Brad Dexter
Born in Goldfield, Nevada, USA — Apr 09 1917• Died Dec 12 2002
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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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Mission: Impossible
Mannix
Have Gun, Will Travel
Climax!
Harvey Bozer
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Cleland Ames
Hawaiian Eye
The Incredible Hulk
Kojak
Arnie Naylor
McCloud
77 Sunset Strip
Bat Masterson
Dallas Agate
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Stranger / Davis
Surfside 6
Bronco
Tightrope
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Wilton Mills
Yancy Derringer
Charles Hammond
Mr. Lucky
Behind Closed Doors
The Magnificent Seven
Harry Luck
Bourbon Street Beat
S.W.A.T.
The Investigators
Simon Montserrat
The Aquanauts
Carney
Shampoo
Senator East
General Electric Theater
Jock Petrie
Von Ryan's Express
Sergeant Bostick
Last Train from Gun Hill
Beero, Belden Foreman
The Asphalt Jungle
Bob Brannom
Run Silent, Run Deep
Cartwright
Sinbad the Sailor
Muallin
Taras Bulba
Shilo
Winter Kills
Captain Heller One
Fourteen Hours
Reporter (uncredited)
Kings of the Sun
Ah Haleb
Skag
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The Oklahoman
Dobie
The George Raft Story
Benny Siegal
Untamed
Lt. Christian
Winged Victory
Jack Browning (uncredited)
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
Self
Jory
Jack
Johnny Cool
Lennart Crandall
Lady Sings the Blues
Production
Valentine
Cosmo
Violent Saturday
Gil Clayton
X-15
Maj. Anthony Rinaldi
The Lawyer
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Macao
Vincent Halloran
99 River Street
Victor Rawlins
Twenty Plus Two
Leroy Dane
Heldorado
Alec Baxter (as Barry Mitchell)
None But the Brave
Sgt. Bleeker
House of Bamboo
Capt. Hanson
The Las Vegas Story
Tom Hubler
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Kenarsie
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Alvin Karpis
Blindfold
Harrigan
Bus Riley's Back in Town
Wallace Slocum
Between Heaven and Hell
Lt. Joe 'Little Joe' Johnson
Vigilante Force
Mayor Bradford
Law and Order
Patrolman Tierney
The Bottom of the Bottle
Stanley Miller
Little Fauss and Big Halsy
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Vice Raid
Vince Malone
Cognac
Veljko Pantović
13 Fighting Men
Maj. Simon Boyd