DeForest Covan

DeForest Covan

Born: September 9, 1917
Died: September 8, 2007
in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Movies for DeForest Covan...

Title: Martin
Released: August 27, 1992
Type: TV
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.
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One Good Cop
Title: One Good Cop
Character: Older Man
Released: May 3, 1991
Type: Movie
When his partner is killed in the line of duty, Artie Lewis becomes the legal guardian of his three orphaned girls. But during his investigation of the case, Lewis finds his life – and that of his newfound family – on the line. That's when the guilty crime-lord comes face to face with one man's rage, one man's fury, one man's justice.
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To Sleep with Anger
Title: To Sleep with Anger
Character: Fred Jenkins
Released: October 12, 1990
Type: Movie
An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.
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The Night Before
Title: The Night Before
Character: Concierge
Released: April 15, 1988
Type: Movie
A popular beauty surprisingly asks a nerd to take her to the prom. He wakes up hours later in a sleazy alley. She's missing but he remembers nothing about it.
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Midnight Lace
Title: Midnight Lace
Character: Fred
Released: February 9, 1981
Type: Movie
A TV reporter is mercilessly stalked by a mysterious assassin in this remake of the 1960 Doris Day thriller.
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Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
Title: Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
Character: Pinochle Player
Released: July 18, 1980
Type: Movie
Perennially stoned Cheech and Chong tear through the city of Los Angeles, causing trouble wherever they go. After Cheech loses his job, the two pot enthusiasts head to the welfare offices where Cheech's girlfriend, Donna, works. Instead of collecting unemployment, they find themselves thrown back on the streets, searching for a way to earn new income. But when Cheech's cousin, "Red" Mendoza, arrives, things get even crazier.
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When a Stranger Calls
Title: When a Stranger Calls
Character: Officer #1
Released: September 28, 1979
Type: Movie
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.
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The Incredible Melting Man
Title: The Incredible Melting Man
Character: Janitor
Released: November 10, 1977
Type: Movie
An astronaut exposed to cosmic rays outside of Saturn's rings returns to Earth and begins to melt away. Escaping from the hospital, he wanders around the backwoods looking for human flesh to eat.
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Rocky
Title: Rocky
Character: Apollo's Corner
Released: November 21, 1976
Type: Movie
An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.
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The Day of the Locust
Title: The Day of the Locust
Character: Shoe Shine Boy
Released: May 7, 1975
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: That's My Mama
Character: Josh
Released: September 4, 1974
Type: TV
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.
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Black Samson
Title: Black Samson
Character: Samson's Street People
Released: August 14, 1974
Type: Movie
Noble nightclub owner Samson does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. When vicious mobster Johnny Nappa tries to muscle in on Samson's territory, Samson takes a brave stand against Nappa and his flunkies.
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A Dream for Christmas
Title: A Dream for Christmas
Character: Charlie Pritchard (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1973
Type: Movie
A Southern minister is assigned to a poor church in California where the congregation is drifting away and the church itself is scheduled for demolition.
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Title: Kojak
Character: Cabbie
Released: October 24, 1973
Type: TV
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
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The Claw Monsters
Title: The Claw Monsters
Character: Koango (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
An evil scientist in a remote jungle location cultivates giant crawfish (!) as a means of scaring trespassers away from his diamond mine. Condensed from one of the last Republic serials, "Panther Girl of the Congo". (1955).
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Take My Life
Title: Take My Life
Character: 'Shadow', Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Member
Released: July 3, 1942
Type: Movie
A well meaning Dr. lends his building to a group of neighborhood kids. When the neighbors learn that they are members Harlem tough -kid gang, they suspect that their operation there conducting nefarious deeds.
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Mr. Washington Goes to Town
Title: Mr. Washington Goes to Town
Character: Short Man
Released: May 9, 1942
Type: Movie
While serving time in county prison, Wallingford sees a story in the newspaper that his cellmate, Schenectady, has inherited a mansion from his recently deceased uncle. Hearing this, Schenectady dreams of luxury.
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Drums of the Desert
Title: Drums of the Desert
Character: Tribesman
Released: October 6, 1940
Type: Movie
On his way to a post as special adviser of the new parachute troops of the French Foreign Legion in Morocco, Paul Dumont meets the beautiful Helene on the ship. A romance ensues, but the two decide to part when Paul learns that Helene is the fiancée of his best friend and fellow officer Raoul. Raoul is wounded during an Arab attack and the wedding is postponed, and Helene and Paul are thrown together and find it impossible to hide their feelings. The meet in the tent of Hassan, a fortune teller, not knowing the tent is a storage place for arms and ammunition belonging to Addullah, an Arab leader determined to avenge the death of his brother Ben Ali.
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New Moon
Title: New Moon
Character: Dancer
Released: June 28, 1940
Type: Movie
A revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.
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Chasing Trouble
Title: Chasing Trouble
Character: Jackson
Released: January 30, 1940
Type: Movie
A delivery boy for a flower shop, who thinks of himself as an amateur detective, finds out that his boss is mixed up with a foreign espionage ring.
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Going Places
Title: Going Places
Character: Shoe-Shine
Released: December 31, 1938
Type: Movie
A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.
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The Singing Kid
Title: The Singing Kid
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Released: April 10, 1936
Type: Movie
Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl Ruth Haines, the pretty aunt of precocious little Sybil Haines.