Portrait of Brad Dexter

Acting

Brad Dexter

Career

Active from 1946 to 1976, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for 99 River Street
99 River Street
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 55 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Brad Dexter Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.7, average 5.4
  • Uncanny
    1.0, average 2.5
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.6, average 2.0
  • Fantasy
    0.3, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 4
  • Character Study 4
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Western 3
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Crime Drama 2
  • Suspenseful 2
  • Intrigue 2
  • Romantic Intrigue 2
  • Moral Dilemma 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Melancholic Tone 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

66
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

2 titles · average score 55
Cognac
Cognac (1988)
GoodWatch score 55

as Veljko Pantović

Skag
Skag (1980)

Producer

1970s

14 titles · average score 62
Winter Kills
Winter Kills (1979)
GoodWatch score 70

as Captain Heller One

The Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk (1977)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
GoodWatch score 53

as Alvin Karpis

Vigilante Force
Vigilante Force (1976)
GoodWatch score 26

as Mayor Bradford

S.W.A.T.
S.W.A.T. (1975)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show

Shampoo
Shampoo (1975)
GoodWatch score 66

as Senator East

Kojak
Kojak (1973)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Arnie Naylor

Jory
Jory (1973)
GoodWatch score 66

as Jack

Lady Sings the Blues
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
GoodWatch score 73

Producer

McCloud
McCloud (1970)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show

Little Fauss and Big Halsy
Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970)
GoodWatch score 44

Executive Producer

The Lawyer
The Lawyer (1970)
GoodWatch score 63

Producer

1960s

18 titles · average score 63
Mannix
Mannix (1967)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show

Blindfold
Blindfold (1966)
GoodWatch score 57

as Harrigan

Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible (1966)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show

Von Ryan's Express
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
GoodWatch score 81

as Sgt. Bostick

Bus Riley's Back in Town
Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965)
GoodWatch score 58

as Wallace Slocum

Invitation to a Gunfighter
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
GoodWatch score 54

as Kenarsie

Johnny Cool
Johnny Cool (1963)
GoodWatch score 53

as Lennart Crandall

Kings of the Sun
Kings of the Sun (1963)
GoodWatch score 50

as Ah Haleb

Taras Bulba
Taras Bulba (1962)
GoodWatch score 64

as Shilo

X-15
X-15 (1961)
GoodWatch score 52

as Maj. Anthony Rinaldi

The Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
GoodWatch score 80

as Harry Luck

13 Fighting Men
13 Fighting Men (1960)

as Maj. Simon Boyd

1950s

29 titles · average score 66
Vice Raid
Vice Raid (1959)
GoodWatch score 45

as Vince Malone

Last Train from Gun Hill
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
GoodWatch score 82

as Beero, Belden Foreman

Run Silent, Run Deep
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
GoodWatch score 78

as Cartwright

Wanted: Dead or Alive
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Stranger / Davis

The Oklahoman
The Oklahoman (1957)
GoodWatch score 53

as Dobie

Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show

Between Heaven and Hell
Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
GoodWatch score 63

as Lt. Joe 'Little Joe' Johnson

The Bottom of the Bottle
The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)
GoodWatch score 53

as Stanley Miller

House of Bamboo
House of Bamboo (1955)
GoodWatch score 66

as Capt. Hanson

99 River Street
99 River Street (1953)
GoodWatch score 87

as Victor Rawlins

Macao
Macao (1952)
GoodWatch score 48

as Vincent Halloran

The Las Vegas Story
The Las Vegas Story (1952)
GoodWatch score 62

as Tom Hubler

1940s

3 titles · average score 61
Sinbad the Sailor
Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
GoodWatch score 70

as Muallin

Heldorado
Heldorado (1946)
GoodWatch score 50

as Alec Baxter (as Barry Mitchell)

Winged Victory
Winged Victory (1944)
GoodWatch score 63

as Jack Browning (uncredited)