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.

Known For

Mannix

Mission: Impossible

Have Gun, Will Travel

Climax!

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Incredible Hulk

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Kojak

All Movies (39)

• Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'2000 · as Self
• Cognac1988 · as Veljko Pantović
• Valentine1979 · as Cosmo
• Winter Kills1979 · as Captain Heller One
• The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover1977 · as Alvin Karpis
• Vigilante Force1976 · as Mayor Bradford
• Law and Order1976 · as Patrolman Tierney
• Shampoo1975 · as Senator East
• Jory1973 · as Jack
• Blindfold1966 · as Harrigan
• Von Ryan's Express1965 · as Sergeant Bostick
• Bus Riley's Back in Town1965 · as Wallace Slocum
• None But the Brave1965 · as Sgt. Bleeker
• Invitation to a Gunfighter1964 · as Kenarsie
• Kings of the Sun1963 · as Ah Haleb
• Johnny Cool1963 · as Lennart Crandall
• Taras Bulba1962 · as Shilo
• X-151961 · as Maj. Anthony Rinaldi
• The George Raft Story1961 · as Benny Siegal
• Twenty Plus Two1961 · as Leroy Dane
• The Magnificent Seven1960 · as Harry Luck
• 13 Fighting Men1960 · as Maj. Simon Boyd
• Vice Raid1959 · as Vince Malone
• Last Train from Gun Hill1959 · as Beero, Belden Foreman
• Run Silent, Run Deep1958 · as Cartwright
• The Oklahoman1957 · as Dobie
• Between Heaven and Hell1956 · as Lt. Joe 'Little Joe' Johnson
• The Bottom of the Bottle1956 · as Stanley Miller
• House of Bamboo1955 · as Capt. Hanson
• Violent Saturday1955 · as Gil Clayton
• Untamed1955 · as Lt. Christian
• 99 River Street1953 · as Victor Rawlins
• Macao1952 · as Vincent Halloran
• The Las Vegas Story1952 · as Tom Hubler
• Fourteen Hours1951 · as Reporter (uncredited)
• The Asphalt Jungle1950 · as Bob Brannom
• Sinbad the Sailor1947 · as Muallin
• Heldorado1946 · as Alec Baxter (as Barry Mitchell)
• Winged Victory1944 · as Jack Browning (uncredited)

All TV Shows (25)

• The Incredible Hulk1977
• S.W.A.T.1975
• Kojak1973 · as Arnie Naylor
• McCloud1970
• Mannix1967
• Mission: Impossible1966
• The Investigators1961 · as Simon Montserrat
• Surfside 61960
• The Aquanauts1960 · as Carney
• Mr. Lucky1959
• Hawaiian Eye1959
• Bourbon Street Beat1959
• Tightrope1959
• 77 Sunset Strip1958
• 77 Sunset Strip1958 · as Frenchy La Tour
• Bat Masterson1958 · as Dallas Agate
• Yancy Derringer1958 · as Charles Hammond
• Behind Closed Doors1958
• Bronco1958
• Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as Stranger / Davis
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective1957 · as Wilton Mills
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Cleland Ames
• Climax!1954 · as Harvey Bozer
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Jock Petrie