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Brad Dexter

1917 - 2002

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Brad Dexter (born Boris Michel 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brad Dexter has received more than 1,230,615 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Brad Dexter is the 1,885th most popular actor (down from 1,312th in 2019), the 3,083rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,302nd in 2019) and the 867th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Brad Dexter ranks 1,885 out of 13,578. Before him are Tom Savini, Jackie Stallone, Lisa Niemi, Anatoly Solonitsyn, Bohdan Stupka, and Tom Felton. After him are Juliette Lewis, Nigel Terry, Andrey Myagkov, Rupert Grint, Gordon Mitchell, and Peter Capaldi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Brad Dexter ranks 135. Before him are Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria, Semyon Kurkotkin, Raymond Burr, Fulbert Youlou, Mak Dizdar, and Shams Pahlavi. After him are Kerim Kerimov, Dabbs Greer, Heinrich Ehrler, Georgy Vitsin, Franceska Mann, and Robert Conquest. Among people deceased in 2002, Brad Dexter ranks 109. Before him are Robert Guéï, Spyros Kyprianou, Văn Tiến Dũng, Domènec Balmanya, Barbara Valentin, and Joseph Bonanno. After him are Joseph Luns, John Cocke, Humaira Begum, Zaid ibn Shaker, Herb Ritts, and Dudley Moore.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Brad Dexter ranks 3,083 out of 20,380. Before him are Walton Walker (1889), Lisa Niemi (1956), Chubby Checker (1941), Mark Granovetter (1943), Michael J. Smith (1945), and Richard C. Tolman (1881). After him are Juliette Lewis (1973), Patricia Krenwinkel (1947), Craig Venter (1946), Stephen Kovacevich (1940), Mary L. Cleave (1947), and Hetty Green (1834).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Brad Dexter ranks 867. Before him are Ellen Pompeo (1969), Suzanne Pleshette (1937), Debra Paget (1933), Tom Savini (1946), Jackie Stallone (1921), and Lisa Niemi (1956). After him are Juliette Lewis (1973), Gordon Mitchell (1923), Dita Von Teese (1972), Mitch Pileggi (1952), Christina Ricci (1980), and Rob Schneider (1963).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Magnificent Seven
Harry Luck
An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
Oct 12th 19607.511 / 10
Von Ryan's Express
Sergeant Bostick
Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.
Jun 23rd 19657.099 / 10
Last Train from Gun Hill
Beero, Belden Foreman
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.
Jul 29th 19597 / 10