Anthony Dexter
Biography
Anthony Dexter was an American actor whose strong resemblance to Rudolph Valentino shaped much of his career. Born Walter Reinhold Alfred Fleischmann in Nebraska, he attended St. Olaf College on an athletic scholarship and later took a master's degree at the University of Iowa. After serving in the Army during World War II, he acted on Broadway in The Three Sisters, Ah, Wilderness and The Barretts of Wimpole Street. Producer Edward Small picked him from a vast pool of applicants to play Valentino in the 1951 biopic Valentino, and the likeness won him a Columbia Pictures contract while also limiting him to similar parts. He often played real historical figures, among them Captain John Smith, Billy the Kid and Christopher Columbus, and in 1960 he guest starred on the Western series Bat Masterson. He later taught English, speech and drama at a Los Angeles high school and died in 2001.
88years old at death
- Born Talmage
- Died Greeley
- Star sign: CapricornLast day of the sign, on the Aquarius cusp
- Walter Reinhold Alfred Fleischmann (birth name)Also credited as Anthony John Dexter
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 11 years1956 to 1967
Every film, newest first
- 1967Thoroughly Modern MillieIMDb rating 6.9
- 1961The Phantom PlanetIMDb rating 3.9
- 196012 to the MoonIMDb rating 3.4
- 1956Fire Maidens of Outer SpaceIMDb rating 2.6
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Anthony Dexter shares two films with Francis X. Bushman, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Richard Weber2 films together, 1960 to 1961
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All films by George Roy Hill
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Cy RothDirector, 1 film, 1956
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