Franklin Cover

Biography

Franklin Edward Cover was an American actor best known for starring in the sitcom The Jeffersons as Tom Willis, a Caucasian man married to a black woman in one of the first interracial marriages on prime-time television. He also appeared in films such as The Stepford Wives and played Hubert Humphrey in the 1982 TV movie A Woman Called Golda. Cover's career spanned several decades, including notable guest appearances on ER and Will & Grace.