Franklin Edward Cover (November 20, 1928 â€" 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.
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.
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