He was born Boris Milanovich in Goldfield, Nev. "I love playing heavies," he told the Los Angeles Times in 1965. Dexter said he preferred supporting roles to any others. He is probably best known as one of "The Magnificent Seven," the 1960 movie that included a cast of heartthrobs including Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Yul Brynner and James Coburn. He had emphysema.īurly and handsome, he was often cast as a tough guy in supporting roles beside the superstars of their day: Burt Lancaster and Clark Gable in "Run Silent, Run Deep" in 1958, and Frank Sinatra in "None but the Brave" in 1964. Brad Dexter, 85, an actor whose first film credit, "The Asphalt Jungle" in 1950, set the course of his career as a menacing villain on screen, died Dec.
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