Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1910-03-17
- Day of Death1981-10-15 (71 years)
- Place of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
- Also Known AsFrank DeKova
Frank De Kova
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1982
Hey Good Lookin'
As: Old Vinnie (voice)
- 1981
American Pop
As: Crisco (voice)
- 1980
Mafia on the Bounty
As: Rupolo
- 1978
Cat in the Cage
As: Rachid Khan
- 1975
Coonskin
As: Managan (voice) / Ruby (voice) (uncredited)
- 1975
Johnny Firecloud
As: White Eagle
- 1975
Crossfire
As: Albert Ambrose
- 1974
Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes
As: Big Tony (as Frank deKova)
1974The Rockford Files
As: Nova (as Frank De Kova)
1974Police Woman
As: Vito Angelo
1973The Don Is Dead
As: Giunta
1973The Slams
As: Capiello
1973Heavy Traffic
As: Angelo "Angie" Corleone (voice)
- 1972
The Mechanic
As: The Man
1970The Wild Country
As: Two Dog
1968Hawaii Five-O
As: Phil Kalama
1967The High Chaparral
As: Aguirre
1967The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle
As: Narrator (voice)
1965The F.B.I.
As: Faber
- 1965
The F.B.I.
As: Dracus
1965F Troop
As: Chief Wild Eagle
- 1965
F Troop
As: Wild Eagle
- 1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
As: The tormentor
1965The Sword of Ali Baba
As: Old Baba
1965Those Calloways
As: Nigosh
1964Daniel Boone
As: Talakum
- 1964
Daniel Boone
As: Saugus
1963Kraft Suspense Theatre
As: Edward
1962Follow That Dream
As: Jack (as Frank de Kova)
1961Atlantis: The Lost Continent
As: Sonoy the Astrologer
1960Surfside 6
As: Stinger
1960The Islanders
As: Carlos Roca
1960Thriller
As: Lieutenant Vincoli
1960The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
As: Syndicate Chairman
1959The Detectives
As: Nordoff
1959The Jayhawkers!
As: Evans
1959The Untouchables
As: Louis 'Little New York' Campagna
- 1959
The Untouchables
As: Anthony 'Tough Tony' Lamberto
- 1959
The Untouchables
As: Louis Campagne
- 1959
The Untouchables
As: Jimmy Napoli
- 1959
The Untouchables
As: Louie Campagna
- 1959
The Untouchables
As: The Man
1959Hawaiian Eye
As: Pete Dailey
1959The Rebel
As: Richard Aloysius Sturgis
1959The Third Man
As: Arlatti
1959The Deputy
As: Cowan
1959Day of the Outlaw
As: Denver, Bruhn's Gang
1959Black Saddle
As: Calderon
1959Rawhide
As: Chief Tawyawp
195877 Sunset Strip
As: Jack Bent
- 1958
77 Sunset Strip
As: Jerry Gordon
1958The Rifleman
As: Chief Hostay
1958Apache Territory
As: Lugo (as Frank deKova)
1958Teenage Cave Man
As: The Black-Bearded One
1958Machine-Gun Kelly
As: Harry
1958The Brothers Karamazov
As: Capt. Vrublevski
1958Cowboy
As: Alcaide
1957Ride Out for Revenge
As: Chief Yellow Wolf
1957The Walter Winchell File
As: Stefan
1957Wagon Train
As: Obuki
- 1957
Wagon Train
As: Isaiah Quickfox
- 1957
Wagon Train
As: Ocheo
1957Run of the Arrow
As: Red Cloud (as Frank De Kova)
1957Appointment with a Shadow
As: Dutch Hayden
1957Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
As: Ottawa Chief
1957Not One Shall Die
As: Egyptian Official
1956Reprisal!
As: Charlie Washackle
1956The White Squaw
As: Yellow Elk
- 1956
The Ten Commandments
As: Abiram
1956Pillars of the Sky
As: Zachariah
1956Santiago
As: Jingo
1956The Lone Ranger
As: Chief Red Hawk
1955Shack Out on 101
As: Prof. Claude Dillon
1955Hold Back Tomorrow
As: Priest
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Pedro
- 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Senor Vargas
1955Cheyenne
As: Spotted Bull
- 1955
Cheyenne
As: Sitting Bull
- 1955
Cheyenne
As: Dull Knife
1955Gunsmoke
As: Tobeel
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Mulligan Rives
- 1955
Gunsmoke
As: Leader
- 1955
The Man from Laramie
As: Padre
1955Strange Lady in Town
As: Anse Hatlo
1954They Rode West
As: Isatai
1954Drum Beat
As: Modoc Jim
1954Passion
As: Martinez (as Frank de Kova)
1954Valley of the Kings
As: Akmed Salah (uncredited)
1953King of the Khyber Rifles
As: Ali Nur
1953Fighter Attack
As: Benedetto
1953All the Brothers Were Valiant
As: Stevenson
1953Arrowhead
As: Chief Chattez
1953The Desert Song
As: Mindar
1953Raiders of the Seven Seas
As: Captain Romero
1953Split Second
As: Dummy
1952The Big Sky
As: Moleface (uncredited)
1952Holiday for Sinners
As: The Wiry Man
1949Martin Kane, Private Eye
As: Thomas Randall
- 1947
Kiss of Death
As: Con Library (uncredited)