Michael Nader

Michael Nader was an American actor who spent much of his career in soap operas. Born in St. Louis and a nephew of the actor George Nader, he began acting in 1963 with small roles in American International Pictures Beach Party films, billed at the time as Mike Nader. He played Siddo on Gidget, had a small part in Blue (1968), and landed his first soap role as Kevin Thompson on As the World Turns between 1975 and 1978. In 1983 he won the part of Dex Dexter on Dynasty, the third husband of Alexis Colby, and stayed until the show ended in 1989. He appeared as Nazi officer Burchhardt in The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988) and then returned to daytime television in 1991 as Dimitri Marick on All My Children, a role he played into the 2000s and revisited in 2013. He died in 2021.