Acting • AGE 71
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 ...


Hey Good Lookin'
Old Vinnie (voice)
1982

American Pop
Crisco (voice)
1981

Mafia on the Bounty
Rupolo
1980

Cat in the Cage
Rachid Khan
1978

The Incredible Hulk
1977

The Swiss Family Robinson
1975

Coonskin
Managan (voice) / Ruby (voice) (uncredited)
1975

Johnny Firecloud
White Eagle
1975

Crossfire
Albert Ambrose
1975

Baretta
1975

Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes
Big Tony (as Frank deKova)
1974

Police Woman
1974

The Rockford Files
Nova
1974

Little House on the Prairie
Chief Kilowatt
1974

Run, Joe, Run
1974

The Don Is Dead
Giunta
1973

Toma
1973

The Slams
Capiello
1973

Heavy Traffic
Angelo "Angie" Corleone (voice)
1973

Frasier, the Sensuous Lion
The Man
1973

Police Story
1973

The Mechanic
The Man
1972

Cannon
1971

The Wild Country
Two Dog
1970

Love, American Style
1969

Hawaii Five-O
Phil Kalama
1968

It Takes a Thief
Gen. Tashkov
1968

The High Chaparral
Aguirre
1967

The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle
Narrator (voice)
1967

The F.B.I.
Faber
1965

F Troop
Chief Wild Eagle
1965

The Greatest Story Ever Told
The tormentor
1965

The Sword of Ali Baba
Old Baba
1965

Those Calloways
Nigosh
1964

Daniel Boone
Talakum
1964

Kraft Suspense Theatre
Edward
1963

The Dakotas
1963

The Gallant Men
1962

Follow That Dream
Jack (as Frank de Kova)
1962

Ben Casey
1961

Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Sonoy the Astrologer
1961

Gunslinger
Don Ignacio Alesandro
1961

The Roaring 20's
1960

Route 66
1960

Surfside 6
Stinger
1960

The Islanders
Carlos Roca
1960

Outlaws
1960

Thriller
Lieutenant Vincoli
1960

The Tall Man
1960

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Syndicate Chairman
1960

The Detectives
Nordoff
1959

The Jayhawkers!
Evans
1959

The Untouchables
Louis 'Little New York' Campagna
1959

Hawaiian Eye
Pete Dailey
1959

The Alaskans
1959

The Rebel
Richard Aloysius Sturgis
1959

The Third Man
Arlatti
1959

Laramie
1959

The Deputy
Cowan
1959

The Troubleshooters
Nadi
1959

Johnny Staccato
1959

Day of the Outlaw
Denver, Bruhn's Gang
1959

The Lawless Years
1959

Black Saddle
Calderon
1959

Rawhide
Chief Tawyawp
1959

77 Sunset Strip
Jack Bent
1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Jimmy Napoli
1958

Lawman
Jed Barker
1958

The Rifleman
1958

Peter Gunn
1958

Apache Territory
Lugo (as Frank deKova)
1958

Teenage Cave Man
The Black-Bearded One
1958

Machine-Gun Kelly
Harry
1958

The Brothers Karamazov
Capt. Vrublevski
1958

Cowboy
Alcaide
1958

Ride Out for Revenge
Chief Yellow Wolf
1957

The Walter Winchell File
Stefan
1957

Maverick
1957

Wagon Train
Obuki
1957

Run of the Arrow
Red Cloud (as Frank De Kova)
1957

Appointment with a Shadow
Dutch Hayden
1957

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
Ottawa Chief
1957

Not One Shall Die
Egyptian Official
1957

Reprisal!
Charlie Washackle
1956

The White Squaw
Yellow Elk
1956

Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
1956

The Ten Commandments
Abiram
1956

Pillars of the Sky
Zachariah
1956

Santiago
Jingo
1956

The Lone Ranger
Chief Red Hawk
1956

Shack Out on 101
Prof. Claude Dillon
1955

Hold Back Tomorrow
Priest
1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Pedro
1955

Cheyenne
1955

Gunsmoke
Tobeel
1955

The Man from Laramie
Padre
1955

Strange Lady in Town
Anse Hatlo
1955

They Rode West
Isatai
1954

Drum Beat
Modoc Jim
1954

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954

Passion
Martinez (as Frank de Kova)
1954

Valley of the Kings
Akmed Salah (uncredited)
1954

King of the Khyber Rifles
Ali Nur
1953

Fighter Attack
Benedetto
1953

All the Brothers Were Valiant
Stevenson
1953

Arrowhead
Chief Chattez
1953

The Desert Song
Mindar
1953

Raiders of the Seven Seas
Captain Romero
1953

Split Second
Dummy
1953

The Big Sky
Moleface (uncredited)
1952

Holiday for Sinners
The Wiry Man
1952

Martin Kane, Private Eye
Thomas Randall
1949

Kiss of Death
Con Library (uncredited)
1947