Albert Dekker

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Albert Dekker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Will Hamilton

East of Eden

Pat Harrigan

The Wild Bunch

Dr. Alexander Thorkel

Dr. Cyclops

Kenneth Holden

The Pretender

'Clag' Claghorn

Experiment Perilous

Cap. Rucker (Texas Ranger)

The Wonderful Country

Frank Leonard

Suspense

John Minify

Gentleman's Agreement

(archive footage)

The Horror Show

Mr. Reynolds

The Furies

Secretary of Defense

Gammera the Invincible

Dr. Martin

Seven Sinners

Britt Dawson

In Old California

James E. 'Hunk' Gardner

In Old Oklahoma

Armitage

Destination Murder

Big Jim Colfax

The Killers

Lawrence Hockstader

Suddenly, Last Summer

Schwartz

Beau Geste

John Raden / Paul Raden

Among the Living

Shad McClosky

Wake Island

Gaston Le Blanc

Once Upon a Honeymoon

Comte de Provence

Marie Antoinette

Alexander Kain

The Kid from Texas

Dr. G.E. Soberin

Kiss Me Deadly

Kirk

Search for Danger

Frank Garland

Illegal

Steve Barat

The Kansan

Marshal Conrad

These Thousand Hills

Moll

Strange Cargo

Don Luis Montoya

Machete

Brazos Hearn

Honky Tonk

Baron Von Kemp

The Lady Has Plans

Albert Dekker (uncredited)

Star Spangled Rhythm

Walter Lockman

Middle of the Night

Boone Havock

Cass Timberlane

Marquis Louis de Meyerson

The Lone Wolf in Paris

Police Lieutenant William Richards

Night in New Orleans

Johnny Fletcher

The French Key

Gideon Skene

Buckskin Frontier

Edward Leverett

Fury at Furnace Creek

Dr. Richard Bach

She Devil

Joe Cadden

Incendiary Blonde

Vanetti

Bride of Vengeance

Earl Snopes

The Sound and the Fury

Trask

Tarzan's Magic Fountain

Phil Hendricks

Blonde Inspiration

Gibson Hart

The Fabulous Texan

Pasha

Slave Girl

Sergeant (uncredited)

Hotel Imperial

Bat Masterson

The Woman of the Town

Walter Ludeker

Come Spy with Me

Brown

Two Years Before the Mast

Mr. Gutman

Ten Blocks on the Camino Real

Lloyd Slocum

Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie

Louis McKinley

As Young as You Feel

Herman

Reaching for the Sun

Police Inspector Callahan

Hold That Blonde!

Whitney Holton

She Married an Artist

Ben

Death of a Salesman

Longinus

The Great Commandment

Kidley's Second

Never Say Die

Louis XIII

The Man in the Iron Mask

George Bird

Rangers of Fortune

'Buggsy' Malone

Yokel Boy

Twig Dawson

The Forest Rangers

Higgs the Butler

The Last Warning

Louie Lanzer

Buy Me That Town

Von Bohlen

Salome, Where She Danced

Mr. Pike

California

Judge Dundy

Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed

Colonel

Once Upon a Tractor

Mark Brady

Lulu Belle

Kester

The Silver Chalice

Duke Lassiter

Wyoming

Narration

Leonardo da Vinci

Luke Laramie

You're the One

LeBrun

The Great Garrick

Jeffrey Thompson (as Albert Van Dekker)

Extortion

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

79

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-12-20

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Also Known As

Thomas Albert Ecke Van Dekker