Brad Dexter

Known for: Acting

Born: 1917-04-09 – 2002-12-12 (aged 85)

From: 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 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 (63)

MOVIE★ 7.0
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.3
Cognac
1988
as Veljko Pantović
MOVIE
Valentine
1979
as Cosmo
MOVIE★ 5.8
Winter Kills
1979
as Captain Heller One
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
as Alvin Karpis
TV★ 7.2
The Incredible Hulk
1977
MOVIE★ 5.0
Vigilante Force
1976
as Mayor Bradford
MOVIE★ 8.0
Law and Order
1976
as Patrolman Tierney
TV★ 7.1
S.W.A.T.
1975
MOVIE★ 6.0
Shampoo
1975
as Senator East
TV★ 7.2
Kojak
1973
as Arnie Naylor
MOVIE★ 7.4
Jory
1973
as Jack
TV★ 7.2
McCloud
1970
TV★ 6.8
Mannix
1967
TV★ 7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
MOVIE★ 6.3
Blindfold
1966
as Harrigan
MOVIE★ 7.1
Von Ryan's Express
1965
as Sergeant Bostick
MOVIE★ 5.7
Bus Riley's Back in Town
1965
as Wallace Slocum
MOVIE★ 6.4
None But the Brave
1965
as Sgt. Bleeker
MOVIE★ 5.9
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964
as Kenarsie
MOVIE★ 6.1
Kings of the Sun
1963
as Ah Haleb
MOVIE★ 5.3
Johnny Cool
1963
as Lennart Crandall
MOVIE★ 6.3
Taras Bulba
1962
as Shilo
MOVIE★ 5.8
X-15
1961
as Maj. Anthony Rinaldi
MOVIE★ 5.7
The George Raft Story
1961
as Benny Siegal
TV★ 6.0
The Investigators
1961
as Simon Montserrat
MOVIE★ 6.8
Twenty Plus Two
1961
as Leroy Dane
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Magnificent Seven
1960
as Harry Luck
TV★ 6.3
Surfside 6
1960
TV★ 6.0
The Aquanauts
1960
as Carney
MOVIE★ 3.5
13 Fighting Men
1960
as Maj. Simon Boyd
MOVIE★ 6.2
Vice Raid
1959
as Vince Malone
TV★ 6.7
Mr. Lucky
1959
TV★ 5.6
Hawaiian Eye
1959
TV★ 6.0
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
TV★ 6.3
Tightrope
1959
MOVIE★ 7.1
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959
as Beero, Belden Foreman
TV★ 7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
TV★ 6.1
Bat Masterson
1958
as Dallas Agate
TV★ 6.2
Yancy Derringer
1958
as Charles Hammond
TV★ 8.0
Behind Closed Doors
1958
TV★ 6.0
Bronco
1958
TV★ 7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Stranger / Davis
MOVIE★ 6.9
Run Silent, Run Deep
1958
as Cartwright
TV★ 7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
TV★ 6.8
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Wilton Mills
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Oklahoman
1957
as Dobie
MOVIE★ 6.2
Between Heaven and Hell
1956
as Lt. Joe 'Little Joe' Johnson
TV★ 6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Cleland Ames
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Bottom of the Bottle
1956
as Stanley Miller
MOVIE★ 6.2
House of Bamboo
1955
as Capt. Hanson
MOVIE★ 6.7
Violent Saturday
1955
as Gil Clayton
MOVIE★ 6.0
Untamed
1955
as Lt. Christian
TV★ 3.8
Climax!
1954
as Harvey Bozer
MOVIE★ 6.8
99 River Street
1953
as Victor Rawlins
TV★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
as Jock Petrie
MOVIE★ 6.3
Macao
1952
as Vincent Halloran
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Las Vegas Story
1952
as Tom Hubler
MOVIE★ 7.3
Fourteen Hours
1951
as Reporter (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Asphalt Jungle
1950
as Bob Brannom
MOVIE★ 6.0
Sinbad the Sailor
1947
as Muallin
MOVIE★ 6.2
Heldorado
1946
as Alec Baxter (as Barry Mitchell)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Winged Victory
1944
as Jack Browning (uncredited)