Frank De Kova

Actor

Born: March 17, 1910
Died: October 15, 1981 (age 71)
From: New York City, New York, USA

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…

Filmography (57)

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
Coonskin (1975)
Managan (voice) / Ruby (voice) (uncredited)
Johnny Firecloud (1975)
White Eagle
Crossfire (1975)
Albert Ambrose
Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes (1974)
Big Tony (as Frank deKova)
The Don Is Dead (1973)
Giunta
The Slams (1973)
Capiello
Heavy Traffic (1973)
Angelo "Angie" Corleone (voice)
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion (1973)
The Man
The Mechanic (1972)
The Man
The Wild Country (1970)
Two Dog
The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle (1967)
Narrator (voice)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
The tormentor
The Sword of Ali Baba (1965)
Old Baba
Those Calloways (1964)
Nigosh
Follow That Dream (1962)
Jack (as Frank de Kova)
Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961)
Sonoy the Astrologer
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
Syndicate Chairman
The Jayhawkers! (1959)
Evans
Day of the Outlaw (1959)
Denver, Bruhn's Gang
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
Run of the Arrow (1957)
Red Cloud (as Frank De Kova)