Frank De Kova
Birthday
1910/03/17
Day of death
1981/10/15 (71 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Frank DeKova
Biography
Frank DeKova parlayed a sinister scowl, piercing eyes and an all-around menacing attitude into a long career of playing cold-blooded trigger-men, rampaging Indian chiefs, brutal Mexican army officers and the like. So it would probably come as a shock to those who know his work to discover that, before he became an actor, he was--of all things--a schoolteacher. Born in New York in 1910, DeKova gave up teaching for the stage, and played in many Shakespearean productions before getting work on Bro...Read more
Acting
(1965) The Greatest Story Ever Told
as The tormentor
(1947) Kiss of Death
as Con Library (uncredited)
(1973) Heavy Traffic
as Angelo "Angie" Corleone (voice)
(1959) The Jayhawkers!
as Evans
(1956) The Ten Commandments
as Abiram
(1982) Hey Good Lookin'
as Old Vinnie (voice)
(1953) Split Second
as Dummy
(1952) Holiday for Sinners
as The Wiry Man
(1961) Atlantis: The Lost Continent
as Sonoy the Astrologer
(1981) American Pop
as Crisco (voice)
(1973) The Slams
as Capiello
(1975) Crossfire
as Albert Ambrose
(1965) Those Calloways
as Nigosh
(1960) The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
as Syndicate Chairman
(1955) Shack Out on 101
as Prof. Claude Dillon
(1958) Machine-Gun Kelly
as Harry
(1958) The Brothers Karamazov
as Capt. Vrublevski
(1953) Arrowhead
as Chief Chattez
(1959) Day of the Outlaw
as Denver, Bruhn's Gang
(1957) Appointment with a Shadow
as Dutch Hayden
(1965) The Sword of Ali Baba
as Old Baba
(1953) King of the Khyber Rifles
as Ali Nur
(1955) The Man from Laramie
as Padre
(1974) Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes
as Big Tony (as Frank deKova)
(1975) Johnny Firecloud
as White Eagle
(1973) The Don Is Dead
as Giunta
(1953) Raiders of the Seven Seas
as Captain Romero
(1958) Teenage Cave Man
as The Black-Bearded One
(1956) The Lone Ranger
as Chief Red Hawk
(1956) Pillars of the Sky
as Zachariah
(1954) Drum Beat
as Modoc Jim
(1956) The White Squaw
as Yellow Elk
(1956) Johnny Moccasin
as Brave Scout
(1952) The Big Sky
as Moleface (uncredited)
(1956) Reprisal!
as Charlie Washackle
(1956) Santiago
as Jingo
(1953) Fighter Attack
as Benedetto
(1953) The Desert Song
as Mindar
(1953) All the Brothers Were Valiant
as Stevenson
(1955) Hold Back Tomorrow
as Priest
(1958) Cowboy
as Alcaide
(1978) Cat in the Cage
as Rachid Khan
(1955) Strange Lady in Town
as Anse Hatlo
(1962) Follow That Dream
as Jack (as Frank de Kova)
(1954) They Rode West
as Isatai
(1954) Passion
as Martinez (as Frank de Kova)
(1957) Ride Out for Revenge
as Chief Yellow Wolf
(1957) Run of the Arrow
as Red Cloud (as Frank De Kova)
(1958) Apache Territory
as Lugo (as Frank deKova)
(1970) The Wild Country
as Two Dog
(1980) Mafia on the Bounty
as Rupolo
(1972) The Mechanic
as The Man
(1967) The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle
as Narrator (voice)
(1975) Coonskin
as Managan (voice) / Ruby (voice) (uncredited)
(1957) Not One Shall Die
as Egyptian Official
(1954) Valley of the Kings
as Akmed Salah (uncredited)
(1962) The Gallant Men
as ---
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as ---
(1955) Cheyenne
as ---
(1977) The Incredible Hulk
as ---
(1965) F Troop
as Chief Wild Eagle
(1974) Little House on the Prairie
as ---
(1963) Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Edward
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Faber
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Phil Kalama
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1975) Baretta
as ---
(1960) Surfside 6
as Stinger
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Tobeel
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1960) The Islanders
as Carlos Roca
(1959) Johnny Staccato
as ---
(1974) Run, Joe, Run
as ---
(1960) The Tall Man
as ---
(1975) The Swiss Family Robinson
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Pedro
(1963) The Greatest Show on Earth
as ---
(1960) Outlaws
as ---
(1959) The Lawless Years
as ---
(1959) Rawhide
as Chief Tawyawp
(1974) Police Woman
as ---
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Talakum
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1967) The High Chaparral
as Aguirre
(1960) Thriller
as Lieutenant Vincoli
(1958) Peter Gunn
as ---
(1954) The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
as ---
(1957) Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
as Ottawa Chief
(1959) The Alaskans
as ---
(1959) Black Saddle
as Calderon
(1959) The Rebel
as Richard Aloysius Sturgis
(1958) The Rifleman
as ---
(1963) The Dakotas
as ---
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1959) Laramie
as ---
(1973) Toma
as ---
(1956) Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
as ---
(1959) The Detectives
as Nordoff
(1960) The Roaring 20's
as ---
(1957) Maverick
as ---
(1955) Cheyenne
as Spotted Bull
(1957) Wagon Train
as Obuki
(1959) The Untouchables
as Louis 'Little New York' Campagna
(1959) Hawaiian Eye
as Pete Dailey
(1959) The Untouchables
as Anthony 'Tough Tony' Lamberto
(1959) The Untouchables
as Louis Campagne
(1965) F Troop
as Wild Eagle
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Dracus
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Mulligan Rives
(1955) Cheyenne
as Sitting Bull
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Leader
(1957) The Walter Winchell File
as Stefan
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Saugus
(1959) The Third Man
as Arlatti
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Senor Vargas
(1959) The Untouchables
as Jimmy Napoli
(1974) The Rockford Files
as Nova (as Frank De Kova)
(1957) Wagon Train
as Isaiah Quickfox
(1957) Wagon Train
as Ocheo
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Jack Bent
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Jerry Gordon
(1949) Martin Kane, Private Eye
as Thomas Randall
(1958) The Rifleman
as Chief Hostay
(1959) The Deputy
as Cowan
(1959) The Untouchables
as Louie Campagna
(1955) Cheyenne
as Dull Knife
(1959) The Untouchables
as The Man
(1974) Police Woman
as Vito Angelo
(1969) Love, American Style
as ---