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DeForest Covan(1917-2007)

  • Actor
  • Production Manager
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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DeForest Covan
DeForest Covan was born on 9 September 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and production manager, known for Rocky (1976), Sanford and Son (1972) and The Bus Is Coming (1971). He died on 8 September 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornSeptember 9, 1917
DiedSeptember 8, 2007(89)
BornSeptember 9, 1917
DiedSeptember 8, 2007(89)
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Known for

Sylvester Stallone and Talia Shire in Rocky (1976)
Rocky
8.1
  • Apollo's Corner
  • 1976
Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson in Sanford and Son (1972)
Sanford and Son
7.9
TV Series
  • Woodrow 'Woody' Anderson
The Bus Is Coming (1971)
The Bus Is Coming
5.7
  • Additional Crew
  • 1971
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
When a Stranger Calls
6.4
  • Officer #1(as De Forest Covan)
  • 1979

Credits

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  • Headless! (1994)
    Headless!
    6.1
    Short
    • 1994
  • NYPD Blue (1993)
    NYPD Blue
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Mr. Mac
    • 1993
  • Martin Lawrence, Tichina Arnold, Tisha Campbell, Thomas Mikal Ford, and Carl Anthony Payne II in Martin (1992)
    Martin
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Man in Audience #2
    • 1993
  • Michael Keaton in One Good Cop (1991)
    One Good Cop
    5.8
    • Older Man
    • 1991
  • Gabriel's Fire (1990)
    Gabriel's Fire
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Harry
    • 1990–1991
  • Sarah Jessica Parker, Debrah Farentino, James Wilder, George DiCenzo, Jane Kaczmarek, Kathleen Lloyd, Barry Miller, Joe Morton, and Jon Tenney in Equal Justice (1990)
    Equal Justice
    6.0
    TV Series
    • Man in Crowd
    • 1990
  • To Sleep with Anger (1990)
    To Sleep with Anger
    7.1
    • Fred Jenkins (as DeForest Coven)
    • 1990
  • Keanu Reeves and Lori Loughlin in The Night Before (1988)
    The Night Before
    6.1
    • Concierge (as De Forest Covan)
    • 1988
  • Clint Eastwood and Kyle Eastwood in Honkytonk Man (1982)
    Honkytonk Man
    6.6
    • Gravedigger
    • 1982
  • Muhammad Ali, Michael V. Gazzo, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Jayne Kennedy, and Perry Lang in Body and Soul (1981)
    Body and Soul
    4.7
    • Cut Man (as DeForrest Covan)
    • 1981
  • Evilspeak (1981)
    Evilspeak
    5.6
    • Janitor
    • 1981
  • Mary Crosby in Midnight Lace (1981)
    Midnight Lace
    5.2
    TV Movie
    • Fred
    • 1981
  • Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980)
    Cheech and Chong's Next Movie
    6.0
    • Pinochle Player
    • 1980
  • When a Stranger Calls (1979)
    When a Stranger Calls
    6.4
    • Officer #1 (as De Forest Covan)
    • 1979
  • Victor French and Kene Holiday in Carter Country (1977)
    Carter Country
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Minister
    • 1979

Production Manager



  • Deliver Us from Evil (1975)
    Deliver Us from Evil
    5.0
    • unit manager
    • 1975
  • Living Between Two Worlds
    • production supervisor
    • 1963

Second Unit or Assistant Director



  • Tough (1974)
    Tough
    6.0
    • second assistant director
    • 1974

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • De Forest Covan
  • Born
    • September 9, 1917
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • September 8, 2007
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)

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  • Trivia
    Nephew of vaudeville dancer Willie Covan.

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