Frank De Kova

Frank De Kova

March 17, 1910 · 116 years old

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, befo…

Known For

24 titles
1
The Mechanic

The Mechanic

1972 · 1h 40m · Movie

An aging hitman befriends a young man who wants to be a professional killer. Eventually it becomes clear that someone has betrayed them.

6.8
2
The Man from Laramie

The Man from Laramie

1955 · 1h 43m · Movie

Newcomer Will Lockhart defies the local cattle baron and his sadistic son by working for one of his oldest rivals.

7.3
3
The Big Sky

The Big Sky

1952 · 2h 20m · Movie

The success of the journey focuses on keeping the Indian girl alive as well as themselves to complete trade with the Blackfeet.

6.9
4
Heavy Traffic

Heavy Traffic

1973 · 1h 17m · Movie

An underground cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters serve as inspiration for his art.

6.5
5
Coonskin

Coonskin

1975 · 1h 40m · Movie

Rabbit, a country-born trickster, takes over the organized crime racket in Harlem, facing opposition from the institutionalized racism of the Mafia and corrupt police.

6.4
6
Cowboy

Cowboy

1958 · 1h 32m · Movie

An idealistic tenderfoot Chicago hotel clerk is taken on a cattle-drive to Mexico by famous trail boss Tom Reece but discovers that cowboy life isn't what he expected.

6.7
7
Follow That Dream

Follow That Dream

1962 · 1h 49m · Movie

A family of ragtag vagabonds sets up a makeshift home on a Florida beach after becoming marooned there, prompting an uptight local bureaucrat to attempt to evict them.

6.5
8
Atlantis: The Lost Continent

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

1961 · 1h 30m · Movie

Welcome to Atlantis, where royal guardsmen wear uniforms that could easily be from the wardrobe of Ming the Merciless and some unfortunate slaves are turned into bovine-headed beasts.

5.5
9
Machine-Gun Kelly

Machine-Gun Kelly

1958 · 1h 20m · Movie

The criminal exploits of Public Enemy number 1, George 'Machine-Gun' Kelly, during the 1930s.

6.1
10
The Don Is Dead

The Don Is Dead

1973 · 1h 55m · Movie

After his mistress is savagely beaten up a Mafia leader goes after the killer with a bloody vengeance. Soon after the hunt begins, a gang war ensues.

6.2
11
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

1960 · 1h 41m · Movie

Neo-noir about a small-time New York City criminal whose ambition is to become a big-time crime boss during the Prohibition era.

6.7
12
Drum Beat

Drum Beat

1954 · 1h 51m · Movie

In 1872, Indian fighter Johnny MacKay is appointed peace commissioner for the California and Oregon territory but he faces tough opposition from the renegade Modocs led by their chief Captain Jack.

6.3
13
The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger

1956 · 1h 26m · Movie

Wealthy rancher Reese Kilgore aims to grab silver-rich Indian land by skilfully pitting Indians against settlers but the suspicious territorial governor sends The Lone Ranger to investigate.

6.5
14
Those Calloways

Those Calloways

1964 · 2h 11m · Movie

A strong-willed family in a small New England town struggles against tremendous odds to realize their dream of establishing a sanctuary for the great flocks of wild geese that migrate overhead.

6.5
15
Shack Out on 101

Shack Out on 101

1955 · 1h 20m · Movie

An isolated diner on California's 101 highway provides the backdrop of the story involving nuclear secrets, foreign spies and federal agents.

6.3
16
They Rode West

They Rode West

1954 · 1h 24m · Movie

A young cavalry doctor, against orders, treats very sick Indians who are forced to stay on unhealthy land, which could lead to a war.

5.9
17
Apache Territory

Apache Territory

1958 · 1h 11m · Movie

A no-nonsense drifter leads a ragtag collective surrounded by a deadly tribe of Apaches.

5.7
18
Strange Lady in Town

Strange Lady in Town

1955 · 1h 52m · Movie

Greer Garson plays a female doctor who plans to introduce modern techniques of medicine to old Santa Fe in 1880, but is opposed by an established doctor.

6.1
19
Appointment with a Shadow

Appointment with a Shadow

1957 · 1h 12m · Movie

George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itself when he is a bystander at the arrest of a well-known criminal.

6.5
20
Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes

Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes

1974 · 1h 26m · Movie

A numbers king pin tries to stay in business as the mafia and police close in around him.

4.6
21
Hold Back Tomorrow

Hold Back Tomorrow

1955 · 1h 15m · Movie

A condemned murderer, scheduled to hang in the morning, asks for the company of a woman in his final hours.

6.5
22
Cat in the Cage

Cat in the Cage

1978 · 1h 38m · Movie

A young man returns to his rich family's estate after a stay in a mental hospital. He finds that his father has married his deceased wife's nurse, who is secretly plotting with her lover, the chauffeur, to murder the father and ta...

3.7
23
The White Squaw

The White Squaw

1956 · 1h 15m · Movie

Faced with heavy opposition from local ranchers, a white Indian woman desperately seeks help for her tribe struggling to survive on a reservation.

5.9
24
Not One Shall Die

Not One Shall Die

1957 · 29m · Movie

A young doctor, who loses his wife during their attempt to flee Europe, arrives at a JDC Refugee Camp where he meets a Jewish couple from Egypt. They try to persuade him to join them on their journey to start a new life in Israel.

5.3