Frank De Kova
Frank De Kova ( born March 17, 1910 in New York City, New York, † October 15, 1981 in Sepulveda, California ) was an American actor.
Life
De Kova worked before starting his acting career as a teacher at a school. Initially, he worked at various theaters and stepped on, among others, in Shakespeare productions before 1947 he had his debut on Broadway. After a small role in 1947, he received a greater role in Detective Story 1949. In 1951 he celebrated his feature film debut in the thriller The Mob, the following year, he starred in Elia Kazan Viva Zapata. In small supporting roles, he worked in the following years in the epics The Robe, The Ten Commandments and The Greatest Story Ever Told with. He had found in Western The beast of the wilderness alongside Charlton Heston and Jack Palance, in the fantasy film Atlantis, the Lost Continent, as well as on the side of Charles Bronson in the thriller The Mechanic bigger film roles.
His appearance made him the ideal choice for Mexicans and Indians, so he could be seen in numerous U.S. Western series of the 1950s and 1960s, including Gunsmoke, a thousand miles of dust, Maverick and High Chaparral. Awareness bim U.S. television audience he gained through his portrayal of Indian Chief Wild Eagle in the Western sitcom F Troop, he played 1965-1967 in 63 episodes.
De Kova died in 1981 of heart failure.