Frank De Kova real name, Frank Campanella, was a Italian-American born in Johnstown, PA, of Sicilian descent. The family later moved to New York City, New York in 1910. After receiving a M.A. in English from Columia University where he was training to become a English teacher, he soon developed a love of acting and the West.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Guest starring as Brower
- Episode 5x15: The Craftsman (Jan 8, 1979)
Guest starring as Chief Kilowatt
- Episode 6x07: The Halloween Dream (Oct 29, 1979)
It Takes a Thief (1968)
Guest starring as General Tashkov
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x08: Hans Across the Border (2) (Nov 19, 1968) [Co-Star]
- Episode 2x07: Hans Across the Border (1) (Nov 12, 1968) [Co-Star]
The FBI (1965)
Guest starring as Dracus
- Episode 9x11: The Bought Jury (Dec 16, 1973)
Guest starring as Faber
- Episode 8x25: Night of the Long Knives (Mar 25, 1973)
F Troop (1965)
Starring as Chief Wild Eagle
(63 episodes)
- Episode 2x31: Is This Fort Really Necessary? (Apr 6, 1967)
- Episode 2x30: Our Brave in F Troop (Mar 30, 1967)
- Episode 2x29: The Majority of Wilton (Mar 23, 1967)
- Episode 2x28: Carpetbagging, Anyone? (Mar 16, 1967)
- Episode 2x27: Marriage, Fort Courage Style (Mar 9, 1967)
- Episode 2x26: Guns, Guns, Who's Got the Guns? (Mar 2, 1967)
- Episode 2x25: Only One Russian is Coming! Only One Russian is Coming! (Feb 23, 1967)
- Episode 2x24: The Day They Shot Agarn (Feb 16, 1967)
- Episode 2x23: That's Show Biz (Feb 9, 1967)
- Episode 2x22: V is for Vampire (Feb 2, 1967)
- Episode 2x21: A Horse of Another Color (Jan 26, 1967)
- Episode 2x20: What Are You Doing After the Massacre? (Jan 19, 1967)
- Episode 2x19: The Sergeant and the Kid (Jan 12, 1967)
- Episode 2x18: From Karate with Love (Jan 5, 1967)
- Episode 2x17: The Loco Brothers (Dec 29, 1966)
- Episode 2x16: Bring on the Dancing Girls (Dec 22, 1966)
- Episode 2x15: Survival of the Fittest (Dec 15, 1966)
- Episode 2x14: The Return of Wrongo Starr (Dec 8, 1966)
- Episode 2x13: Wilton the Kid (Dec 1, 1966)
- Episode 2x12: La Dolce Courage (Nov 24, 1966)
- Episode 2x11: Miss Parmenter (Nov 17, 1966)
- Episode 2x10: For Whom the Bugle Tolls (Nov 10, 1966)
- Episode 2x09: Did Your Father Come From Ireland? (Nov 3, 1966)
- Episode 2x08: The Ballot of Corporal Agarn (Oct 27, 1966)
- Episode 2x07: Yellow Bird (Oct 20, 1966)
- Episode 2x06: The West Goes Ghost (Oct 13, 1966)
- Episode 2x05: The Great Troop Robbery (Oct 6, 1966)
- Episode 2x04: Reach for the Sky, Pardner (Sep 29, 1966)
- Episode 2x03: Bye, Bye, Balloon (Sep 22, 1966)
- Episode 2x02: How to Be F Troop Without Really Trying (Sep 15, 1966)
- Episode 2x01: The Singing Mountie (Sep 8, 1966)
- Episode 1x34: Will the Real Captain Try to Stand Up? (May 10, 1966)
- Episode 1x33: The Day the Indians Won (May 3, 1966)
- Episode 1x32: Lieutenant O'Rourke, Front and Center (Apr 26, 1966)
- Episode 1x31: A Fort's Best Friend is Not a Mother (Apr 19, 1966)
- Episode 1x30: Johnny Eagle Eye (Apr 12, 1966)
- Episode 1x29: Indian Fever (Apr 5, 1966)
- Episode 1x28: Too Many Cooks Spoil the Troop (Mar 29, 1966)
- Episode 1x27: Don't Ever Speak to Me Again (Mar 22, 1966)
- Episode 1x26: Captain Parmenter, One Man Army (Mar 15, 1966)
