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.

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2026 Fall TV and Streaming Watch Guide

&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

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Streaming Stars, Then and Now

DeForest Covan, Monte Hawley, Eugene Jackson, Freddie Jackson, Eddie Lynn, Robert Webb, Paul White, The Harlem Tuff-Kids, and Jack Carter in Take My Life (1942)

Louise Beavers, DeForest Covan, Reginald Fenderson, Monte Hawley, Eugene Jackson, Freddie Jackson, Bob Simmons, and Eddie Lynn in Reform School (1939)

Louise Beavers, Jack Clisby, DeForest Covan, Nathan Curry, Reginald Fenderson, Harold Garrison, Alfred Grant, Milton Hall, Monte Hawley, Clifford Holland, Eugene Jackson, Freddie Jackson, Vernon McCalla, Dock McGill, Edward Patrick, Maceo Bruce Sheffield, Bob Simmons, Jewel Smith, Jack Spears, Edward Thompson, Edward Tony, Jack Winslowe, Thomas Sherman, Mark Spears, and Eddie Lynn in Reform School (1939)

Louise Beavers, DeForest Covan, Eugene Jackson, Freddie Jackson, and Eddie Lynn in Reform School (1939)

Sylvester Stallone and Talia Shire in Rocky (1976)

Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson in Sanford and Son (1972)

DeForest Covan(1917-2007)

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