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Albert Dekker

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Albert Dekker

Born December 20, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York, USADied May 5, 196876 films

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Albert Dekker (December 20, 1905 – May 5, 1968) was an American character actor and politician best known for his roles in Dr. Cyclops, The Killers, Kiss Me Deadly, and The Wild Bunch. He is sometimes credited as Albert Van Dekker or Albert van Dekker.

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The Wild Bunch posterFirst watchThe Wild Bunch19697.6as Pat HarriganAn aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.View film

Essential films

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East of Eden poster7.5East of Eden1955The Killers poster7.4The Killers1946Kiss Me Deadly poster7.2Kiss Me Deadly1955Suddenly, Last Summer poster7.3Suddenly, Last Summer1959Gentleman's Agreement poster7.0Gentleman's Agreement1947Beau Geste poster7.0Beau Geste1939The Furies poster7.1The Furies1950Strange Cargo poster7.0Strange Cargo1940

Filmography

76 films as actor
  1. 1969The Wild BunchPat Harrigan
  2. 1967Come Spy with MeWalter Ludeker
  3. 1966Gammera the InvincibleSecretary of Defense
  4. 1966Ten Blocks on the Camino RealMr. Gutman
  5. 1966Death of a SalesmanBen
  6. 1965Once Upon a TractorColonel
  7. 1961Westinghouse Presents: The DispossessedJudge Dundy
  8. 1959Suddenly, Last SummerLawrence Hockstader
  9. 1959The Wonderful CountryCap. Rucker (Texas Ranger)
  10. 1959Middle of the NightWalter Lockman
  11. 1959These Thousand HillsMarshal Conrad
  12. 1959The Sound and the FuryEarl Snopes
  13. 1958MacheteDon Luis Montoya
  14. 1957She DevilDr. Richard Bach
  15. 1955IllegalFrank Garland
  16. 1955Kiss Me DeadlyDr. G.E. Soberin
  17. 1955East of EdenWill Hamilton
  18. 1954The Silver ChaliceKester
  19. 1952Wait Till the Sun Shines, NellieLloyd Slocum
  20. 1951As Young as You FeelLouis McKinley
  21. 1950The FuriesMr. Reynolds
  22. 1950Destination MurderArmitage
  23. 1950The Kid from TexasAlexander Kain
  24. 1949Search for DangerKirk
  25. 1949Bride of VengeanceVanetti
  26. 1949Tarzan's Magic FountainTrask
  27. 1948Lulu BelleMark Brady
  28. 1948Fury at Furnace CreekEdward Leverett
  29. 1947Gentleman's AgreementJohn Minify
  30. 1947The Fabulous TexanGibson Hart
  31. 1947Cass TimberlaneBoone Havock
  32. 1947The PretenderKenneth Holden
  33. 1947WyomingDuke Lassiter
  34. 1947Slave GirlPasha
  35. 1947CaliforniaMr. Pike
  36. 1946Two Years Before the MastBrown
  37. 1946The KillersBig Jim Colfax
  38. 1946SuspenseFrank Leonard
  39. 1946The French KeyJohnny Fletcher
  40. 1945Hold That Blonde!Police Inspector Callahan
  41. 1945Incendiary BlondeJoe Cadden
  42. 1945Salome, Where She DancedVon Bohlen
  43. 1944Experiment Perilous'Clag' Claghorn
  44. 1943The Woman of the TownBat Masterson
  45. 1943In Old OklahomaJames E. 'Hunk' Gardner
  46. 1943The KansanSteve Barat
  47. 1943Buckskin FrontierGideon Skene
  48. 1942Once Upon a HoneymoonGaston Le Blanc
  49. 1942The Forest RangersTwig Dawson
  50. 1942Wake IslandShad McClosky
  51. 1942Night in New OrleansPolice Lieutenant William Richards
  52. 1942In Old CaliforniaBritt Dawson
  53. 1942Yokel Boy'Buggsy' Malone
  54. 1942Star Spangled RhythmAlbert Dekker (uncredited)
  55. 1942The Lady Has PlansBaron Von Kemp
  56. 1941Among the LivingJohn Raden / Paul Raden
  57. 1941Buy Me That TownLouie Lanzer
  58. 1941Honky TonkBrazos Hearn
  59. 1941Reaching for the SunHerman
  60. 1941You're the OneLuke Laramie
  61. 1941Blonde InspirationPhil Hendricks
  62. 1940Seven SinnersDr. Martin
  63. 1940Rangers of FortuneGeorge Bird
  64. 1940Dr. CyclopsDr. Alexander Thorkel
  65. 1940Strange CargoMoll
  66. 1939The Great CommandmentLonginus
  67. 1939Beau GesteSchwartz
  68. 1939The Man in the Iron MaskLouis XIII
  69. 1939Hotel ImperialSergeant (uncredited)
  70. 1939Never Say DieKidley's Second
  71. 1938The Last WarningHiggs the Butler
  72. 1938Marie AntoinetteComte de Provence
  73. 1938The Lone Wolf in ParisMarquis Louis de Meyerson
  74. 1938ExtortionJeffrey Thompson (as Albert Van Dekker)
  75. 1937She Married an ArtistWhitney Holton
  76. 1937The Great GarrickLeBrun