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DeForest Covan 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, with appearances in Martin (1993) and NYPD Blue (1993).
Born
Sunday, 09 September 1917
Died
Saturday, 08 September 2007
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| NYPD Blue | Mr. Mac | 1993 |
| Martin | Man in Audience #2 | 1992 |
| One Good Cop | Older Man | 1991 |
| To Sleep with Anger | Fred Jenkins | 1990 |
| Gabriel's Fire | Harry | 1990 |
| Equal Justice | Man in Crowd | 1990 |
| The Night Before | Concierge | 1988 |
| Honkytonk Man | Gravedigger | 1982 |
| Evilspeak | Janitor | 1981 |
| Body and Soul | Cut Man | 1981 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| NYPD Blue | Mr. Mac | 1993 |
| Martin | Man in Audience #2 | 1992 |
| One Good Cop | Older Man | 1991 |
| To Sleep with Anger | Fred Jenkins | 1990 |
| Gabriel's Fire | Harry | 1990 |
| Equal Justice | Man in Crowd | 1990 |
| The Night Before | Concierge | 1988 |
| Honkytonk Man | Gravedigger | 1982 |
| Evilspeak | Janitor | 1981 |
| Body and Soul | Cut Man | 1981 |
| Midnight Lace | Fred | 1981 |
| Cheech and Chong's Next Movie | Pinochle Player | 1980 |
| When a Stranger Calls | Officer #1 | 1979 |
| Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens | Zebulon | 1979 |
| The Incredible Melting Man | Janitor | 1977 |
| Carter Country | Minister | 1977 |
| New York, New York | Porter | 1977 |
| Rocky | Apollo's Corner | 1976 |
| The Day of the Locust | Shoe Shine Boy | 1975 |
| Baretta | Markle | 1975 |
| That's My Mama | Josh | 1974 |
| Black Samson | Samson's Street People | 1974 |
| Apple's Way | Customer (Bill) | 1974 |
| Good Times | Shorty / Rev. Beasley | 1974 |
| Starry at the Christmas Joy | Charlie Pritchard | 1973 |
| Kojak | Cabbie | 1973 |
| Police Story | Shine Man | 1973 |
| Sanford and Son | Woodrow 'Woody' Anderson | 1972 |
| Living Between Two Worlds | Orderly | 1963 |
| Pork Chop Hill | U.S. Soldier | 1959 |
| Panther Girl of the Kongo | Koango | 1955 |
| Carmen Jones | Trainer | 1954 |
| Jungle Drums of Africa | Native Tribesman | 1953 |
| No Time for Romance | Charlie | 1948 |
| Take My Life | 'Shadow', Harlem Tuff-Kid Gang Member | 1942 |
| Mr. Washington Goes to Town | Short Man | 1941 |
| South of Suez | Bita | 1940 |
| Drums of the Desert | Tribesman | 1940 |
| New Moon | Dancer | 1940 |
| Chasing Trouble | Jackson | 1940 |
| Pride of the Blue Grass | Blackie | 1939 |
| Reform School | Bill | 1939 |
| King of the Turf | 1939 | |
| St. Louis Blues | Dancer | 1939 |
| Boy Slaves | Pinkie | 1939 |
| Going Places | Shoe-Shine | 1938 |
| Too Hot to Handle | South American Fire Dancer | 1938 |
| Every Day's a Holiday | Dancer | 1937 |
| A Day at the Races | Black Singer | 1937 |
| Nancy Steele Is Missing! | Little Bill | 1937 |
| The Singing Kid | Dancer | 1936 |
