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Franklin Cover

Actor | * 11/20/1928 († 77, 02/05/2006) | Cleveland, Ohio (United States of America (USA))
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. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | TV Movies

Known for these Movies & Shows

A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth ...

Wall Street

R

1987 | 3.6/5 | 2h 6min
Crime, Drama
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Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents. ...

The Stepford Wives

PG

1975 | 3.3/5 | 1h 57min
Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
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Two hapless explorers lead an ill-fated 1804 expedition through the Pacific Northwest in a hopeless, doomed effort to reach the Pacific Ocean before Lewis and Clark. ...

Almost Heroes

PG-13

1998 | 2.8/5 | 1h 30min
Adventure, Comedy, Western
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Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment. A spin-off of All in th ...

The Jeffersons

TV-PG

1975 | 3.7/5 | 30min per episode
Comedy, Kids & Family
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Movies with Franklin Cover as Actor(12)

as Nicholas Burr1998 Almost Heroes
1994 Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
as FBI Chief1988 Zits
as Dan1987 Wall Street
as Hubert Humphrey1982 A Woman Called Golda
as Herbert Hoover1982 The Day the Bubble Burst
as Ed Wimpiris1975 The Stepford Wives
as Senator Evans (uncredited)1974 The Great Gatsby
as Lee Harris1973 The Connection
as Conductor1972 Short Walk to Daylight
as Col. Donald 'Tex' Pirandello1972 Between Time and Timbuktu
as Group Leader1965 Mirage

TV Shows/Series with Franklin Cover as Actor(15)

as Justice of the Peace1998 Will & Grace
as Mr. Thurnhurst1994 ER
1993 Living Single
1992 Mad About You
as General Vreeland (voice)1992 Batman: The Animated Series
1990 They Came from Outer Space
1989 Coach
1988 In the Heat of the Night
1985 227
1984 Who's the Boss?
1977 The Love Boat
as Thomas "Tom" Willis1975 The Jeffersons
as Tom Willis1971 All in the Family
1967 N.Y.P.D.
as Steelworker1958 Naked City

Full Name: Franklin Cover
Born: Tuesday, 11/20 1928 (November) in Cleveland, Ohio (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 02/05 2006 (February) in Lillian Booth Actors Home (aged: 77)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Denison University, Case Western Reserve University, John Marshall High School
Other names for Franklin Cover (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Franklin E. Cover"
"Frank Cover"
Franklin Cover frequently works together with these people:
Sorrell Booke (11x, Actor)
Robert Costanzo (8x, Actor)
Audra Lindley (8x, Actress)
Vernee Watson-Johnson (7x, Actress)
Jack Klugman (7x, Actor)
Carroll O'Connor (7x, Actor)
Neil Ross (7x, Actor)
Richard Moll (7x, Actor)
Roger C. Carmel (7x, Actor)
Lydia Woodward (7x, Crew)
Lance Gentile (6x, Crew)
Oliver Stone (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:80439, Added: 05/26/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024