DeForest Covan
American actor (1917-2007) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 89
DeForest Covan was an American actor, dancer, and former black vaudeville performer. Starting with his first film appearance in The Singing Kid (1936), his acting career continued into the 1990s.
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MartinSeries, Man in Audience #21991
One Good CopFilm, Older Man1990
To Sleep with AngerFilm, Fred Jenkins1981
Body and SoulFilm, Cut Man1980
Cheech & Chong's Next MovieFilm, Pinochle Player1979
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-VixensFilm, Zebulon1976
RockyFilm, Apollo's Corner1975
Medical StorySeries, Patient in Robe
The Day of the LocustFilm, 1975Shoe Shine Boy1974
That's My MamaSeries, Josh
Black SamsonFilm, 1974Samson's Street People1973
KojakSeries, Cabbie
A Dream for ChristmasFilm, 1973Charlie Pritchard (uncredited)1963Living Between Two WorldsFilm, Orderly1948
No Time for RomanceFilm1942
Mr. Washington Goes to TownFilm, Headless Man1938
Going PlacesFilm, Shoe-Shine1936
The Singing KidFilm, Dancer (uncredited)1917Born9 September 1917People around DeForest
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Burgess Meredith Also in The Day of the Locust and Rocky
Otto Preminger Produced Carmen Jones (1954)
Dorothy Dandridge Also in Carmen Jones and Going Places
Robert Z. Leonard Produced New Moon (1940)
W. S. Van Dyke Directed New Moon (1940)
Alvin Childress Also in The Day of the Locust (1975)- George Memmoli Also in Rocky and New York, New York
Known for
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Rocky 1976
To Sleep with Anger 1990
New York, New York 1977
The Day of the Locust 1975
When a Stranger Calls 1979
Filmography 25
30 credits on file
Television 4
About this person
In 1973, he appeared in an episode of Sanford and Son as Woodrow Anderson, in that character's first appearance in the series. From 1974 to 1975, he held a recurring role on the first season of That's My Mama as a barbershop patron. In 1978, he appeared in two episodes of the television sitcom Good Times, as Reverend Beasley in the episode "Something Old, Something New", and as Shorty in the episode "Write On, Thelma". His other television appearances included Martin (1993) and NYPD Blue (1993).
