Frank De Kova
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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
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)
Johnny Firecloud
as White Eagle
Crossfire
as Albert Ambrose
Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes
as Big Tony (as Frank deKova)
The Don Is Dead
as Giunta
The Slams
as Capiello
Heavy Traffic
as Angelo "Angie" Corleone (voice)
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
as The Man
The Mechanic
as The Man
The Wild Country
as Two Dog
The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle
as Narrator (voice)
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as The tormentor
The Sword of Ali Baba
as Old Baba
Those Calloways
as Nigosh
Follow That Dream
as Jack (as Frank de Kova)
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
as Sonoy the Astrologer
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
as Syndicate Chairman
The Jayhawkers!
as Evans
Day of the Outlaw
as Denver, Bruhn's Gang
Apache Territory
as Lugo (as Frank deKova)
Teenage Cave Man
as The Black-Bearded One
Machine-Gun Kelly
as Harry
The Brothers Karamazov
as Capt. Vrublevski
Cowboy
as Alcaide
Ride Out for Revenge
as Chief Yellow Wolf
Run of the Arrow
as Red Cloud (as Frank De Kova)