Frank De Kova

Frank De Kova

Acting

Born: 1910-03-17 · New York City, New York, USA

Died: 1981-10-15

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

🎬 Movies (20)

Hey Good Lookin'

Hey Good Lookin'

1982

Old Vinnie (voice)

American Pop

American Pop

1981

Crisco (voice)

Mafia on the Bounty

Mafia on the Bounty

1980

Rupolo

Cat in the Cage

Cat in the Cage

1978

Rachid Khan

Coonskin

Coonskin

1975

Managan (voice) / Ruby (voice) (uncredited)

Johnny Firecloud

Johnny Firecloud

1975

White Eagle

Crossfire

Crossfire

1975

Albert Ambrose

Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes

Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes

1974

Big Tony (as Frank deKova)

The Don Is Dead

The Don Is Dead

1973

Giunta

The Slams

The Slams

1973

Capiello

Heavy Traffic

Heavy Traffic

1973

Angelo "Angie" Corleone (voice)

Frasier, the Sensuous Lion

Frasier, the Sensuous Lion

1973

The Man

The Mechanic

The Mechanic

1972

The Man

The Wild Country

The Wild Country

1970

Two Dog

The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle

The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle

1967

Narrator (voice)

The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965

The tormentor

The Sword of Ali Baba

The Sword of Ali Baba

1965

Old Baba

Those Calloways

Those Calloways

1964

Nigosh

Follow That Dream

Follow That Dream

1962

Jack (as Frank de Kova)

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

1961

Sonoy the Astrologer