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Anthony John "Tony" Dexter was an American actor known for his striking resemblance to silent film hero Rudolph Valentino, whom he portrayed in the 1951 biographic Valentino. Dexter sometimes used the pseudonym Walter Craig. He was known for portraying many real-life characters such as Captain John Smith, Captain William Kidd, Billy the Kid and Christopher Columbus.
Birth Name
Walter Reinhold Alfred Fleischmann
Born
Sunday, 19 January 1913
Died
Tuesday, 27 March 2001
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Inside the Marx Brothers | Columbus (clip from The Story of Mankind (1957)) | 2003 |
| The High Chaparral | Dave Gore | 1967 |
| Thoroughly Modern Millie | Juarez | 1967 |
| Saturday Night in Apple Valley | 1965 | |
| Married Too Young | Lech | 1962 |
| Three Blondes in His Life | Charlie Walsh | 1961 |
| The Phantom Planet | Herron | 1961 |
| 12 to the Moon | Dr. Luis Vargas | 1960 |
| Rawhide | Chie | 1959 |
| Bat Masterson | Allesandro Vallin | 1958 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Inside the Marx Brothers | Columbus (clip from The Story of Mankind (1957)) | 2003 |
| The High Chaparral | Dave Gore | 1967 |
| Thoroughly Modern Millie | Juarez | 1967 |
| Saturday Night in Apple Valley | 1965 | |
| Married Too Young | Lech | 1962 |
| Three Blondes in His Life | Charlie Walsh | 1961 |
| The Phantom Planet | Herron | 1961 |
| 12 to the Moon | Dr. Luis Vargas | 1960 |
| Rawhide | Chie | 1959 |
| Bat Masterson | Allesandro Vallin | 1958 |
| The Story of Mankind | Christopher Columbus | 1957 |
| The Parson and the Outlaw | Billy the Kid | 1957 |
| The Gay Cavalier | Sir Edward Claydon | 1957 |
| The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna | Ramon | 1956 |
| He Laughed Last | Dominic Rodríguez | 1956 |
| Fire Maidens of Outer Space | Luther Blair | 1956 |
| The Black Pirates | Capt. Zargo / Captain Zargo | 1954 |
| Climax! | Jose | 1954 |
| Adventures of the Falcon | Rocky Maxwell | 1954 |
| Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl | Capt. William Kidd | 1954 |
| Captain John Smith and Pocahontas | Capt. John Smith | 1953 |
| The Brigand | King Lorenzo / Captain Carlos Delargo / Capt. Carlos Delargo | 1952 |
| Valentino | Rudolph Valentino | 1951 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | 1950 |
| Side Street | Radio Clerk | 1950 |
