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Albert Dekker 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.
Birth Name
Albert Thomas Ecke
Born
Wednesday, 20 December 1905
Died
Sunday, 05 May 1968
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Naked Archaeologist | Longinus | 2005 |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
| Death in Hollywood | Self | 1990 |
| American Masters | Actor 'East of Eden' | 1986 |
| The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979 |
| The Wild Bunch | Pat Harrigan / Harrigan | 1969 |
| Judd for the Defense | George Stuka | 1967 |
| Come Spy with Me | Walter Ludeker | 1967 |
| Gammera the Invincible | Secretary of Defense | 1966 |
| Ten Blocks on the Camino Real | Mr. Gutman | 1966 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Naked Archaeologist | Longinus | 2005 |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
| Death in Hollywood | Self | 1990 |
| American Masters | Actor 'East of Eden' | 1986 |
| The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979 |
| The Wild Bunch | Pat Harrigan / Harrigan | 1969 |
| Judd for the Defense | George Stuka | 1967 |
| Come Spy with Me | Walter Ludeker | 1967 |
| Gammera the Invincible | Secretary of Defense | 1966 |
| Ten Blocks on the Camino Real | Mr. Gutman | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible | Colonel Shtemenko | 1966 |
| Death of a Salesman | Ben | 1966 |
| The Trials of O'Brien | George Brewer | 1965 |
| Seaway | Captain Marland | 1965 |
| I Spy | Indris | 1965 |
| Run for Your Life | Sir Harry Hiller | 1965 |
| Once Upon a Tractor | Colonel | 1965 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Harry Beldon | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Karl Hesse | 1963 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1961 |
| The Defenders | Mark Vronis | 1961 |
| Route 66 | Frank Ivy | 1960 |
| The Witness | Jimmy Hines | 1960 |
| Suddenly, Last Summer | Dr. Hockstader / Lawrence Hockstader | 1959 |
| Play of the Week | King Herod | 1959 |
| The Wonderful Country | Texas Ranger Capt. Rucker / Cap. Rucker (Texas Ranger) | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Barney Sturgess | 1959 |
| Middle of the Night | Walter Lockman | 1959 |
| These Thousand Hills | Marshal Conrad | 1959 |
| The Sound and the Fury | Earl Snopes | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Jonas Bolt / Josh Breeden | 1959 |
| The Witches from Another World | Don Luis Montoya | 1958 |
| Naked City | Herbert B. Warick / Samuel Grafton | 1958 |
| Decoy | Otto Flagler | 1957 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Himself | 1957 |
| She Devil | Dr. Richard Bach | 1957 |
| Illegal | Frank Garland | 1955 |
| Playwrights '56 | Mr. Anderson / Maj. Tobey | 1955 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Joe Keller / Willy Loman | 1955 |
| Kiss Me Deadly | Dr. G.E. Soberin | 1955 |
| East of Eden | Will Hamilton | 1955 |
| The Silver Chalice | Kester | 1954 |
| Climax! | Brewster | 1954 |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Narrator / Narration | 1952 |
| Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie | Lloyd Slocum | 1952 |
| Celanese Theatre | Clyde Rochester | 1951 |
| Crawford Mystery Theatre | Self - celebrity contestant | 1951 |
| As Young as You Feel | Louis McKinley | 1951 |
| Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | George Washington | 1950 |
| The Furies | Mr. Reynolds | 1950 |
| Destination Murder | Armitage | 1950 |
| The Kid from Texas | Alexander Kain | 1950 |
| The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter | Self | 1950 |
| Search for Danger | Kirk | 1949 |
| Bride of Vengeance | Vanetti | 1949 |
| Fireside Theatre | (segment "The Human Touch") | 1949 |
| Tarzan's Magic Fountain | Mr. Trask / Trask | 1949 |
| Studio One | Billy Bones | 1948 |
| Lulu Belle | Mark Brady | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self - Actor | 1948 |
| Fury at Furnace Creek | Edward Leverett | 1948 |
| Gentleman's Agreement | John Minify | 1947 |
| The Fabulous Texan | Gibson Hart | 1947 |
| Cass Timberlane | Boone Havock | 1947 |
| The Pretender | Kenneth Holden | 1947 |
| Wyoming | Duke Lassiter | 1947 |
| Slave Girl | Pasha | 1947 |
| California | Mr. Pike | 1947 |
| The Killers | Big Jim Colfax | 1946 |
| Suspense | Frank Leonard | 1946 |
| The French Key | Johnny Fletcher | 1946 |
| Two Years Before the Mast | Brown | 1946 |
| Hold That Blonde! | Police Inspector Callahan | 1945 |
| Incendiary Blonde | Joe Cadden | 1945 |
| Salome, Where She Danced | Von Bohlen | 1945 |
| Experiment Perilous | Clag / 'Clag' Claghorn | 1944 |
| The Hitler Gang | Narrator | 1944 |
| The Woman of the Town | Bat Masterson | 1943 |
| In Old Oklahoma | Jim 'Hunk' Gardner / James E. 'Hunk' Gardner (president, Gardner Oil Co.) | 1943 |
| The Kansan | Steve Barat | 1943 |
| Buckskin Frontier | Gideon Skene | 1943 |
| Once Upon a Honeymoon | Gaston Le Blanc | 1942 |
| The Forest Rangers | Twig Dawson | 1942 |
| Wake Island | Shad McClosky | 1942 |
| Night in New Orleans | Police Lieutenant William Richards | 1942 |
| In Old California | Britt Dawson | 1942 |
| Yokel Boy | 'Buggsy' Malone | 1942 |
| Star Spangled Rhythm | Albert Dekker | 1942 |
| The Lady Has Plans | Baron Von Kemp | 1942 |
| Among the Living | Paul Raden / John Raden | 1941 |
| Buy Me That Town | Louie Lanzer | 1941 |
| Honky Tonk | Brazos Hearn / Pearl | 1941 |
| Reaching for the Sun | Herman | 1941 |
| You're the One | Luke Laramie | 1941 |
| Blonde Inspiration | Phil Hendricks | 1941 |
| Seven Sinners | Dr. Martin | 1940 |
| Rangers of Fortune | George Bird | 1940 |
| Dr. Cyclops | Dr. Thorkel / Dr. Alexander Thorkel | 1940 |
| Strange Cargo | Moll | 1940 |
| The Great Commandment | Longinus | 1939 |
| Beau Geste | Schwartz | 1939 |
| The Man in the Iron Mask | Louis XIII | 1939 |
| Hotel Imperial | Sergeant | 1939 |
| Never Say Die | Kidley's Second | 1939 |
| Paris Honeymoon | Amorous Drunk | 1939 |
| The Last Warning | Higgs the Butler | 1938 |
| Marie Antoinette | Comte de Provence | 1938 |
| The Lone Wolf in Paris | Marquis Louis de Meyerson | 1938 |
| She Married an Artist | Whitney Holton | 1937 |
| The Great Garrick | LeBrun | 1937 |
