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

• 1988Cognac — Veljko Pantović
• 1980Skag — Producer
• 1979Valentine — Cosmo
• 1979Winter Kills — Captain Heller One
• The Incredible Hulk
• 1977The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover — Alvin Karpis
• 1976Law and Order — Patrolman Tierney
• 1976Vigilante Force — Mayor Bradford
• S.W.A.T.
• 1975Shampoo — Senator East
• 1973Jory — Jack
• Kojak — Arnie Naylor
• 1972Lady Sings the Blues — Producer
• 1970Little Fauss and Big Halsy — Executive Producer
• McCloud
• 1970The Lawyer — Producer
• Mannix
• 1966Blindfold — Harrigan
• Mission: Impossible
• 1965Bus Riley's Back in Town — Wallace Slocum
• 1965None But the Brave — Sgt. Bleeker
• 1965Von Ryan's Express — Sgt. Bostick
• 1964Invitation to a Gunfighter — Kenarsie
• 1963Johnny Cool — Lennart Crandall
• 1963Kings of the Sun — Ah Haleb
• 1962Taras Bulba — Shilo
• 1961The George Raft Story — Benny Siegal
• The Investigators — Simon Montserrat
• 1961Twenty Plus Two — Leroy Dane
• 1961X-15 — Maj. Anthony Rinaldi
• 196013 Fighting Men — Maj. Simon Boyd
• Surfside 6
• The Aquanauts — Carney
• 1960The Magnificent Seven — Harry Luck
• Bourbon Street Beat
• Hawaiian Eye
• 1959Last Train from Gun Hill — Beero, Belden Foreman
• Mr. Lucky
• Tightrope
• 1959Vice Raid — Vince Malone
• 77 Sunset Strip — Frenchy La Tour
• Bat Masterson — Dallas Agate
• Behind Closed Doors
• Bronco
• 1958Run Silent, Run Deep — Cartwright
• Wanted: Dead or Alive — Stranger / Davis
• Yancy Derringer — Charles Hammond
• Have Gun, Will Travel
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective — Wilton Mills
• 1957The Oklahoman — Dobie
• 1956Between Heaven and Hell — Lt. Joe 'Little Joe' Johnson
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Cleland Ames
• 1956The Bottom of the Bottle — Stanley Miller
• 1955House of Bamboo — Capt. Hanson
• 1955Untamed — Lt. Christian
• 1955Violent Saturday — Gil Clayton
• Climax! — Harvey Bozer
• 195399 River Street — Victor Rawlins
• General Electric Theater — Jock Petrie
• 1952Macao — Vincent Halloran
• 1952The Las Vegas Story — Tom Hubler
• 1951Fourteen Hours — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1950The Asphalt Jungle — Bob Brannom
• 1947Sinbad the Sailor — Muallin
• 1946Heldorado — Alec Baxter (as Barry Mitchell)
• 1944Winged Victory — Jack Browning (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2000Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' — Self