Frank De Kova

Known For: Acting
Born: March 17, 1910
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Died: October 15, 1981

Frank De Kova

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 Broadway. One of his first starring roles was in the classic detective play "Detective Story", which got him noticed and brought to Hollywood. He debuted in Viva Zapata! (1952) as the devious Mexican colonel who sets up Zapata's assassination. For the next several years he played an assortment of gangsters, killers, gunfighters and Indians--with time out to play a prehistoric patriarch in Roger Corma…

Filmography

Hey Good Lookin'

1982 · Old Vinnie (voice)

American Pop

1981 · Crisco (voice)

Mafia on the Bounty

1980 · Rupolo

Cat in the Cage

1978 · Rachid Khan

The Incredible Hulk

1977

The Swiss Family Robinson

1975

Coonskin

1975 · Managan (voice) / Ruby (voice) (uncredited)

Johnny Firecloud

1975 · White Eagle

Crossfire

1975 · Albert Ambrose

Baretta

1975

Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes

1974 · Big Tony (as Frank deKova)

Police Woman

1974 · , Vito Angelo

The Rockford Files

1974 · Nova

Little House on the Prairie

1974 · Chief Kilowatt

Run, Joe, Run

1974

The Don Is Dead

1973 · Giunta

Toma

1973

The Slams

1973 · Capiello

Heavy Traffic

1973 · Angelo "Angie" Corleone (voice)

Frasier, the Sensuous Lion

1973 · The Man

Police Story

1973

The Mechanic

1972 · The Man

Cannon

1971

The Wild Country

1970 · Two Dog

Love, American Style

1969

Hawaii Five-O

1968 · Phil Kalama

It Takes a Thief

1968 · Gen. Tashkov

The High Chaparral

1967 · Aguirre

The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle

1967 · Narrator (voice)

The F.B.I.

1965 · Faber, Dracus

F Troop

1965 · Chief Wild Eagle

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965 · The tormentor

The Sword of Ali Baba

1965 · Old Baba

Those Calloways

1964 · Nigosh

Daniel Boone

1964 · Talakum, Saugus

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963 · Edward

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

1963 · Joseph

The Dakotas

1963

The Gallant Men

1962

Follow That Dream

1962 · Jack (as Frank de Kova)

Ben Casey

1961

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

1961 · Sonoy the Astrologer

Gunslinger

1961 · Don Ignacio Alesandro

The Roaring 20's

1960

Route 66

1960

Surfside 6

1960 · Stinger

The Islanders

1960 · Carlos Roca

Outlaws

1960

Thriller

1960 · Lieutenant Vincoli

The Tall Man

1960

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

1960 · Syndicate Chairman

The Detectives

1959 · Nordoff

The Jayhawkers!

1959 · Evans

The Untouchables

1959 · Louis 'Little New York' Campagna, Anthony 'Tough Tony' Lamberto, Louis Campagne, Louie Campagna, The Man, Bugs Donovan

Hawaiian Eye

1959 · Pete Dailey

The Alaskans

1959

The Rebel

1959 · Richard Aloysius Sturgis

The Third Man

1959 · Arlatti, Juan Rodriguez

Laramie

1959 · , Tah-Za

The Deputy

1959 · Cowan

The Troubleshooters

1959 · Nadi

Johnny Staccato

1959

Day of the Outlaw

1959 · Denver, Bruhn's Gang

The Lawless Years

1959

Black Saddle

1959 · Calderon

Rawhide

1959 · Chief Tawyawp, Villegro

77 Sunset Strip

1958 · Jack Bent, Jerry Gordon, Dino Malatesta

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958 · Jimmy Napoli

Lawman

1958 · Jed Barker

The Rifleman

1958 · , Chief Hostay

Peter Gunn

1958

Apache Territory

1958 · Lugo (as Frank deKova)

Teenage Cave Man

1958 · The Black-Bearded One

Machine-Gun Kelly

1958 · Harry

The Brothers Karamazov

1958 · Capt. Vrublevski

Cowboy

1958 · Alcaide

Ride Out for Revenge

1957 · Chief Yellow Wolf

The Walter Winchell File

1957 · Stefan

Maverick

1957

Wagon Train

1957 · Obuki, Isaiah Quickfox, Ocheo, True Oak, Indian Chief

Run of the Arrow

1957 · Red Cloud (as Frank De Kova)

Appointment with a Shadow

1957 · Dutch Hayden

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

1957 · Ottawa Chief

Not One Shall Die

1957 · Egyptian Official

Reprisal!

1956 · Charlie Washackle

The White Squaw

1956 · Yellow Elk

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

1956

The Ten Commandments

1956 · Abiram

Pillars of the Sky

1956 · Zachariah

Santiago

1956 · Jingo

Johnny Moccasin

Johnny Moccasin

1956 · Brave Scout

The Lone Ranger

1956 · Chief Red Hawk

Shack Out on 101

1955 · Prof. Claude Dillon

Hold Back Tomorrow

1955 · Priest

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · Pedro, Senor Vargas

Cheyenne

1955 · , Spotted Bull, Sitting Bull, Dull Knife, Chief Johnny Cake, War Cloud, Red Knife

Gunsmoke

1955 · Tobeel, Mulligan Rives, Leader

The Man from Laramie

1955 · Padre

Strange Lady in Town

1955 · Anse Hatlo

They Rode West

1954 · Isatai

Drum Beat

1954 · Modoc Jim

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

1954

Passion

1954 · Martinez (as Frank de Kova)

Valley of the Kings

1954 · Akmed Salah (uncredited)

King of the Khyber Rifles

1953 · Ali Nur

Fighter Attack

1953 · Benedetto

All the Brothers Were Valiant

1953 · Stevenson

Arrowhead

1953 · Chief Chattez

The Desert Song

1953 · Mindar

Raiders of the Seven Seas

1953 · Captain Romero

Split Second

1953 · Dummy

The Big Sky

1952 · Moleface (uncredited)

Holiday for Sinners

1952 · The Wiry Man

Martin Kane, Private Eye

1949 · Thomas Randall

Kiss of Death

1947 · Con Library (uncredited)

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