Brad Dexter

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Brad Dexter

Acting April 9, 1917

Goldfield, Nevada, USA

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…

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The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

7.5 1960 Movie
Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

7.6 1966 TV Show
The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk

7.2 1977 TV Show
Mannix

Mannix

6.8 1967 TV Show
The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

7.5 1950 Movie
Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

7.3 1957 TV Show
Kojak

Kojak

7.3 1973 TV Show
Climax!

Climax!

3.8 1954 TV Show
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

6.2 1956 TV Show
Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

7.1 1958 TV Show
Von Ryan's Express

Von Ryan's Express

7.1 1965 Movie
Yancy Derringer

Yancy Derringer

6.2 1958 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2000
    Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'

    Movie Self

  2. 1988
    Cognac

    Movie Veljko Pantović

  3. 1980
    Skag

    Movie Producer

  4. 1979
    Valentine

    Movie Cosmo

  5. 1979
    Winter Kills

    Movie Captain Heller One

  6. 1977
    The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

    Movie Alvin Karpis

  7. 1977
    The Incredible Hulk

    TV show

  8. 1976
    Vigilante Force

    Movie Mayor Bradford

  9. 1976
    Law and Order

    Movie Patrolman Tierney

  10. 1975
    S.W.A.T.

    TV show

  11. 1975
    Shampoo

    Movie Senator East

  12. 1973
    Kojak

    TV show Arnie Naylor

  13. 1973
    Jory

    Movie Jack

  14. 1972
    Lady Sings the Blues

    Movie Producer

  15. 1970
    Little Fauss and Big Halsy

    Movie Executive Producer

  16. 1970
    The Lawyer

    Movie Producer

More credits
  1. 1970
    McCloud

    TV show

  2. 1967
    Mannix

    TV show

  3. 1966
    Mission: Impossible

    TV show

  4. 1966
    Blindfold

    Movie Harrigan

  5. 1965
    Von Ryan's Express

    Movie Sergeant Bostick

  6. 1965
    Bus Riley's Back in Town

    Movie Wallace Slocum

  7. 1965
    None But the Brave

    Movie Sgt. Bleeker

  8. 1964
    Invitation to a Gunfighter

    Movie Kenarsie

  9. 1963
    Kings of the Sun

    Movie Ah Haleb

  10. 1963
    Johnny Cool

    Movie Lennart Crandall

  11. 1962
    Taras Bulba

    Movie Shilo

  12. 1961
    X-15

    Movie Maj. Anthony Rinaldi

  13. 1961
    The George Raft Story

    Movie Benny Siegal

  14. 1961
    The Investigators

    TV show Simon Montserrat

  15. 1961
    Twenty Plus Two

    Movie Leroy Dane

  16. 1960
    The Magnificent Seven

    Movie Harry Luck

  17. 1960
    Surfside 6

    TV show

  18. 1960
    The Aquanauts

    TV show Carney

  19. 1960
    13 Fighting Men

    Movie Maj. Simon Boyd

  20. 1959
    Vice Raid

    Movie Vince Malone

  21. 1959
    Mr. Lucky

    TV show

  22. 1959
    Hawaiian Eye

    TV show

  23. 1959
    Bourbon Street Beat

    TV show

  24. 1959
    Tightrope

    TV show