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, with appearances in Martin (1993) and NYPD Blue (1993).
Partial filmography
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
External Links
Actor DeForest Covan – Wikipedia
