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- Frank DeKova parlayed a sinister scowl, piercing eyes and an all-around menacing attitude into a long career of playing cold-blooded trigger-men, rampaging Indian chiefs, brutal Mexican army officers and the like. So it would probably come as a shock to those who know his work to discover that, before he became an actor, he was--of all things--a schoolteacher.
Born in New York in 1910, DeKova gave up teaching for the stage, and played in many Shakespearean productions before getting work on Broadway. One of his first starring roles was in the classic detective play "Detective Story", which got him noticed and brought to Hollywood. He debuted in Viva Zapata! (1952) as the devious Mexican colonel who sets up Zapata's assassination. For the next several years he played an assortment of gangsters, killers, gunfighters and Indians--with time out to play a prehistoric patriarch in Roger Corman's campy Teenage Cave Man (1958)--and did much television work, including a standout job as a Mafia hit-man assigned to kill Elliot Ness in The Untouchables: Part 1 (1959). The role for which he will be most remembered, however, is probably the one that was his most atypical: the scheming, somewhat untrustworthy but very funny Hekawi Chief Wild Eagle, the partner to Forrest Tucker's Sgt. O'Rourke in O'Rourke's various schemes to make money, in the western comedy series F Troop (1965). He showed a previously unknown talent for comedy and managed to steal most of the scenes he was in from such veterans as Tucker and Larry Storch. He died in his sleep in 1981. - Kendall McComas was born on 29 October 1916 in Holton, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Readin' and Writin' (1932), Choo-Choo! (1932) and Mickey's Whirlwinds (1930). He died on 15 October 1981 in Lake Isabella, California, USA.
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Zoltán Huszárik was born on 14 May 1931 in Domony, Hungary. He was a director and writer, known for Sinbad (1971), Elégia (1966) and Tisztelet az öregasszonyoknak (1971). He was married to Ildikó Móger, Anna Nagy and Melczer, Annamária. He died on 15 October 1981 in Budapest, Hungary.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Håkan Westergren was born on 29 April 1899 in Solna, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Secrets of Women (1952), Säg det i toner (1929) and Swedenhielms (1935). He was married to Inga Tidblad. He died on 15 October 1981 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Philip Fotheringham-Parker was born on 22 September 1907 in Beckenham, London, England, UK. He died on 15 October 1981 in Beckley, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Miklós Cserés was born on 2 February 1914 in Tiszaladány, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. Miklós was a writer, known for Szeptember (1964) and Egy ablak világít (1959). Miklós died on 15 October 1981 in Budapest, Hungary.- Oleg Balakin was born on 7 September 1938 in Saratov, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Ishchu cheloveka (1973), Konets imperatora taygi (1978) and Zakrytie sezona (1975). He died on 15 October 1981 in Balakovo, Saratov oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].