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.
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Acting History
2000
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' as Self
1988Cognac as Veljko Pantović
1979Valentine as Cosmo
1979Winter Kills as Captain Heller One
1977The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover as Alvin Karpis
1977The Incredible Hulk
1976Vigilante Force as Mayor Bradford
1976Law and Order as Patrolman Tierney
1975S.W.A.T.
1975Shampoo as Senator East
1973Kojak as Arnie Naylor
1973Jory as Jack
1970McCloud
1967Mannix
1966Mission: Impossible
1966Blindfold as Harrigan
1965Von Ryan's Express as Sergeant Bostick
1965Bus Riley's Back in Town as Wallace Slocum
1965None But the Brave as Sgt. Bleeker
1964Invitation to a Gunfighter as Kenarsie
1963Kings of the Sun as Ah Haleb
1963Johnny Cool as Lennart Crandall
1962Taras Bulba as Shilo
1961X-15 as Maj. Anthony Rinaldi
1961The George Raft Story as Benny Siegal
1961The Investigators as Simon Montserrat
1961Twenty Plus Two as Leroy Dane
1960The Magnificent Seven as Harry Luck
1960Surfside 6
1960The Aquanauts as Carney
196013 Fighting Men as Maj. Simon Boyd
1959Vice Raid as Vince Malone
1959Mr. Lucky
1959Hawaiian Eye
1959Bourbon Street Beat
1959Tightrope
1959Last Train from Gun Hill as Beero, Belden Foreman
195877 Sunset Strip
1958Bat Masterson as Dallas Agate
1958Yancy Derringer as Charles Hammond
1958Behind Closed Doors
1958Bronco
1958Wanted: Dead or Alive as Stranger / Davis
1958Run Silent, Run Deep as Cartwright
1957Have Gun, Will Travel
1957Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Wilton Mills
1957The Oklahoman as Dobie
1956Between Heaven and Hell as Lt. Joe 'Little Joe' Johnson
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Cleland Ames
1956The Bottom of the Bottle as Stanley Miller
1955House of Bamboo as Capt. Hanson
1955Violent Saturday as Gil Clayton
1955Untamed as Lt. Christian
1954Climax! as Harvey Bozer
195399 River Street as Victor Rawlins
1953General Electric Theater as Jock Petrie
1952Macao as Vincent Halloran
1952The Las Vegas Story as Tom Hubler
1951Fourteen Hours as Reporter (uncredited)
1950The Asphalt Jungle as Bob Brannom
1947Sinbad the Sailor as Muallin
1946Heldorado as Alec Baxter (as Barry Mitchell)
1944Winged Victory as Jack Browning (uncredited)