He is sometimes credited as Albert Van Dekker or Albert van Dekker. Directed by Sam Peckinpah. He was found dead May 5th, 1968 in the bathroom of his Hollywood home by his then fiancée, actress Jeraldine Saunders. Tall and with rugged good looks, he often played aggressive character roles, a prime example being his double-crossing gang leader in the classic The Killers (1946). An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is …
Amongst the inhabitants of this dying era are a gang known as "the wild bunch." After a failed railroad office robbery, the gang heads to Mexico to do one last job. Ultimately caught between the corruption of railroad fat cat Harrigan (Albert Dekker) and federale general Mapache (Emilio Fernandez), and without a frontier for escape, the Bunch … Albert Dekker. With William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien. Tall and with rugged good looks, he often played aggressive character roles, a prime example being his double-crossing gang leader in the classic The Killers (1946). Seydor's Oscar-nominated 1996 short The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage assembles black-and-white "making of" footage from the Wild Bunch shoot and, rather than filming new talking-head footage, uses oral-history recollections of cast and crew members mingled on the soundtrack with Peckinpah's own words, voiced by Ed Harris. Albert Dekker was a Hollywood actor who did the bulk of his work through the 50s and 60s, including films such as The Wild Bunch. On May 5, after not hearing from him for three days, Dekker’s fiancee, Geraldine Saunders, entered his Hollywood apartment and found him hanging dead from a leather belt inside the bathroom.
Albert Dekker, Actor: Kiss Me Deadly. Wild Bunch, The: Director's Cut (DVD) (Rpkg) The master of the American western, Sam Peckinpah, directs a stellar cast in this movie that breathed new life into the genre and broke ground in the realistic portrayal of screen violence. A stage actor from 1927, Albert Dekker was an established Broadway star when he made his film debut ten years later. He was found dead May 5th, 1968 in the bathroom of his Hollywood home by his then fiancée, actress Jeraldine Saunders. From 1944-46 he served a term in the California legislature representing the Hollywood district. Albert Dekker was a Hollywood actor who did the bulk of his work through the 50s and 60s, including films such as The Wild Bunch. Albert Dekker 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.. Born as Albert Van Ecke in Brooklyn, New York, he adopted his mother’s maiden name of Dekker as his stage name. A stage actor from 1927, Albert Dekker was an established Broadway star when he made his film debut ten years later. In 1968, the 62-year old Dekker completed his final role in Sam Peckinpah’s classic western, “The Wild Bunch”. Dekker's last role, in The Wild Bunch (1969), was one of his most memorable: the tough railroad detective Harrigan, who hires a murderous group of bounty hunters to track down and kill a gang of outlaws who've been robbing his company's trains. 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.