Brad Dexter
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.
Born: April 9, 1917
Place of Birth: Goldfield, Nevada, USA
Known For
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.
The Magnificent Seven
An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
The Asphalt Jungle
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
Jory
Jory is a fifteen-year-old boy who joins a horse-drive after his father is killed by a drunkard. The drive's leader and a likable cowhand take the boy under their wing, and find that tragedy has taught him how to take care of himself better than anyone could expect.
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.
Fourteen Hours
A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to make his girlfriend happy, rises on the ledge of a building with the intention of committing suicide. A policeman makes every effort to argue him out of it.
The Incredible Hulk
During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transformations, David Banner searches for a cure as he crosses the country, fugitive-style, with a dogged tabloid reporter on his trail.
Last Train from Gun Hill
A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for the rape and murder of his wife.
Kojak
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
McCloud
Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the metropolitan New York City Police Department (NYPD) as a special investigator.
Filmography
as Veljko Pantović
as Cosmo
as Captain Heller One
as Alvin Karpis
as Mayor Bradford
as Patrolman Tierney
as Senator East
as Arnie Naylor
as Jack
as Harrigan
as Sergeant Bostick
as Wallace Slocum
as Sgt. Bleeker
as Kenarsie
as Ah Haleb
as Lennart Crandall
as Shilo
as Maj. Anthony Rinaldi
as Benny Siegal
as Simon Montserrat
as Leroy Dane
as Harry Luck
as Carney
as Maj. Simon Boyd
as Vince Malone
as Beero, Belden Foreman
as Dallas Agate
as Charles Hammond
as Stranger / Davis
as Cartwright
as Wilton Mills
as Dobie
as Lt. Joe 'Little Joe' Johnson
as Cleland Ames
as Stanley Miller
as Capt. Hanson
as Gil Clayton
as Lt. Christian
as Harvey Bozer
as Victor Rawlins
as Jock Petrie
as Vincent Halloran
as Tom Hubler
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Bob Brannom
as Muallin
as Alec Baxter (as Barry Mitchell)
as Jack Browning (uncredited)