Frank De Kova

Frank De Kova

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 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse: 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.

  • Npe: Frank De Kova
  • Cov Nrov: 11.143
  • Paub Txog: Acting
  • Hnub yug: 1910-03-17
  • Qhov chaw yug: New York City, New York, USA
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Frank De Kova Movies

  • 1965
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    The Greatest Story Ever Told

    The Greatest Story Ever Told

    6.374 1965 HD

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  • 1947
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    Kiss of Death

    Kiss of Death

    7 1947 HD

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  • 1973
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    Heavy Traffic

    Heavy Traffic

    6.4 1973 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Jayhawkers!

    The Jayhawkers!

    5.9 1959 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Ten Commandments

    The Ten Commandments

    7.8 1956 HD

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  • 1982
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    Hey Good Lookin'

    Hey Good Lookin'

    5.6 1982 HD

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  • 1953
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    Split Second

    Split Second

    6.231 1953 HD

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  • 1952
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    Holiday for Sinners

    Holiday for Sinners

    5.5 1952 HD

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  • 1961
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    Atlantis: The Lost Continent

    Atlantis: The Lost Continent

    5.2 1961 HD

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  • 1981
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    American Pop

    American Pop

    6.837 1981 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Slams

    The Slams

    6.2 1973 HD

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  • 1975
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    Crossfire

    Crossfire

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1965
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    Those Calloways

    Those Calloways

    6.3 1965 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

    The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

    5.8 1960 HD

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  • 1955
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    Shack Out on 101

    Shack Out on 101

    5.9 1955 HD

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  • 1958
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    Machine-Gun Kelly

    Machine-Gun Kelly

    5.7 1958 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Brothers Karamazov

    The Brothers Karamazov

    6.6 1958 HD

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  • 1953
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    Arrowhead

    Arrowhead

    5.9 1953 HD

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  • 1959
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    Day of the Outlaw

    Day of the Outlaw

    6.793 1959 HD

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  • 1957
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    Appointment with a Shadow

    Appointment with a Shadow

    5.4 1957 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Sword of Ali Baba

    The Sword of Ali Baba

    5.8 1965 HD

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  • 1953
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    King of the Khyber Rifles

    King of the Khyber Rifles

    5.7 1953 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Man from Laramie

    The Man from Laramie

    7.2 1955 HD

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  • 1974
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    Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes

    Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes

    3.9 1974 HD

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  • 1975
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    Johnny Firecloud

    Johnny Firecloud

    5.4 1975 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Don Is Dead

    The Don Is Dead

    5.9 1973 HD

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  • 1953
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    Raiders of the Seven Seas

    Raiders of the Seven Seas

    5.7 1953 HD

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  • 1958
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    Teenage Cave Man

    Teenage Cave Man

    3.9 1958 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Lone Ranger

    The Lone Ranger

    6.1 1956 HD

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  • 1956
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    Pillars of the Sky

    Pillars of the Sky

    5.5 1956 HD

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  • 1954
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    Drum Beat

    Drum Beat

    6.1 1954 HD

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  • 1956
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    The White Squaw

    The White Squaw

    6.4 1956 HD

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  • 1956
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    Johnny Moccasin

    Johnny Moccasin

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Big Sky

    The Big Sky

    6.511 1952 HD

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  • 1956
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    Reprisal!

    Reprisal!

    7.2 1956 HD

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  • 1956
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    Santiago

    Santiago

    5.1 1956 HD

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  • 1953
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    Fighter Attack

    Fighter Attack

    4.5 1953 HD

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  • 1953
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    The Desert Song

    The Desert Song

    6.5 1953 HD

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  • 1953
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    All the Brothers Were Valiant

    All the Brothers Were Valiant

    5.9 1953 HD

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  • 1955
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    Hold Back Tomorrow

    Hold Back Tomorrow

    6.3 1955 HD

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  • 1958
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    Cowboy

    Cowboy

    6.3 1958 HD

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  • 1978
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    Cat in the Cage

    Cat in the Cage

    2.5 1978 HD

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  • 1955
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    Strange Lady in Town

    Strange Lady in Town

    4.5 1955 HD

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  • 1962
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    Follow That Dream

    Follow That Dream

    6.1 1962 HD

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  • 1954
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    They Rode West

    They Rode West

    6.3 1954 HD

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  • 1954
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    Passion

    Passion

    5.2 1954 HD

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  • 1957
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    Ride Out for Revenge

    Ride Out for Revenge

    5.5 1957 HD

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  • 1957
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    Run of the Arrow

    Run of the Arrow

    6.2 1957 HD

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  • 1958
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    Apache Territory

    Apache Territory

    6.4 1958 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Wild Country

    The Wild Country

    6 1970 HD

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  • 1980
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    Mafia on the Bounty

    Mafia on the Bounty

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Mechanic

    The Mechanic

    6.7 1972 HD

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  • 1967
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    The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle

    The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1975
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    Coonskin

    Coonskin

    6 1975 HD

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  • 1957
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    Not One Shall Die

    Not One Shall Die

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1954
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    Valley of the Kings

    Valley of the Kings

    4.8 1954 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Gallant Men

    The Gallant Men

    6 1962 HD

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  • 1958
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    77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

    6.7 1958 HD

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  • 1955
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    Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

    5.8 1955 HD

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  • 1977
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    The Incredible Hulk

    The Incredible Hulk

    7.2 1977 HD

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  • 1965
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    F Troop

    F Troop

    6.1 1965 HD

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  • 1974
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    Little House on the Prairie

    Little House on the Prairie

    7.962 1974 HD

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  • 1963
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    Kraft Suspense Theatre

    Kraft Suspense Theatre

    5.3 1963 HD

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  • 1965
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    The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

