Alan Dexter
Dexter in Man with a Camera, 1960
Born
Alan Persching Dexter[1]

(1918-10-21)October 21, 1918
Oklahoma, U.S.
DiedDecember 19, 1983(1983-12-19) (aged 65)
Oxnard, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Film, stage and television actor
Years active1943–1978
SpouseBetty Dexter[2]

Alan Persching Dexter (October 21, 1918 – December 19, 1983)[3] was an American film, stage and television actor.[4][5][6]

Life and career

Dexter was born in Oklahoma.[1] He began his career in 1943, appearing in an uncredited role in the film This Is the Army.[7] Later in his career, he guest-starred in numerous television programs including, The Andy Griffith Show, Bonanza, Shotgun Slade, The Dick Van Dyke Show, That Girl, The Virginian, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Perry Mason, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Jack Benny Program, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Navy Log, The Twilight Zone, The Odd Couple, The Fugitive, Man with a Camera, Get Smart, Have Gun, Will Travel, The Untouchables, Ironside and Gunsmoke.[3] Dexter also played Frank Ferguson in the soap opera television series Days of Our Lives from 1965 to 1966.[8]

In his film career, Dexter appeared in films such as, Forbidden, Operation Petticoat, The Enemy Below, The Mississippi Gambler, My Man and I, Cell 2455, Death Row, The Eternal Sea, Voice in the Mirror, Down Three Dark Streets, Column South, Sailor Beware, Girls in the Night, City of Bad Men, and It Came from Outer Space.[7] He played Roy the Photographer in the 1958 film Step Down to Terror, as well as playing the role of Bill Farrell's friend "Sam Benson" in the film I Married a Monster from Outer Space in the same year.[9] Dexter also appeared in playing Joe in the 1964 film The Brass Bottle and as Parson in the 1969 film Paint Your Wagon.[10]

Death

Dexter died in December 1983 of a heart attack in Oxnard, California, at the age of 65.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Alan Dexter". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  2. ↑ "It's Your Party". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. Hollywood, California. January 31, 1962. p. 11. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  3. 1 2 Lentz, Harris (1996). Western and Frontier Film and Television Credits 1903-1995: Section I. Actors and actresses. Section II. Directors, producers, and writers. McFarland. p. 229. ISBN 9780786401581 – via Google Books.
  4. 1 2 Films and Filming. Hansom Books. 1984. p. 48 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Delta Actor-Lecturer Will Have TV Role". The Modesto Bee. Modesto, California. April 12, 1972. p. 53. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  6. ↑ "Alan Dexter Will Be in Delta Play". The Modesto Bee. Modesto, California. May 3, 1972. p. 53. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  7. 1 2 "Dexter Set". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. Hollywood, California. February 5, 1962. p. 6. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  8. ↑ Russell, Maureen (June 8, 2015). Days of Our Lives: A Complete History of the Long-Running Soap Opera. McFarland. p. 187. ISBN 9780786486519 – via Google Books.
  9. ↑ Warren, Bill (January 12, 2017). Keep Watching the Skies!: American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties, The 21st Century Edition. McFarland. p. 966. ISBN 9781476625058 – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ Neibaur, James (March 12, 2015). The Clint Eastwood Westerns. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 61. ISBN 9781442245044 – via Google Books.
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