Biography
Frank De Kova
Acting
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…
Career works
115
Movies
57
Series
58
Career average
6.4/10
Birth date
03/17/1910
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Date of death
10/15/1981
Filmography highlights
Movies
Hey Good Lookin'
1982 · 5.6
American Pop
1981 · 6.9
Mafia on the Bounty
1980 · 3.7
Cat in the Cage
1978 · 3.8
Coonskin
1975 · 6.1
Johnny Firecloud
1975 · 5.1
Crossfire
1975 · 8.0
Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes
1974 · 3.9
The Don Is Dead
1973 · 5.9
The Slams
1973 · 6.5
Heavy Traffic
1973 · 6.5
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
1973 · 6.5
The Mechanic
1972 · 6.7
The Wild Country
1970 · 6.1
The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle
1967
Series
The Incredible Hulk
1977 · 7.2
The Swiss Family Robinson
1975 · 6.4
Baretta
1975 · 6.5
The Rockford Files
1974 · 7.6
Police Woman
1974 · 6.4
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · 7.9
Run, Joe, Run
1974 · 6.7
Toma
1973 · 6.8
Police Story
1973 · 7.0
Cannon
1971 · 6.7
Love, American Style
1969 · 6.1
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · 7.2
It Takes a Thief
1968 · 7.2
The High Chaparral
1967 · 6.8
The F.B.I.
1965 · 5.6