DeForest Covan
Acting
Biography
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Born: September 9, 1917
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
Rocky
Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner!
Martin
Sassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his romantic relationship with girlfriend Gina, her best friend Pam and escapades with best friends Tommy and Cole.
Kojak
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
That's My Mama
Clifton Curtis has got it made—he runs a successful business he inherited from his late father and he's lucky with the the ladies—but he still lives with his Mama. She rules the roost and dispenses advice to everyone who'll listen—no one at Oscar's Barbershop is spared from Mama's wisdom. And they wouldn't have it any other way.
To Sleep with Anger
An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.
New Moon
A revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.
New York, New York
An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.
The Day of the Locust
Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.
Going Places
A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.
When a Stranger Calls
A student babysitter has her evening disturbed when the phone rings. So begins a series of increasingly terrifying and threatening calls that lead to a shocking revelation.
Filmography
as Man in Audience #2
as Older Man
as Fred Jenkins
as Concierge
as Cut Man
as Fred
as Pinochle Player
as Officer #1
as Zebulon
as Janitor
as Porter
as Apollo's Corner
as Shoe Shine Boy
as Josh
as Samson's Street People
as Charlie Pritchard (uncredited)
as Cabbie
as Koango (archive footage) (uncredited)
as 'Shadow', Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Member
as Headless Man
as Tribesman
as Dancer
as Jackson
as Shoe-Shine
as South American Fire Dancer (uncredited)
as Dancer (uncredited)