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DeForest Covan

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American actor (1917-2007)

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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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Filmography 25

Rocky1976 · ★ 7.8
New York, New York1977 · ★ 6.5
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie1980 · ★ 6.0
When a Stranger Calls1979 · ★ 6.2
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens1979 · ★ 5.3
The Night Before1988 · ★ 6.2
The Day of the Locust1975 · ★ 6.4
One Good Cop1991 · ★ 5.7
The Incredible Melting Man1977 · ★ 4.6
To Sleep with Anger1990 · ★ 6.8
Too Hot to Handle1938
Black Samson1974
Body and Soul1981
New Moon1940
Going Places1938
Chasing Trouble1940
Drums of the Desert1940
A Dream for Christmas1973
Midnight Lace1981
Mr. Washington Goes to Town1942
The Singing Kid1936
Take My Life1942
Living Between Two Worlds1963
The Claw Monsters1966
No Time for Romance1948

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Television 4

Martin1992
Kojak1973
Medical Story1975
That's My Mama1974

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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. 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).

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United States
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Actors
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Actor
Status
deceased
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Lived 1917 to 2007 · aged 89
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