- Films
- 47
- Avg rating
- 6.53
- Peak run
- 1955’57
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Frank by the numbers
Average
6.53
27 rated films
Vote weighted
6.58
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.77
rating spread
Career
44y
1938 to 1981
Total votes
228K
across every film
Best
7.9
The Ten Commandments
Worst
6.6
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Newest first
Filmography
| 1981 |  American Pop | Crisco | 7.2 | 6,248 |
| 1978 | Cat in the Cage | Rachid Khan | · | 253 |
| 1975 | Johnny Firecloud | White Eagle | · | 433 |
| 1974 | Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes | Big Tony | · | 421 |
| 1974 | Coonskin | Mannigan | 6.4 | 4,471 |
| 1973 | The Don Is Dead | · | 6.2 | 1,654 |
| 1973 | The Slams | Capiello | · | 381 |
| 1973 | Heavy Traffic | Angelo "Angie" Corleone | 6.5 | 4,260 |
| 1972 |  The Mechanic | The Man | 6.8 | 18,493 |
| 1970 | The Wild Country | Two Dog | · | 408 |
| 1965 |  The Greatest Story Ever Told | · | 6.6 | 13,636 |
| 1965 | Those Calloways | Nigosh | · | 944 |
| 1962 | Follow That Dream | Jack | 6.6 | 3,315 |
| 1961 | Atlantis: The Lost Continent | Sonoy | 5.5 | 2,371 |
| 1960 | The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond | Syndicate Chairman | 6.7 | 1,602 |
| 1959 | The Jayhawkers! | Evans | · | 876 |
| 1959 |  Day of the Outlaw | Denver | 7.3 | 5,103 |
| 1958 | Machine-Gun Kelly | Harry | 6.1 | 2,341 |
| 1958 | Apache Territory | Lugo | · | 753 |
| 1958 | Teenage Cave Man | The Black-Bearded One | 3.6 | 1,897 |
Better together?
Frank DeKova's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Roger Corman and Frank DeKova movies
Takes
On Frank DeKova
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