

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  • 1968
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    What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

    What's So Bad About Feeling Good?

    6.7 1968 HD

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  • 1972
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    Between Time and Timbuktu

    Between Time and Timbuktu

    8 1972 HD

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  • 1992
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    Brain Donors

    Brain Donors

    6.1 1992 HD

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  • 1988
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    Zits

    Zits

    3 1988 HD

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  • 1982
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    A Woman Called Golda

    A Woman Called Golda

    8.2 1982 HD

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  • 1994
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    Cosmic Slop

    Cosmic Slop

    6 1994 HD

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  • 1998
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    Almost Heroes

    Almost Heroes

    5.387 1998 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Stepford Wives

    The Stepford Wives

    6.7 1975 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Connection

    The Connection

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1972
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    Short Walk to Daylight

    Short Walk to Daylight

    6.2 1972 HD

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  • 1994
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    Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

    Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

    7.2 1994 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    6.3 1974 HD

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  • 1992
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    Mad About You

    Mad About You

    6.7 1992 HD

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  • 1988
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    In the Heat of the Night

    In the Heat of the Night

    7.5 1988 HD

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  • 1984
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    Who's the Boss?

    Who's the Boss?

    7.5 1984 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

    6.3 1977 HD

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  • 1971
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    All in the Family

    All in the Family

    7.837 1971 HD

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  • 1985
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    227

    227

    6.7 1985 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Jeffersons

    The Jeffersons

    7.296 1975 HD

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  • 1989
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    Coach

    Coach

    6.9 1989 HD

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  • 1958
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    Naked City

    Naked City

    5.3 1958 HD

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  • 1993
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    Living Single

    Living Single

    8.3 1993 HD

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  • 1998
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    Will & Grace

    Will & Grace

    6.8 1998 HD

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  • 1994
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    ER

    ER

    7.813 1994 HD

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  • 1990
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    They Came from Outer Space

    They Came from Outer Space

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1967
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    N.Y.P.D.

    N.Y.P.D.

    5.8 1967 HD

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  • 1992
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    Batman: The Animated Series

    Batman: The Animated Series

    8.5 1992 HD

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  • 1995
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    Too Something

    Too Something

    1 1995 HD

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  • 1971
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    Columbo

    Columbo

    8.1 1971 HD

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