Frank De Kova
Mar 17, 1910 — Oct 15, 1981 (71 years)
New York City, New York, USA
55 Movies
34 Series
A career spanning 79+ years and 89+ titles makes Frank De Kova one of the trade's long-distance runners. his Abiram in 'The Ten Commandments' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Drama has been his most frequent territory.
71R.I.P.
55Movies
34Series
Frank De Kova
55 Movies
34 Series
A career spanning 79+ years and 89+ titles makes Frank De Kova one of the trade's long-distance runners. his Abiram in 'The Ten Commandments' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Drama has been his most frequent territory.
71 R.I.P.
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55
Movies
34
Series
Movies
The Ten Commandments
1956
American Pop
1981
The Brothers Karamazov
1958
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
The Mechanic
1972
The Lone Ranger
1956
The Man from Laramie
1955
Passion
1954
Kiss of Death
1947
Coonskin
1975
Santiago
1956
The Don Is Dead
1973
Day of the Outlaw
1959
Machine-Gun Kelly
1958
Arrowhead
1953
Strange Lady in Town
1955
Apache Territory
1958
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961
Cowboy
1958
The Big Sky
1952
Run of the Arrow
1957
The Wild Country
1970
Those Calloways
1964
Follow That Dream
1962
Hey Good Lookin'
1982
Valley of the Kings
1954
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953
Teenage Cave Man
1958
Heavy Traffic
1973
Pillars of the Sky
1956
The Jayhawkers!
1959
They Rode West
1954
Drum Beat
1954
King of the Khyber Rifles
1953
Cat in the Cage
1978
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953
Ride Out for Revenge
1957
The Desert Song
1953
The White Squaw
1956
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
1960
Split Second
1953
Holiday for Sinners
1952
Johnny Firecloud
1975
Shack Out on 101
1955
Appointment with a Shadow
1957
Hold Back Tomorrow
1955
The Slams
1973
The Sword of Ali Baba
1965
Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes
1974
Reprisal!
1956
TV Shows
F Troop
1965
Gunsmoke
1955
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Martin Kane, Private Eye
1949
It Takes a Thief
1968
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
The F.B.I.
1965
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Surfside 6
1960
The Islanders
1960
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Daniel Boone
1964
The High Chaparral
1967
Thriller
1960
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957
Black Saddle
1959
The Rebel
1959
The Detectives
1959
Cheyenne
1955
Wagon Train
1957
The Untouchables
1959
Hawaiian Eye
1959
The Walter Winchell File
1957
The Third Man
1959
The Rockford Files
1974
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The Rifleman
1958
The Deputy
1959
Police Woman
1974
The Troubleshooters
1959
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Hey Good Lookin'
Old Vinnie (voice)
1982
Film
American Pop
Crisco (voice)
1981
Film
Mafia on the Bounty
Rupolo
1980
Film
Cat in the Cage
Rachid Khan
1978
Film
Coonskin
Managan (voice) / Ruby (voice) (uncredited)
1975
Film
Johnny Firecloud
White Eagle
1975
Film
Crossfire
Albert Ambrose
1975
Film
Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes
Big Tony (as Frank deKova)
1974
Film
The Rockford Files
Nova
1977
TV
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Frank De Kova still alive?
Frank De Kova passed away on October 15, 1981 at age 71.
What are the most famous roles of Frank De Kova?
Frank De Kova is best known for roles in The Ten Commandments, The Mechanic, The Man from Laramie.
How many movies has Frank De Kova been in?
Over a 34-year career (since 1947), Frank De Kova has appeared in 57 movies and 58 TV shows.
What was Frank De Kova's first movie?
The career of Frank De Kova began with Kiss of Death (1947).
What is Frank De Kova's most recent movie or series?
Frank De Kova's most recent release is Hey Good Lookin', which premiered on October 1, 1982.
What TV shows has Frank De Kova appeared in?
On television, Frank De Kova has appeared in Little House on the Prairie, The Incredible Hulk, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Hawaii Five-O.
Frank De Kova
1910-03-17 · 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 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 got him noticed and brought to Hollywood. He debuted in Viva Zapata! (1952) as the devious Mexican colonel who sets up Zapata's assassination. For the next several years he played an assortment of gangsters, killers, gunfighters and Indians--with time out to play a prehistoric patriarch in Roger Corman's campy Teenage Cave Man (1958)--and did much television work, including a standout job as a Mafia hit-man assigned to kill Elliot Ness in Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse: The Untouchables: Part 1 (1959). The role for which he will be most remembered, however, is probably the one that was his most atypical: the scheming, somewhat untrustworthy but very funny Hekawi Chief Wild Eagle, the partner to Forrest Tucker's Sgt. O'Rourke in O'Rourke's various schemes to make money, in the western comedy series F Troop (1965). He showed a previously unknown talent for comedy and managed to steal most of the scenes he was in from such veterans as Tucker and Larry Storch. He died in his sleep in 1981.