Personal Info
Frank DeKova
Frank De Kova
Acting
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 Broadway. One of his first starring roles was in the classic detective play "Detective Story", which go…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Hey Good Lookin'
as Old Vinnie (voice)
American Pop
as Crisco (voice)
Mafia on the Bounty
as Rupolo
Cat in the Cage
as Rachid Khan
Coonskin
as Managan (voice) / Ruby (voice) (uncredited)
Crossfire
as Albert Ambrose
Johnny Firecloud
as White Eagle
Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes
as Big Tony (as Frank deKova)
Heavy Traffic
as Angelo "Angie" Corleone (voice)
The Don Is Dead
as Giunta
TV Shows
The Incredible Hulk
1 ep.
Baretta
1 ep.
The Swiss Family Robinson
1 ep.
Little House on the Prairie
as Chief Kilowatt · 2 ep.
The Rockford Files
as Nova (as Frank De Kova) · 1 ep.
Police Woman
as Vito Angelo · 1 ep.
Run, Joe, Run
1 ep.
Police Story
1 ep.
Toma
1 ep.
Cannon
1 ep.