Brad Dexter

ActingBorn 1917-04-09Died 2002-12-12 (85)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.

Brad Dexter

Known For

Mission: Impossible

The Magnificent Seven

The Asphalt Jungle

Jory

Have Gun, Will Travel

Fourteen Hours

The Incredible Hulk

Last Train from Gun Hill

Kojak

McCloud

Filmography

Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven'

Cognac

Skag

Valentine

Winter Kills

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

The Incredible Hulk

Vigilante Force

Law and Order

S.W.A.T.

Shampoo

Kojak

Jory

Lady Sings the Blues

Little Fauss and Big Halsy

The Lawyer

McCloud

Mannix

Mission: Impossible

Blindfold

Von Ryan's Express

Bus Riley's Back in Town

None But the Brave

Invitation to a Gunfighter

Kings of the Sun

Johnny Cool

Taras Bulba

X-15

The George Raft Story

The Investigators

Twenty Plus Two

The Magnificent Seven

Surfside 6

The Aquanauts

13 Fighting Men

Vice Raid

Mr. Lucky

Hawaiian Eye

Bourbon Street Beat

Tightrope

Last Train from Gun Hill

77 Sunset Strip

Bat Masterson

Yancy Derringer

Behind Closed Doors

Bronco

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Run Silent, Run Deep

Have Gun, Will Travel

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

The Oklahoman

Between Heaven and Hell

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Bottom of the Bottle

House of Bamboo

Violent Saturday

Untamed

Climax!

99 River Street

General Electric Theater

Macao

The Las Vegas Story

Fourteen Hours

The Asphalt Jungle

Sinbad the Sailor

Heldorado

Winged Victory