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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-04-09 (108 years old)

Place of Birth

Goldfield, Nevada, USA

Brad Dexter

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.

Known For

Acting

2000

1988

Cognac as Veljko Pantović

1979

Winter Kills as Captain Heller One
Valentine as Cosmo

1977

1976

Vigilante Force as Mayor Bradford
Law and Order as Patrolman Tierney

1975

Shampoo as Senator East

1973

Jory as Jack
Kojak as Arnie Naylor

1970

1967

1966

Blindfold as Harrigan

1965

Von Ryan's Express as Sergeant Bostick
None But the Brave as Sgt. Bleeker
Bus Riley's Back in Town as Wallace Slocum

1964

1963

Johnny Cool as Lennart Crandall
Kings of the Sun as Ah Haleb

1962

Taras Bulba as Shilo

1961

Twenty Plus Two as Leroy Dane
The George Raft Story as Benny Siegal
X-15 as Maj. Anthony Rinaldi

1960

The Magnificent Seven as Harry Luck
13 Fighting Men as Maj. Simon Boyd
The Aquanauts as Carney

1959

Vice Raid as Vince Malone
Last Train from Gun Hill as Beero, Belden Foreman

1958

Run Silent, Run Deep as Cartwright
Yancy Derringer as Charles Hammond
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Stranger / Davis
Bat Masterson as Dallas Agate

1957

The Oklahoman as Dobie

1956

The Bottom of the Bottle as Stanley Miller
Between Heaven and Hell as Lt. Joe 'Little Joe' Johnson

1955

House of Bamboo as Capt. Hanson
Violent Saturday as Gil Clayton
Untamed as Lt. Christian

1954

Climax! as Harvey Bozer

1953

99 River Street as Victor Rawlins

1952

The Las Vegas Story as Tom Hubler
Macao as Vincent Halloran

1951

Fourteen Hours as Reporter (uncredited)

1950

The Asphalt Jungle as Bob Brannom

1947

1946

Heldorado as Alec Baxter (as Barry Mitchell)

1944

Winged Victory as Jack Browning (uncredited)

Production

1980

Skag as Producer

1972

1970

The Lawyer as Producer
Little Fauss and Big Halsy as Executive Producer