Franklin cover and mary bradford stone
Franklin cover and mary bradford stone
Mary bradford stone photo.
Franklin Cover
American actor (1928–2006)
Franklin Edward Cover[citation needed] (November 20, 1928 – February 5, 2006) was an American actor best known for his role in The Jeffersons, Tom Willis, half of one of the first interracial marriages to be seen on prime-time television.[1]
Life and career
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.[2]
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.[3]
In 1965, he married Mary Bradford Stone.[4]
His first starring role was on The Jeffersons as Tom Willis (a Caucasian man) who was married to an African-American woman, Helen, played by Roxie Roker.[1] The couple lived in the same high