People
Franklin Cover
Biography:
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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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Almost Heroes as Nicholas Burr | 1998-05-29 |
Cosmic Slop as (segment 'Space Traders') | 1994-11-08 |
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle | 1994-05-10 |
Brain Donors as Doctor | 1992-04-17 |
Zits as FBI Chief | 1988-07-07 |
Wall Street as Dan | 1987-12-10 |
A Woman Called Golda as Hubert Humphrey | 1982-04-26 |
The Day the Bubble Burst as Herbert Hoover | 1982-02-07 |
The Stepford Wives as Ed Wimpiris | 1975-02-12 |
The Great Gatsby as Senator Evans (uncredited) | 1974-03-27 |
The Connection as Lee Harris | 1973-02-27 |
Short Walk to Daylight as Conductor | 1972-10-24 |
Between Time and Timbuktu as Col. Donald 'Tex' Pirandello | 1972-03-13 |
What's So Bad About Feeling Good? as Medical Expert | 1968-05-24 |
Mirage as Group Leader | 1965-10-29 |