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Franklin Edward Cover 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.
Birth Name
Franklin Edward Cover
Born
Tuesday, 20 November 1928
Died
Sunday, 05 February 2006
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Pioneers of Television | Tom Willis - the Jeffersons | 2008 |
| Will & Grace | Justice of the Peace | 1998 |
| Almost Heroes | Nicholas Burr | 1998 |
| New York Daze | Professor Skaggs | 1995 |
| ER | Mr. Thurnhurst | 1994 |
| A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle | 1994 | |
| Living Single | Professor Fletcher | 1993 |
| Mad About You | Yankee Infielder | 1992 |
| Batman: The Animated Series | General Vreeland | 1992 |
| Brain Donors | Doctor | 1992 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Pioneers of Television | Tom Willis - the Jeffersons | 2008 |
| Will & Grace | Justice of the Peace | 1998 |
| Almost Heroes | Nicholas Burr | 1998 |
| New York Daze | Professor Skaggs | 1995 |
| ER | Mr. Thurnhurst | 1994 |
| A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle | 1994 | |
| Living Single | Professor Fletcher | 1993 |
| Mad About You | Yankee Infielder | 1992 |
| Batman: The Animated Series | General Vreeland | 1992 |
| Brain Donors | Doctor | 1992 |
| Davis Rules | Captain | 1991 |
| They Came from Outer Space | Mr. Renick | 1990 |
| Coach | Gunnar | 1989 |
| Zits | FBI Chief | 1988 |
| Hothouse | Sheriff Joe Gates | 1988 |
| In the Heat of the Night | Tommy Vincent | 1988 |
| Wall Street | Dan | 1987 |
| 227 | Albert Blotchbinder | 1985 |
| Who's the Boss? | Mr. Kimball, Mr. Campbell | 1984 |
| A Woman Called Golda | Hubert Humphrey | 1982 |
| The Love Boat | Marvin Brown | 1977 |
| The Stepford Wives | Ed Wimpiris | 1975 |
| The Jeffersons | Tom Willis / Thomas "Tom" Willis, Thomas "Tom" Willis | 1975 |
| The Great Gatsby | Senator Evans | 1974 |
| The Connection | Lee Harris | 1973 |
| Short Walk to Daylight | Conductor | 1972 |
| Between Time and Timbuktu | Col. Donald 'Tex' Pirandello | 1972 |
| Columbo | Harry Jenkins | 1971 |
| All in the Family | Tom Willis | 1971 |
| What's So Bad About Feeling Good? | Medical Expert | 1968 |
| N.Y.P.D. | Pepper, The Captain | 1967 |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | Police Officer Callahan, Police Officer | 1966 |
| Mirage | Group Leader | 1965 |
| The Defenders | Dr. Arnold Beres | 1961 |
| Naked City | Steelworker | 1958 |
| The Secret Storm | Doctor | 1954 |
