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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 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.

Tiny Brauer was born on 26 June 1909 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West (1947), Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947) and Hop Harrigan America's Ace of the Airways (1946). He died on 19 March 1990 in Sepulveda, California, USA.

Paul Goldhammer was born on 18 December 1975 in the USA. Paul was a cinematographer, known for Hard Candy (2005), Bubba Ho-Tep (2002) and The Ladykillers (2004). Paul was married to Gretchen. Paul died on 13 January 2015 in Sepulveda Pass, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Carl Monson was born Carl Jay Williams on September 2, 1932 in Los Angeles County, California. Monson began his career in show business at the prestigious Pasadena Playhouse's School of Theatre. In 1964 Carl founded the critically acclaimed invitational playhouse the Curtain Call Theater in North Hollywood, California with his first wife Laura Shelton. Moreover, Monson also wrote, directed, and/or produced several low-budget exploitation movies as well as acted in a few films. In addition, Carl also founded and worked out of Bumblebee Productions with his second wife Tricia Kross. He died of heart failure at age 55 on August 4, 1988.

Maude George a character performer and few starring roles was often seen as a aristocratic lady in many silent drama films most often with the Universal Film Company from 1915 later she occasionally was seen working for the Vitagraph Film Company and also Goldwyn she never appeared in talkies. married actor Arthur Forde. died in California.

Bert Goodrich was born on 26 December 1906 in Arizona, USA. He was an actor, known for In Search of... (1976) and Men at Work (1941). He died on 6 December 1991 in Sepulveda, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Robert Herrick was born on 8 September 1897 in Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Dangerous Money (1924), The Healer (1935) and A Prairie Home Companion (2006). He died on 30 September 1982 in Sepulveda, California, USA.

Murray Yeats was born on 7 March 1909 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor. He was married to Marie Osborne. He died on 27 January 1975 in Sepulveda, California, USA.

Tom Melody was born on 13 October 1918 in Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for 2000 Years Later (1969). He died on 9 May 1992 in Sepulveda, California, USA.

Thomas Glynn was born on 9 November 1906 in California, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Amanita Pestilens (1963), Winter Blunderland (1950) and Briarcliffe Food Center (1950). He died on 14 August 1982 in Sepulveda, California, USA.