Frank de Kova (March 17, 1910 â€" October 15, 1981) was an
Italian-American character actor in films, stage, and TV.De Kova was
born in New York City and taught at a school in New York before
joining a Shakespeare repertory group. He made his Broadway debut in
Detective Story, and was discovered by director Elia Kazan.Moving to
Hollywood, he appeared in Viva Zapata! (1952) as the Mexican Colonel,
and The Big Sky (1952) with Kirk Douglas. He played Abiram in The Ten
Commandments, appeared in Cowboy (1958) with Glenn Ford and Jack
Lemmon, and in The Mechanic (1972) with Charles Bronson and
Jan-Michael Vincent and the Ralph Bakshi film American Pop.
Italian-American character actor in films, stage, and TV.De Kova was
born in New York City and taught at a school in New York before
joining a Shakespeare repertory group. He made his Broadway debut in
Detective Story, and was discovered by director Elia Kazan.Moving to
Hollywood, he appeared in Viva Zapata! (1952) as the Mexican Colonel,
and The Big Sky (1952) with Kirk Douglas. He played Abiram in The Ten
Commandments, appeared in Cowboy (1958) with Glenn Ford and Jack
Lemmon, and in The Mechanic (1972) with Charles Bronson and
Jan-Michael Vincent and the Ralph Bakshi film American Pop.
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