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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. Cove...
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Wall Street
As Dan
The Day the Bubble Burst
As Herbert Hoover
Mirage
As Group Leader
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
As Medical Expert
Between Time and Timbuktu
As Col. Donald 'Tex' Pirandello
Brain Donors
As Doctor
Zits
As FBI Chief
A Woman Called Golda
As Hubert Humphrey
Cosmic Slop
As (segment 'Space Traders')
Almost Heroes
As Nicholas Burr
The Stepford Wives
As Ed Wimpiris
The Connection
As Lee Harris
Short Walk to Daylight
As Conductor
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
The Great Gatsby
As Senator Evans (uncredited)
Mad About You
As Yankee Infielder
In the Heat of the Night
Who's the Boss?
The Love Boat
All in the Family
As Tom Willis
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The Jeffersons
As Thomas "Tom" Willis
Coach
As Gunnar
Naked City
As Steelworker
Living Single
Will & Grace
As Justice of the Peace
ER
As Mr. Thurnhurst
They Came from Outer Space
N.Y.P.D.
Batman: The Animated Series
As General Vreeland (voice)
Too Something
Columbo
As Harry Jenkins