Deceased

How Did Albert Dekker Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 62

Also known asThomas Albert Ecke Van DekkerGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn20/12/1905Born inBrooklyn, New York, USADied05/05/1968Died inHollywoodCauseerotic asphyxiationWikidataQ2092070 ↗TMDb#2755 ↗

Thomas Albert Ecke Van Dekker, commonly known as Albert Dekker, was an American actor and politician. He starred in Broadway productions like Death of a Salesman, An Enemy of the People, A Man for All Seasons, and The Devils. He was also a Hollywood character actor, notably playing memorable villains in films like Dr. Cyclops (1940), The Killers (1946), Kiss Me Deadly (1955), and The Wild Bunch (1969).

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Filmography67 titles

Importing filmography…

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2017	Mansfield 66/67Movie	—	112
1990	Death In HollywoodMovie	—	85
1988	Hollywood Scandals and TragediesMovie	(archive footage) (uncredited)	83
1979	The Horror ShowMovie	(archive footage)	74
1969	The Wild BunchMovie	Pat Harrigan	64
1967	Judd, for the DefenseSeries	—	62
1966	Mission: ImpossibleSeries	Colonel Shtemenko	61
1966	Ten Blocks on the Camino RealMovie	Mr. Gutman	61
1966	Death of a SalesmanMovie	Ben	61
1966	Gammera the InvincibleMovie	Secretary of Defense	61
1965	Run for Your LifeSeries	Sir Harry Hiller	60
1964	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Series	Harry Beldon	59
1963	Kraft Suspense TheatreSeries	Karl Hesse	58
1961	The DefendersSeries	Mark Vronis	56
1960	Route 66Series	—	55
1959	RawhideSeries	Josh Breeden	54
1959	Middle of the NightMovie	Walter Lockman	54
1959	The Sound and the FuryMovie	Earl Snopes	54
1959	These Thousand HillsMovie	Marshal Conrad	54
1959	Suddenly, Last SummerMovie	Lawrence Hockstader	54
1958	Naked CitySeries	Samuel Grafton	53
1957	Tonight Starring Jack PaarSeries	Self	52
1957	DecoySeries	Otto Flagler	52
1955	Playwrights '56Series	—	50
1955	Kiss Me DeadlyMovie	Dr. G.E. Soberin	50
1955	IllegalMovie	Frank Garland	50
1955	East of EdenMovie	Will Hamilton	50
1954	Climax!Series	Brewster	49
1954	The Silver ChaliceMovie	Kester	49
1951	As Young as You FeelMovie	Louis McKinley	46
1950	The FuriesMovie	Mr. Reynolds	45
1950	Destination MurderMovie	Armitage	45
1949	Lights OutSeries	—	44
1949	Bride of VengeanceMovie	Vanetti	44
1948	Studio OneSeries	Billy Bones	43
1948	Fury at Furnace CreekMovie	Edward Leverett	43
1947	Gentleman's AgreementMovie	John Minify	42
1947	Cass TimberlaneMovie	Boone Havock	42
1947	CaliforniaMovie	Mr. Pike	42
1946	The KillersMovie	Big Jim Colfax	41
1946	The French KeyMovie	Johnny Fletcher	41
1945	Salome, Where She DancedMovie	Von Bohlen	40
1944	Experiment PerilousMovie	'Clag' Claghorn	39
1943	In Old OklahomaMovie	James E. 'Hunk' Gardner	38
1943	The KansanMovie	Steve Barat	38
1942	Star Spangled RhythmMovie	Albert Dekker (uncredited)	37
1942	The Lady Has PlansMovie	Baron Von Kemp	37
1942	The Forest RangersMovie	Twig Dawson	37
1942	Wake IslandMovie	Shad McClosky	37
1942	In Old CaliforniaMovie	Britt Dawson	37
1942	Once Upon a HoneymoonMovie	Gaston Le Blanc	37
1941	Among the LivingMovie	John Raden / Paul Raden	36
1941	Buy Me That TownMovie	Louie Lanzer	36
1941	You're the OneMovie	Luke Laramie	36
1941	Honky TonkMovie	Brazos Hearn	36
1940	Strange CargoMovie	Moll	35
1940	Seven SinnersMovie	Dr. Martin	35
1940	Rangers of FortuneMovie	George Bird	35
1940	Dr. CyclopsMovie	Dr. Alexander Thorkel	35
1939	Never Say DieMovie	Kidley's Second	34
1939	Beau GesteMovie	Schwartz	34
1939	The Man in the Iron MaskMovie	Louis XIII	34
1939	The Great CommandmentMovie	Longinus	34
1938	The Lone Wolf in ParisMovie	Marquis Louis de Meyerson	33
1938	Marie AntoinetteMovie	Comte de Provence	33
1938	ExtortionMovie	Jeffrey Thompson (as Albert Van Dekker)	33
1937	She Married an ArtistMovie	Whitney Holton	32