- Episode 1x25: Reunion for O'Rourke (Mar 8, 1966)
- Episode 1x24: Play, Gypsy, Play (Mar 1, 1966)
- Episode 1x23: The Courtship of Wrangler Jane (Feb 22, 1966)
- Episode 1x22: Spy, Counterspy, Counter Counterspy (Feb 15, 1966)
- Episode 1x21: The New I.G. (Feb 8, 1966)
- Episode 1x20: Go for Broke (Jan 25, 1966)
- Episode 1x19: El Diablo (Jan 18, 1966)
- Episode 1x18: Wrongo Starr and the Lady in Black (Jan 11, 1966)
- Episode 1x17: Our Hero, What's His Name? (Jan 4, 1966)
- Episode 1x16: Iron Horse Go Home (Dec 28, 1965)
- Episode 1x15: Here Comes the Tribe (Dec 21, 1965)
- Episode 1x14: The 86 Proof Spring (Dec 14, 1965)
- Episode 1x13: O'Rourke vs. O'Reilly (Dec 7, 1965)
- Episode 1x12: Honest Injun (Nov 30, 1965)
- Episode 1x11: A Gift From the Chief (Nov 23, 1965)
- Episode 1x09: Me Heap Big Injun (Nov 9, 1965)
- Episode 1x08: Old Iron Pants (Nov 2, 1965)
- Episode 1x07: The Girl From Philadelphia (Oct 26, 1965)
- Episode 1x06: Dirge for the Scourge (Oct 19, 1965)
- Episode 1x05: The Return of Bald Eagle (Oct 12, 1965)
- Episode 1x03: The Phantom Major (Sep 28, 1965)
- Episode 1x02: Don't Look Now but One of Our Cannons is Missing (Sep 21, 1965)
- Episode 1x01: Scourge of the West (Pilot) (Sep 14, 1965)
Daniel Boone (1964)
Guest starring as Saugus
- Episode 1x24: Four-Leaf Clover (Mar 25, 1965)
Guest starring as Talakum
- Episode 1x07: The Sound of Wings (Nov 12, 1964)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
Guest starring as Joseph
- Episode 1x16: Corsicans Don't Cry (Jan 14, 1964)
The Untouchables (1959)
Guest starring as Louis 'Little New York' Campagna
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x28: The Frank Nitti Story (Apr 28, 1960)
- Episode 1x21: The Unhired Assassin (2) (Mar 3, 1960)
Guest starring as The Man
- Episode 3x20: The Maggie Storm Story (Mar 29, 1962)
The Third Man (1959)
Guest starring as Arlatti
- Episode 1x09: A Question of Price (Nov 27, 1959)
Guest starring as Juan Rodriguez
- Episode 3x06: The Day of the Bullfighter (Aug 22, 1964)
Wagon Train (1957)
Guest starring as Indian Chief
- Episode 3x21: The Tom Tuckett Story (Mar 2, 1960) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as True Oak
- Episode 1x07: The Emily Rossiter Story (Oct 30, 1957) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Obuki
- Episode 2x25: The Sister Rita Story (Mar 25, 1959) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Running Bear
(2 episodes)
- Episode 5x26: The George B. Hanrahan Story (Mar 28, 1962)
- Episode 1x18: The Gabe Carswell Story (Jan 15, 1958) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as Ocheo
- Episode 2x36: The Rodney Lawrence Story (Jun 10, 1959) [Co-Star]
Guest starring as The Arapahoe Chief
- Episode 5x13: Clyde (Dec 27, 1961) [Co-Star]
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957)
Guest starring as Ottawa Chief
- Episode 1x01: Hawkeye's Homecoming (Apr 3, 1957)
Cheyenne (1955)
Guest starring as Dull Knife
- Episode 4x08: Gold, Glory and Custer - Requiem (2) (Jan 11, 1960)
Guest starring as Sitting Bull
- Episode 2x20: The Broken Pledge (Jun 4, 1957)
Guest starring as Spotted Bull
- Episode 6x03: Cross Purpose (Oct 9, 1961)
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954)
Guest starring as Culebra
- Episode 3x37: Swanson's Choice (May 31, 1957)