Brad Dexter
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.
Filmography
Behind Closed Doors
1958 · 8.0
Law and Order
1976 · 8.0
Mission: Impossible
1966 · 7.6
The Asphalt Jungle
1950 · 7.5
The Magnificent Seven
1960 · 7.5
Jory
1973 · 7.4
Kojak
1973 · 7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · 7.3
The Incredible Hulk
1977 · 7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · 7.2
McCloud
1970 · 7.2
Fourteen Hours
1951 · 7.2
S.W.A.T.
1975 · 7.2
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · 7.1
Last Train from Gun Hill
1959 · 7.1
Von Ryan's Express
1965 · 7.1
Run Silent, Run Deep
1958 · 7.0
Mannix
1967 · 6.9
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 · 6.8
Tightrope
1959 · 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953 · 6.8
Violent Saturday
1955 · 6.8
99 River Street
1953 · 6.8
Twenty Plus Two
1961 · 6.8
Mr. Lucky
1959 · 6.7
Bat Masterson
1958 · 6.5
None but the Brave
1965 · 6.4
Surfside 6
1960 · 6.3
Taras Bulba
1962 · 6.3
Macao
1952 · 6.3
Blindfold
1966 · 6.3
Winged Victory
1944 · 6.3
House of Bamboo
1955 · 6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · 6.2
Yancy Derringer
1958 · 6.2
Vice Raid
1959 · 6.2
Heldorado
1946 · 6.2
Between Heaven and Hell
1956 · 6.2
Kings of the Sun
1963 · 6.2
Bronco
1958 · 6.0
Bourbon Street Beat
1959 · 6.0
The Aquanauts
1960 · 6.0
The Investigators
1961 · 6.0
Sinbad the Sailor
1947 · 6.0
Shampoo
1975 · 6.0
The Las Vegas Story
1952 · 6.0
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964 · 5.9
Untamed
1955 · 5.9
The Oklahoman
1957 · 5.8
The Bottom of the Bottle
1956 · 5.8
Winter Kills
1979 · 5.7
Bus Riley's Back in Town
1965 · 5.7
X-15
1961 · 5.7
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · 5.6
The George Raft Story
1961 · 5.6
Johnny Cool
1963 · 5.4
Cognac
1988 · 5.3
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977 · 5.1
Vigilante Force
1976 · 4.9
Climax!
1954 · 3.8
13 Fighting Men
1960 · 3.5
Valentine
1979 · 0.0