Franklin Cover

Age: 77 (passed away Feb. 5th, 2006)
Height: 6' 4"

Birth Place: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Born: Nov. 20th, 1928

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Franklin Cover's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
The Jeffersons	Tom Willis

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:

Originally from the classical stage where he played parts in such Shakespearean plays as "Julius Caesar," "Hamlet," "Macbeth" (title role) and "Henry IV, Part I".
Has one son, Bradford and one daughter, Susan
Wife Mary Bradford Stone was a dance company director. Their children are Bradford, Franklin and Susan.
Played opposite African-American actress 'Roxie Roker' (qv) as the character of Tom Willis on _"The Jeffersons" (1975)_ (qv). They became one of the first interracial marriages to be seen weekly on prime-time television.
His career spanned six decades in show business.
Son of Franklin Held and Britta (n�e Schreck) Cover.
Son Bradford is a 1985 graduate of Milton Academy.
Cover attended Denison University, graduating in 1951. He was one of 12 members of the Denison Players, a troupe who acted as an exchange group first around the United Kingdom in the summer of 1953, and then around U.S. military bases in Europe and East Asia from 1954 to 1958.

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