DeForest Covan
DeForest Covan | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 9, 1917 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | September 8, 2007 (aged 89) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | actor, dancer, entertainer |
| Years active | 1936–1994 |
DeForest Covan (September 9, 1917 - September 8, 2007) was an American actor, dancer, and former black vaudeville performer. From his first film appearance in 1936, in The Singing Kid, his acting career stretched to the 1990s. In early 1978, he appeared in two episodes of the TV series, Good Times. First, as Reverend Beasley in the episode, "Something Old, Something New", and again as the character, Shorty, in the episode titled, "Write On, Thelma". Other appearances included Martin (1993) and NYPD Blue (1993).[1][2]
Partial filmography[edit]
- The Singing Kid (1936) - Dancer (uncredited)
- Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937) - Little Bill (uncredited)
- A Day at the Races (1937) - Black Singer (uncredited)
- Every Day's a Holiday (1937) - Dancer (uncredited)
- Too Hot to Handle (1938) - South American Fire Dancer (uncredited)
- Going Places (1938) - Shoe-Shine (uncredited)
- Boy Slaves (1939) - Pinkie (uncredited)
- St. Louis Blues (1939) - Dancer (uncredited)
- Pride of the Blue Grass (1939) - Blackie (uncredited)
- Chasing Trouble (1940) - Jackson (uncredited)
- New Moon (1940) - Dancer (uncredited)
- South of Suez (1940) - Bita (uncredited)
- Mr. Washington Goes to Town (1941) - Short Man
- Jungle Drums of Africa (1953) - Native Tribesman (uncredited)
- Carmen Jones (1954) - Trainer (uncredited)
- Panther Girl of the Kongo (1955) - Koango (uncredited)
- Pork Chop Hill (1959) - U.S. Soldier (uncredited)
- Black Samson (1974) - Samson's Street People
- The Day of the Locust (1975) - Shoe Shine Boy
- Rocky (1976) - Apollo's Corner #1
- New York, New York (1977) - Porter
- The Incredible Melting Man (1977) - Janitor
- Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979) - Zebulon
- When a Stranger Calls (1979) - Officer #1
- Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980) - Pinochle Player
- Evilspeak (1981) - Janitor
- Body and Soul (1981) - Cut Man
- Honkytonk Man (1982) - Gravedigger
- The Night Before (1988) - Concierge
- To Sleep with Anger (1990) - Fred Jenkins
- One Good Cop (1991) - Older Man
References[edit]
- ^ "Something Old, Something New". IMDb. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "Write On, Thelma". IMDb. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
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