1. Thomas Albert Ecke Van Dekker was an American actor and politician known for his roles in Dr Cyclops, The Killers, Kiss Me Deadly, and The Wild Bunch.
14 Facts About Albert Dekker
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Albert Dekker attended Richmond Hill High School, where he appeared in stage productions.
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Albert Dekker then attended Bowdoin College, where he majored in pre-med with plans to become a doctor.
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Albert Dekker made his professional acting debut with a Cincinnati stock company in 1927.
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Albert Dekker spent most of the rest of his acting career in the cinema but returned to the stage from time to time.
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Albert Dekker replaced Lee J Cobb as Willy Loman in the original production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, and during a five-year stint back on Broadway in the early 1960s, he played the Duke of Norfolk in Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons.
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Albert Dekker was rarely cast in romantic roles, but in the film Seven Sinners, featuring a romance between Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne, Dietrich sails off with Dekker's character at the end of the film.
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Armstrong, Albert Dekker showed up to the remote Mexican shooting location of that film in 1968 with a 13-year-old girl he described as his wife, telling people that he was a medical doctor, and that after filming he would retire from acting to help impoverished Africans.
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Albert Dekker served as a Democratic member of the Assembly until 1946.
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On May 5,1968, Albert Dekker was found dead in his Hollywood home by his fiancee, fashion model and future Love Boat creator Jeraldine Saunders.
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Albert Dekker had hanged himself in his bathroom while dressed in women's lingerie.
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Albert Dekker's body was covered in explicit words and drawings in red lipstick.
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Albert Dekker was cremated, and his remains interred at the Garden State Crematory in North Bergen, New Jersey.
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Albert Dekker has a star in the motion picture category on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6620 Hollywood Boulevard.