Brad Dexter
Department: Acting
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
The Magnificent Seven
1960
House of Bamboo
1955
Von Ryan's Express
1965
Macao
1952
The Las Vegas Story
1952
Vice Raid
1959
Winter Kills
1979
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959
99 River Street
1953
Taras Bulba
1962
None But the Brave
1965
Sinbad the Sailor
1947
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
Winged Victory
1944
Violent Saturday
1955
Untamed
1955
Heldorado
1946
Johnny Cool
1963
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964
Vigilante Force
1976
Twenty Plus Two
1961
The Oklahoman
1957
The George Raft Story
1961
The Bottom of the Bottle
1956
Bus Riley's Back in Town
1965
Law and Order
1976
X-15
1961
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
Jory
1973
Run Silent, Run Deep
1958
13 Fighting Men
1960
Cognac
1988
Fourteen Hours
1951
Blindfold
1966
Kings of the Sun
1963
Valentine
1979
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
2000
Between Heaven and Hell
1956
Shampoo
1975
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Mr. Lucky
1959
Mannix
1967
Surfside 6
1960
Kojak
1973
General Electric Theater
1953
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Mission: Impossible
1966
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
S.W.A.T.
1975
Yancy Derringer
1958
The Aquanauts
1960
McCloud
1970
Climax!
1954
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
Bronco
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Bat Masterson
1958
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Tightrope
1959
Behind Closed Doors
1958
The Investigators
1961