Brad Dexter
Born: 1917-04-09 in Goldfield, Nevada, USA
Died: 2002-12-12
Known For: Acting
Biography
Brad Dexter (born Veljko Soso; April 9, 1917 – December 12, 2002) was an American actor and film producer. He is known for tough-guy and western roles including the 1960 film The Magnificent Seven (1960) and producing several films for Sidney J. Furie such as Lady Sings the Blues. He is also known for a short marriage to Peggy Lee, a friendship with Marilyn Monroe and for saving Frank Sinatra from drowning. Known as a nice guy off screen, Dexter's tough-guy roles contrasted with his easy going and friendly personality.
Filmography
2000
1988
- Cognac as Veljko Pantović
1980
- Skag ... (Producer)
1979
- Winter Kills as Captain Heller One
- Valentine as Cosmo
1977
- The Incredible Hulk
- The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover as Alvin Karpis
1976
- Vigilante Force as Mayor Bradford
- Law and Order as Patrolman Tierney
1972
- Lady Sings the Blues ... (Producer)
1970
- McCloud
- The Lawyer ... (Producer)
- Little Fauss and Big Halsy ... (Executive Producer)
1967
1966
- Mission: Impossible
- Blindfold as Harrigan
1965
- None But the Brave as Sgt. Bleeker
- Von Ryan's Express as Sergeant Bostick
- Bus Riley's Back in Town as Wallace Slocum
1964
- Invitation to a Gunfighter as Kenarsie
1963
- Johnny Cool as Lennart Crandall
- Kings of the Sun as Ah Haleb
1962
- Taras Bulba as Shilo
1961
- X-15 as Maj. Anthony Rinaldi
- The George Raft Story as Benny Siegal
- The Investigators as Simon Montserrat
- Twenty Plus Two as Leroy Dane
1960
- The Magnificent Seven as Harry Luck
- Surfside 6
- The Aquanauts as Carney
- 13 Fighting Men as Maj. Simon Boyd
1959
- Hawaiian Eye
- Mr. Lucky
- Last Train from Gun Hill as Beero, Belden Foreman
- Bourbon Street Beat
- Tightrope
- Vice Raid as Vince Malone
1958
- Wanted: Dead or Alive as Stranger / Davis
- Bat Masterson as Dallas Agate
- 77 Sunset Strip
- Bronco
- Run Silent, Run Deep as Cartwright
- Yancy Derringer as Charles Hammond
- Behind Closed Doors
1957
- Have Gun, Will Travel
- The Oklahoman as Dobie
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Wilton Mills
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Cleland Ames
- The Bottom of the Bottle as Stanley Miller
- Between Heaven and Hell as Lt. Joe 'Little Joe' Johnson
1955
- Untamed as Lt. Christian
- Violent Saturday as Gil Clayton
- House of Bamboo as Capt. Hanson
1954
- Climax! as Harvey Bozer
1953
- 99 River Street as Victor Rawlins
- General Electric Theater as Jock Petrie
1952
- Macao as Vincent Halloran
- The Las Vegas Story as Tom Hubler
1951
- Fourteen Hours as Reporter (uncredited)
1950
- The Asphalt Jungle as Bob Brannom
1947
- Sinbad the Sailor as Muallin
1946
- Heldorado as Alec Baxter (as Barry Mitchell)
1944
- Winged Victory as Jack Browning (uncredited)