Alex Dreier
Actor · Died March 11, 2000, aged 83 · Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Alex Dreier, a rare case of a well-known radio and TV news reporter and commentator turned actor late in life. Born in 1916, he graduated from Stanford University in 1939 and became a newsman shortly afterwards. His first assignment was as a correspondent for the United Press in Berlin. Put under surveillance by the Gestapo, Dreier managed to leave Germany one day before Pearl Harbor. After this narrow escape, he worked regularly with NBC and ABC as a reporter, commentator and anchor. Aged fifty, he opted for acting and, for over ten years, performed character roles in 25 movies or TV series episodes, the best of which being 'The Boston Strangler' (Richard Fleischer, 1968) and 'The Carey Treatment' (Blake Edwards, 1972).
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Biography from IMDb.
- June 26, 1916
- March 11, 2000 (aged 83)
- Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- Actor
- 10 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
What are Alex Dreier's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Shadowas Carmady in Chandler (1971)
- Threshold guardianas Chief of Police in The Loners (1972)
- Mentoras Ramsey in Lady Cocoa (1975)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Tragic1
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 Alex Dreier's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Alex Dreier'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
19 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Hart to Hart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
The Astral Factor(1978)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Lady Cocoa(1975)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Alias Big Cherry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Kojak(1973)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Toma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
Murdock's Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
The Loners(1972)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
The Carey Treatment(1972)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Chandler(1971)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Sweet, Sweet Rachel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
The Smith Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
The Boston Strangler(1968)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Land of the Giants(1968)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
The Name of the Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
It Takes a Thief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Mannix(1967)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Cowboy in Africa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan(1941)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 60th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 19 titles from 1941 to 1979; peak year 1968.
Film career
Peak 1968 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1941Screen debut· Here Comes Mr. Jordan
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.
How do Alex Dreier's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 16th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 20th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 52/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 38. 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.
Who does Alex Dreier work with?
People who share at least 2 of Alex Dreier's MovieCove titles; Gloria Grahame shares the most, 2.
- Gloria GrahameShared titles: The Loners (1972), Chandler (1971)See all 2 shared titles with Gloria Grahame
- Alan StensvoldShared titles: The Astral Factor (1978), Chandler (1971)See all 2 shared titles with Alan Stensvold