Frank De Kova
Actor Profile
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.
Tv Shows
The Tony Danza Show
Numb3rs
Fringe
I Dream
King of the Hill
Ed
Spin City
Malcolm in the Middle
Best of the West
Street Hawk
Masters of Horror
Cyberchase
A.P. Bio
Buenas noches
Stacked
Tremors
Expedition: Back To The Future
Back to the Future
Clubhouse
The Word
Deadly Games
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
The Mandalorian
Semi-Tough
Live from Studio Five
The Witches of Oz
Meteor
Saturday Night Live
Taxi
Psych
Chuck
The West Wing
Amazing Stories
Tony Awards
Knights of Bloodsteel
Spin City
The Big Bang Theory
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
12 Monkeys
12 Monkeys
12 Monkeys
Head Case
The Michael J. Fox Show
Cheers
The Conners
Fallen Angels
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Stars in the House
A Million Little Things
Over the Garden Wall
Knuckles
The Simpsons
The Real History of Science Fiction
Reunited Apart
Barney Miller
Barney Miller
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
NCIS
Taxi
Raising Hope
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Hacks
Movies
Emmett Brown
Cmdr. Kruge
Doctor Emmett Brown
Doctor Emmett Brown
Judge Doom
Pieces
Max Taber
King Lear
Uncle Fester
Ticket Agent/Conductor
Uncle Fester
Merlock (voice)
Ray
John Bigboote
Capt. Schultz
Bruce
Heep
Zoltan
White Knight
Charlie Wilcox
Al the Angel
Switchblade Sam
Aaron Quicksilver
Rasputin (voice)
Dr. Harvey Kelekian
Towfield
Uncle Martin
Larry
Jailhouse Lawyer
'Grandpa' Bill Hale
Bill Burns
Reggie Shand / Henry Shand
Amos (voice)
Headmaster
Ernst
Lawrence 'Larry' Kayvey
Henry Sikorsky
Henry Henry
Mr. Dewey
Professor Plum
Mr. Goodman
Bill Carver
Falco
Maj. Bartholomew 'Butch' Cavendish
Jarvis Moody
Mr. Hunch
Frognose
Dennis Van Welker
Judge Thatcher (voice)
Sam Howard
Jimmy
Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Mr. Goodman
Lord Imaru (voice)
The Caretaker
Skip Hartman
Steward Worthy
Nathan
Uncle Fred Walker
Arnold's Collector
Coach Hindenberg
Shep
Dr. George
Gilbert
Leo
Dr. Bonabodon (voice)
Bruno Daley
Commander Kruge (archive footage)
Lero Sombrero
Theo Teagarden
Lars
Alex Windsor
Horus Galloway
Harry
Dr. Emmett Brown (archive footage)
Cap'n Jack
Dr. Von Gearheart
Morley Allen
Jet James
Dr. Harry Price
Dad
Harry
Self
Mr. Clipboard (voice)
Pete
Mr. Chauncey
Ed Jarvis
Mayor Akerman
Attorney Bum (segment "Happy Birthday")
Harry Setag
Johnny Benjamin
Jim Martin
Kroenig
Jennings
Doc Brown
Hovis (voice)
Stan Cruge
Pop
Michael
Wood Grimes
Self (archive footage)
Cyrus
Samuel Starkman ("Municipalians")
Jesse James (uncredited)
Self
Grandpa Jack
Cadaver
Al
Self (uncredited)
James Redfield
Sol Fassbinder
Emmett Brown
Victor Karloch
Grandpa Bob
Abner
Dennis Walcott
Everett Neely
Self
Mr. Crowley
Doc Brown
Self
Himself
The Salesman
Professor (archive footage)
Dr. Emmett L. Brown
Himself
Self
Prof. Daniel Lehman
Sergeant Stampone
David Mansell
Bernard Rauschen
Clinton Jones
Jack Brian
Stanley
Self
Milton Kupchak
Self
Seymour S. Sassafras (voice)
The Wizard Of Oz
Paul
Coroner (voice)
Himself
Grandpa (voice)
Lloyd Mickey
King Pellinore
Grandpa Jack
R. Beanes
Weasel
David Mansell
The Black Monk
Doc Powers
Self
George Benson (old)
Anthony Corrido
The Alchemist
Frank Iarossi - Exxon
Buford
Lester (voice)
Willie
Arthur Lane
Anderson in Launderette
Sal Spinelli
Self
Mr. Dewey - Host
Self
Grandpa Maguire
Doctor Emmet Brown
Santa Claus John #2 (uncredited)
Magic (voice)
Self
Harvey