Brad Dexter
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1917-04-09
Place of Birth: Goldfield, Nevada, USA
Popularity: 0.7
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 Filmography
Mannix
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Climax!
1954
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Kojak
1973
Bat Masterson
1958
McCloud
1970
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Surfside 6
1960
The Magnificent Seven
1960
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
Bronco
1958
Tightrope
1959
Mr. Lucky
1959
S.W.A.T.
1975
Yancy Derringer
1958
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Behind Closed Doors
1958
The Aquanauts
1960
The Investigators
1961
General Electric Theater
1953
Von Ryan's Express
1965
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959
Shampoo
1975
Taras Bulba
1962
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
Run Silent, Run Deep
1958
Winter Kills
1979
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964
Vigilante Force
1976
Macao
1952
Johnny Cool
1963
None But the Brave
1965
99 River Street
1953
Untamed
1955
The Oklahoman
1957
Bus Riley's Back in Town
1965
Kings of the Sun
1963
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
X-15
1961
Blindfold
1966
Violent Saturday
1955
Sinbad the Sailor
1947
Between Heaven and Hell
1956
House of Bamboo
1955
Vice Raid
1959
The George Raft Story
1961
The Las Vegas Story
1952
Jory
1973
Fourteen Hours
1951
Winged Victory
1944
Law and Order
1976
13 Fighting Men
1960
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
2000
Valentine
1979
The Bottom of the Bottle
1956
Cognac
1988
Twenty Plus Two
1961