Born in Brooklyn to Thomas and Grace Van Dekker, he performed on his high-school stage before studying pre-medicine at Bowdoin College, where a friend urged him to pursue acting. After debuting with a Cincinnati stock troupe in 1927, he entered Broadway, appearing in Marco Millions and later replacing Lee J. Cobb as Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman. Moving to Hollywood in 1937, he first appeared… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for The Wild Bunch 1969 East of Eden 1955 The Killers 1946 Kiss Me Deadly 1955 ★ 7.4 The Killers 1946
Big Jim Colfax Series ★ 7.3 Rawhide 1959
Josh Breeden ★ 7.1 The Furies 1950
Mr. Reynolds ★ 7 Middle of the Night 1959
Walter Lockman ★ 7 Gentleman's Agreement 1947
John Minify ★ 7 Strange Cargo 1940
Moll ★ 7 Beau Geste 1939
Schwartz ★ 7 The Man in the Iron Mask 1939
Louis XIII ★ 6.8 California 1947
Mr. Pike Series ★ 6.7 Route 66 1960
Frank Ivy ★ 6.6 Marie Antoinette 1938
Comte de Provence ★ 6.5 These Thousand Hills 1959
Marshal Conrad ★ 6.5 Illegal 1955
Frank Garland ★ 6.4 As Young as You Feel 1951
Louis McKinley ★ 6.3 Once Upon a Honeymoon 1942
Gaston Le Blanc ★ 6.2 Suspense 1946
Frank Leonard ★ 6.2 In Old Oklahoma 1943
James E. 'Hunk' Gardner ★ 6.2 Dr. Cyclops 1940
Dr. Alexander Thorkel ★ 6.1 The Wonderful Country 1959
Cap. Rucker (Texas Ranger) ★ 6.1 Among the Living 1941
John Raden / Paul Raden ★ 6 Seven Sinners 1940
Dr. Martin ★ 5.8 Experiment Perilous 1944
'Clag' Claghorn ★ 5.8 Wake Island 1942
Shad McClosky ★ 5.5 The Kid from Texas 1950
Alexander Kain ★ 5.3 In Old California 1942
Britt Dawson ★ 5.2 Destination Murder 1950
Armitage ★ 5.1 Gammera the Invincible 1966
Secretary of Defense ★ 4.4 The Silver Chalice 1954
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