    5.4 1965 HD

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  • 1968
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    Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

    7.1 1968 HD

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  • 1960
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    Route 66

    Route 66

    6.4 1960 HD

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  • 1975
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    Baretta

    Baretta

    6.4 1975 HD

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  • 1960
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    Surfside 6

    Surfside 6

    5 1960 HD

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  • 1955
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    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

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  • 1971
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    Cannon

    Cannon

    6.5 1971 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Islanders

    The Islanders

    8 1960 HD

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  • 1959
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    Johnny Staccato

    Johnny Staccato

    5.6 1959 HD

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  • 1974
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    Run, Joe, Run

    Run, Joe, Run

    6.2 1974 HD

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  • 1960
    imgS2 E38

    The Tall Man

    The Tall Man

    6.3 1960 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Swiss Family Robinson

    The Swiss Family Robinson

    6.4 1975 HD

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  • 1955
    imgS7 E39

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.7 1955 HD

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  • 1963
    imgS1 E30

    The Greatest Show on Earth

    The Greatest Show on Earth

    5 1963 HD

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  • 1960
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    Outlaws

    Outlaws

    6.2 1960 HD

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  • 1959
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    The Lawless Years

    The Lawless Years

    7 1959 HD

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  • 1959
    imgS8 E13

    Rawhide

    Rawhide

    7.1 1959 HD

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  • 1974
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    Police Woman

    Police Woman

    6.2 1974 HD

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  • 1964
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    Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

    6.9 1964 HD

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  • 1973
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    Police Story

    Police Story

    7.1 1973 HD

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  • 1967
    imgS4 E18

    The High Chaparral

    The High Chaparral

    6.5 1967 HD

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  • 1960
    imgS2 E30

    Thriller

    Thriller

    6.4 1960 HD

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  • 1958
    imgS3 E38

    Peter Gunn

    Peter Gunn

    6.5 1958 HD

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  • 1954
    imgS5 E26

    The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

    The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

    6.944 1954 HD

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  • 1959
    imgS1 E37

    The Alaskans

    The Alaskans

    5.5 1959 HD

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  • 1957
    imgS1 E39

    Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

    Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

    4.8 1957 HD

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  • 1959
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    Black Saddle

    Black Saddle

    6 1959 HD

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  • 1959
    imgS2 E40

    The Rebel

    The Rebel

    5.3 1959 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Dakotas

    The Dakotas

    5.7 1963 HD

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  • 1958
    imgS5 E26

    The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

    7 1958 HD

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  • 1961
    imgS5 E26

    Ben Casey

    Ben Casey

    5.7 1961 HD

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  • 1959
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    Laramie

    Laramie

    6.4 1959 HD

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  • 1973
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    Toma

    Toma

    7.8 1973 HD

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  • 1956
    imgS1 E26

    Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

    Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers

    5 1956 HD

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  • 1959
    imgS3 E29

    The Detectives

    The Detectives

    5.6 1959 HD

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  • 1960
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    The Roaring 20's

    The Roaring 20's

    1 1960 HD

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  • 1957
    imgS5 E13

    Maverick

    Maverick

    6.8 1957 HD

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  • 1955
    imgS7 E13

    Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

    5.8 1955 HD

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  • 1957
    imgS8 E26

    Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

    6.4 1957 HD

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  • 1959
    imgS4 E30

    The Untouchables

    The Untouchables

    7.9 1959 HD

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  • 1959
    imgS4 E24

    Hawaiian Eye

    Hawaiian Eye

    5.2 1959 HD

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  • 1959
    imgS4 E30

    The Untouchables

    The Untouchables

    7.9 1959 HD

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  • 1959
    imgS4 E30

    The Untouchables

    The Untouchables

    7.9 1959 HD

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  • 1965
    imgS2 E31

    F Troop

    F Troop

    6.1 1965 HD

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  • 1965
    imgS9 E23

    The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

    5.4 1965 HD

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  • 1955
    imgS20 E24

    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

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  • 1955
    imgS7 E13

    Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

    5.8 1955 HD

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  • 1955
    imgS20 E24

    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

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  • 1957
    imgS2 E6

    The Walter Winchell File

    The Walter Winchell File

    5 1957 HD

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  • 1964
    imgS6 E26

    Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

    6.9 1964 HD

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  • 1959
    imgS3 E12

    The Third Man

    The Third Man

    6.667 1959 HD

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  • 1955
    imgS7 E39

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.7 1955 HD

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  • 1959
    imgS4 E30

    The Untouchables

    The Untouchables

    7.9 1959 HD

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  • 1974
    imgS6 E12

    The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

    7.5 1974 HD

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  • 1957
    imgS8 E26

    Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

    6.4 1957 HD

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  • 1957
    imgS8 E26

    Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

    6.4 1957 HD

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  • 1958
    imgS6 E20

    77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

    6.7 1958 HD

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  • 1958
    imgS6 E20

    77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

    6.7 1958 HD

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  • 1949
    imgS4 E61

    Martin Kane, Private Eye

    Martin Kane, Private Eye

    5 1949 HD

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  • 1958
    imgS5 E26

    The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

    7 1958 HD

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  • 1959
    imgS2 E37

    The Deputy

    The Deputy

    6.2 1959 HD

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  • 1959
    imgS4 E30

    The Untouchables

    The Untouchables

    7.9 1959 HD

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  • 1955
    imgS7 E13

    Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

    5.8 1955 HD

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  • 1959
    imgS4 E30

    The Untouchables

    The Untouchables

    7.9 1959 HD

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  • 1974
    imgS4 E22

    Police Woman

    Police Woman

    6.2 1974 HD

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  • 1969
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    Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

    5.8 1969 HD

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