Franklin Cover
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. 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. His first starring role was on The Jeffersons as Tom Willis who was married to a black woman, Helen, played by Roxie Roker. The couple lived in the same high-rise apartment building as the sitcom's title characters. Cover would often be the foil to Sherman Hemsley's black businessman, George Jefferson. The sitcom ran from 1975 to 1985. He also appeared in The Stepford Wives in 1975, and played Hubert Humphrey in the 1982 TV movie A Woman Called Golda. Following the end of The Jeffersons, Cover continued to make guest appearances on television shows as well as appearing in a supporting role in Wall Street (1987). In 1994, he appeared in the second episode of ER. His final television appearance was in an episode of Will & Grace (entitled "Object Of My Rejection") that aired on May 13, 1999. Cover died at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey, on February 5, 2006. He had been living at the home since December 2005 while recovering from a heart condition, and died of pneumonia. He was survived by his wife; the former Mary Bradford Stone, two adult children; Susan and Bradford, and a grandson, Maxwell. His son, Bradford Cover, an actor who lives in New York City, has appeared on Law and Order, Broadway, and Off Broadway, and is a company member at The Pearl Theatre Company. His daughter Susan is the founder of Susie's Supper Club (now closed), a home delivery food service that catered to parents and children in New York. CLR
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Birthday: November 20, 1928
Deathday: February 05, 2006
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Wall Street
1987-12-10
Wall Street
Overview: 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 under his wing.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-10
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The Day the Bubble Burst
1982-02-07
The Day the Bubble Burst
Overview: A fictionalized account of how the 1929 stock market crash hurt the elite and the struggling, and the forces that may have caused the crash to occur.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-07
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Mirage
1965-10-29
Mirage
Overview: In New York City, David Stillwell struggles to recover his memory before the people who are trying to kill him succeed. Who is he, who are they, and why is he surrounded by murder?
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-10-29
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What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
1968-05-24
What's So Bad About Feeling Good?
Overview: A new infection that simply makes people feel happy is treated as a threat by the authorities while its "victims" work to spread it to others.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-24
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Between Time and Timbuktu
1972-03-13
Between Time and Timbuktu
Overview: A poet-astronaut is shot through an area of space called the Chronosynclastic Infundibulum. He is duplicated into infinite copies of himself, each of whom finds himself in a bizarre situations on a different world.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-03-13
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Brain Donors
1992-04-17
Brain Donors
Overview: Three manic idiots—a lawyer, a cab driver and a handyman—team up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow and her scheming big-shot lawyer, who also wants to run the ballet.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-17
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Zits
1988-07-07
Zits
Overview: When their music teacher needs an expensive operation after being mugged, a group of precocious middle school students attempt to raise the money by selling fake military secrets to the KGB.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-07
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A Woman Called Golda
1982-04-26
A Woman Called Golda
Overview: The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Genres: TV Movie Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-26
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Cosmic Slop
1994-11-08
Cosmic Slop
Overview: In the tradition of The Twilight Zone, this bizarre, thought-provoking trilogy addresses the destiny of the world's minorities: Part I: A conservative African American politician must choose between his people's survival and appeasing his white colleagues when space aliens propose to share their profound knowledge in exchange for all black people on earth. Part II: The Virgin Mary's appearance in an inner-city housing project forces a Hispanic priest to face the hidden cultural origins of Western religion. Part III: On the dawn of the "Black Revolution," an African American couple discovers who the "real" enemy is.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-08
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Almost Heroes
1998-05-29
Almost Heroes
Overview: 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.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-29
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The Stepford Wives
1975-02-12
The Stepford Wives
Overview: 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.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-12
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The Connection
1973-02-27
The Connection
Overview: An out-of-work newspaperman in need of money becomes the go-between for a jewel thief and an insurance company that wants to settle.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-27
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Short Walk to Daylight
1972-10-24
Short Walk to Daylight
Overview: Eight people have to find their way out of a New York subway after being trapped following an earthquake.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-24
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
1994-05-10
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Overview: A former associate of Perry Mason returns to handle the defense of a world-class chess player accused of murdering a prominent TV personality.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-10
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The Great Gatsby
1974-03-27
The Great Gatsby
Overview: Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-27
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