Albert Dekker

Albert Dekker (1905 - 1968)
Member of the California State Assembly from the 57th district from 1945 - 1947
==Film Deaths==
*Beau Geste (1939) [Legionnaire Schwartz]: Shot to death in a battle with Arab soldiers.
*Dr. Cyclops (1940) [Dr. Alexander Thorkel]: Falls to his death down a mineshaft while chasing his shrunken prisoners through the jungle.
*Wake Island (1942) [Shad McClosky]: Killed by a Grenade or Motor shell (along with Brian Donlevy) while battling the Japanese on Wake Island.
*The Killers (A Man Alone) (1946) [Big Jim Colfax]: Shot in the stomach (off-screen) in a shoot-out with Jack Lambert in Albert's home; he dies on the staircase shortly after the police arrive, while Ava Gardner pleads with him to exonerate her.
*California (1947) [Pike]: Stabbed in the stomach with his own knife when he attacks Ray Milland. (Thanks to Brian) 
*Texas Kid, Outlaw (The Kid From Texas) (1950) [Alexander Kain]: Shot dead by Will Geer as he goes to gun down Audie Murphy. (Thanks to Brian)
*Kiss Me Deadly (1955) [Dr. Soberin]: Shot several times in the chest and stomach by Gaby Rodgers.
==TV Deaths==
*Mission: Impossible: The Short Tail Spy (1966) [Colonel Shtemenko]: Dies (off-screen) of a heart attack. We learn of his death when Steven Hill gets informed.
*The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Summit-Five Affair (1967) [Harry Beldon]: Commits suicide by blowing himself up with a hand grenade to avoid being captured by David McCallum.
==Notable connections==
*Ex-Mr. Esther Guirini.
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