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Roger De Koven(1907-1988)

  • Actor
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Roger De Koven in The Flying Nun (1967)
A character actor, known for English and European stage plays, however, little is known about his screen roles. Roger De Koven has also acted in Broadway plays and stage plays in America, he is best known for spending 20 years in the soap opera _"Days of our Lives" (1961)_ and also co-starred in Oliver Stone's 1974 film Seizure (1974). After co-starring with Robin Williams in Seize the Day (1986) in 1986, De Koven died of natural causes at the tender age of 80.
BornOctober 22, 1907
DiedJanuary 28, 1988(80)
BornOctober 22, 1907
DiedJanuary 28, 1988(80)
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Known for

Days of Our Lives (1965)
Days of Our Lives
5.3
TV Series
  • Dr. Jim Spencer
Marina Berti, Tom Ewell, and David Wayne in Up Front (1951)
Up Front
7.1
  • Sabatelli
  • 1951
Lights Out (1946)
Lights Out
6.9
TV Series
  • Actor
Bill Cosby and Robert Culp in I Spy (1965)
I Spy
7.2
TV Series
  • Soronnis

Credits

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  • Seize the Day (1986)
    Seize the Day
    5.8
    • Fischer
    • 1986
  • Great Performances (1971)
    Great Performances
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Colonel Kottwitz
    • 1977
  • Seizure (1974)
    Seizure
    4.7
    • Serge Kahn
    • 1974
  • Honor Thy Father (1973)
    Honor Thy Father
    5.2
    TV Movie
    • William P. Maloney (uncredited)
    • 1973
  • Sally Field in The Flying Nun (1967)
    The Flying Nun
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Roberto Sanchez
    • Farmer
    • 1969
  • Days of Our Lives (1965)
    Days of Our Lives
    5.3
    TV Series
    • Dr. Jim Spencer
    • 1968–1969
  • Bill Cosby and Robert Culp in I Spy (1965)
    I Spy
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Soronnis
    • 1967
  • Raymond Burr and Barbara Sigel in Ironside (1967)
    Ironside
    6.9
    TV Series
    • General
    • 1967
  • Leif Erickson, Linda Cristal, Henry Darrow, Cameron Mitchell, and Mark Slade in The High Chaparral (1967)
    The High Chaparral
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Rudolpho
    • 1967
  • Alfred Hitchcock in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Nate
    • 1962
  • Carroll Baker and Ralph Meeker in Something Wild (1961)
    Something Wild
    6.7
    • Bit Part (uncredited)
    • 1961
  • Ben Casey (1961)
    Ben Casey
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Joe Dakoplan
    • 1961
  • Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Dr. Karlweiss
    • 1961
  • The Detectives (1959)
    The Detectives
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Hyssop
    • 1961
  • The Power and the Glory (1961)
    The Power and the Glory
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • The Corporal
    • 1961

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Roger DeKoven
  • Born
    • October 22, 1907
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • January 28, 1988
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared (as "Anson"; Broadway debut) in "The Mystery Man" on Broadway. Melodrama. Written by Morris Ankrum and Vincent Duffey. Directed / produced by Gustav Blum. Nora Bayes Theatre: 26 Jan 1927-Apr 1927 (closing date unknown/100 performances). Cast: Cameron Clemens (as "Dr. Osborn"), Marjorie Dalton (as "Evelyn Wells"), Willard Dashiell (as "Mr. Prince"), Gail De Hart (as "Alice Prince"), Robert Farrell (as "Jerome Tuttle"), Oscar Hewes (as "Dixon"), John O. Hewitt (as "Ross"), Weldon Heyburn (as "Robert Wheeler"; Broadway debut), Allyn Joslyn (credited as Allyn Morgan Joslyn; as "Philip Jones"), Sizuo Kawata (as "Yogo"), George Lessey (as "Insp. Harrison"), Allan Nagle (as "Det. Clancy"), Reo Suga (as "Togo").

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  • Trivia
    De Koven was a voice-over regular on the popular 1930s radio series "Gangbusters" that featured weekly episodes based actual crime incidents. Each program ended with various descriptions of wanted criminals, many of whom were later arrested due to avid listener participation.

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