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Albert Dekker

Albert Dekker

Actor · Died May 5, 1968, aged 62 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Albert Dekker (December 20, 1905 – May 5, 1968) was an American character actor and politician best known for his roles in Dr. Cyclops, The Killers, Kiss Me Deadly, and The Wild Bunch. He is sometimes credited as Albert Van Dekker or Albert van Dekker. Description above from the Wikipedia article Albert Dekker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 20, 1905
Died
May 5, 1968 (aged 62)
From
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
49 on MovieCove · 95 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27

What are Albert Dekker's films like?

Across their 40 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama17 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 27th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Action4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 84th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Western3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Western movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
36%
Bonds
26%
Power
14%
Self
14%
Society
5%
Survival
4%
Ideas
1%
Romantic love14 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice10 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption7 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 40 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 14 · Serious 13 · Dark 13

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 15 · Stylized 18 · Heightened 7

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 6 · Charged 25 · Intense 9

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 17 · Shifting 21 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 27 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 8

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 26 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 25 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 4

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 17 · Affecting 14 · Heavy 9

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 32 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

24 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 12 of 24 analyzed roles.

Shadow
12 of 24
Threshold guardian
6 of 24
Ally
2 of 24
Shapeshifter
1 of 24
Hero
1 of 24
Mentor
1 of 24
Herald
1 of 24
Show the 24 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
27
Melancholic
18
Romantic
11
Joyful
7
Warm
7
Other
31

How their films linger

Bittersweet19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy13
  • Bittersweet19
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Albert Dekker's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 49 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Albert Dekker's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

95 credits, 49 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Mansfield 66/67(2017)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • The Horror Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as (archive footage)

  • The Wild Bunch(1969)

    as Pat Harrigan

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Judd, for the Defense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Come Spy with Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Walter Ludeker

  • Gammera the Invincible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Secretary of Defense

  • Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Mr. Gutman

  • Mission: Impossible(1966)

    Show 1 episode · as Colonel Shtemenko

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Death of a Salesman(1966)

    as Ben

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Run for Your Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Sir Harry Hiller

  • Once Upon a Tractor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Colonel

  • The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(1964)

    Show 1 episode · as Harry Beldon

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Kraft Suspense Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Karl Hesse

  • Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Judge Dundy

  • The Defenders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 1 episode · as Mark Vronis

  • Festival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as King Henry VIII

  • Route 66(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Frank Ivy

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Suddenly, Last Summer(1959)

    as Lawrence Hockstader

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Wonderful Country(1959)

    as Cap. Rucker (Texas Ranger)

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Middle of the Night(1959)

    as Walter Lockman

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • These Thousand Hills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Marshal Conrad

  • The Sound and the Fury(1959)

    as Earl Snopes

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Rawhide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · as Jonas Bolt · as Josh Breeden

  • The Witches from Another World(1958)

    as Don Luis Montoya

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Naked City(1958)

    Show 1 episode · as Herbert B. Warick · as Samuel Grafton

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Decoy(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Otto Flagler

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • She Devil(1957)

    as Dr. Richard Bach

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Illegal(1955)

    as Frank Garland

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Playwrights '56 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Kiss Me Deadly(1955)

    as Dr. G.E. Soberin

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • East of Eden(1955)

    as Will Hamilton

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Silver Chalice(1954)

    as Kester

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Climax! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · as Brewster

  • Leonardo da Vinci (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Narration

  • Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie(1952)

    as Lloyd Slocum

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • As Young as You Feel(1951)

    as Louis McKinley

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Furies(1950)

    as Mr. Reynolds

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Destination Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Armitage

  • The Kid from Texas(1950)

    as Alexander Kain

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Lights Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Search for Danger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Kirk

  • Bride of Vengeance(1949)

    as Vanetti

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Tarzan's Magic Fountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Trask

  • Studio One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Show 1 episode · as Billy Bones

  • Lulu Belle(1948)

    as Mark Brady

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Fury at Furnace Creek(1948)

    as Edward Leverett

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Gentleman's Agreement(1947)

    as John Minify

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Fabulous Texan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Gibson Hart

  • Cass Timberlane(1947)

    as Boone Havock

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Pretender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Kenneth Holden

  • Wyoming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Duke Lassiter

  • Slave Girl(1947)

    as Pasha

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • California(1947)

    as Mr. Pike

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Two Years Before the Mast(1946)

    as Brown

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Killers(1946)

    as Big Jim Colfax

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Suspense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Frank Leonard

  • The French Key (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Johnny Fletcher

  • Hold That Blonde!(1945)

    as Police Inspector Callahan

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Incendiary Blonde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Joe Cadden

  • Salome, Where She Danced(1945)

    as Von Bohlen

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Experiment Perilous(1944)

    as 'Clag' Claghorn

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Woman of the Town(1943)

    as Bat Masterson

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • In Old Oklahoma(1943)

    as James E. 'Hunk' Gardner

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Kansan(1943)

    as Steve Barat

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Buckskin Frontier(1943)

    as Gideon Skene

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Once Upon a Honeymoon(1942)

    as Gaston Le Blanc

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Forest Rangers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Twig Dawson

  • Wake Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Shad McClosky

  • Night in New Orleans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Police Lieutenant William Richards

  • In Old California(1942)

    as Britt Dawson

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Yokel Boy(1942)

    as 'Buggsy' Malone

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Star Spangled Rhythm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Albert Dekker (uncredited)

  • The Lady Has Plans(1942)

    as Baron Von Kemp

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Among the Living (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as John Raden / Paul Raden

  • Buy Me That Town(1941)

    as Louie Lanzer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Honky Tonk(1941)

    as Brazos Hearn

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Reaching for the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Herman

  • You're the One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Luke Laramie

  • Blonde Inspiration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Phil Hendricks

  • Seven Sinners(1940)

    as Dr. Martin

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Rangers of Fortune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as George Bird

  • Dr. Cyclops (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Dr. Alexander Thorkel

  • Strange Cargo(1940)

    as Moll

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Great Commandment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Longinus

  • Beau Geste(1939)

    as Schwartz

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Man in the Iron Mask(1939)

    as Louis XIII

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Hotel Imperial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Sergeant (uncredited)

  • Never Say Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Kidley's Second

  • The Last Warning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Higgs the Butler

  • Marie Antoinette(1938)

    as Comte de Provence

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Lone Wolf in Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Marquis Louis de Meyerson

  • Extortion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Jeffrey Thompson (as Albert Van Dekker)

  • She Married an Artist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Whitney Holton

  • The Great Garrick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as LeBrun

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 95 titles from 1937 to 2017.

Biggest box office

Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

$952K worldwide

Highest rated

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

East of Eden (1955)

Film career

Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles.

  • 1938Screen debut· Marie Antoinette
  • 1940First top-billed film· Dr. Cyclops
  • 1955Career best· Kiss Me Deadly

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting95 of 95: 95 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score60th

By decade

1930s11 · acting1940s44 · acting1950s22 · acting1960s15 · acting1970s1 · acting1980s1 · acting2010s1 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 13% of 24 roles
384353

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Albert Dekker's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 44; across their 40 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Approval · how many liked their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Reach · how many have seen their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Midcredits score across 49 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up18
  • 50th to 74th17
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

25 of their 49 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Crowd Pleaser25
  • Broadly Agreed6
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

Slave Girl (1947)

69th percentile spread · 34% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Midcredits 97th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 39 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Albert Dekker's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, frightening / intense runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles19–78 · median 48 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles11–40 · median 22 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 26 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 38 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles18–76 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Albert Dekker work with?

People who share at least 2 of Albert Dekker's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Victor Young shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles