Elliott Dexter (b. March 29, 1870 in Galveston, Texas - d. June 21, 1941 in Amityville, New York) was an American film and stage actor. Dexter started his career in vaudeville and hadn't left it until he was forty-five for the movies. He retired after his last movie in 1925. March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Nickname: The Oleander City Location in the state of Texas County Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas Area - City 539. ... This article is about the year. ... Amityville is a village in Suffolk County, New York, in the United States. ... Vaudeville is a style of multi-act theatre which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Elliott admits he wasn't very familiar with the work of Forsyth, best known for "The Day of the Jackal," the saga of an assassin stalking French President Charles de Gaulle.
Once a regular on television's original "Mission: Impossible," Elliott's credits date back to the classic Western "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." One of his favorite projects remains one of his earliest, the 1976 character study "Lifeguard." He recalls, "That was probably five years in, careerwise, and it was a personal milestone.
Elliott's unique sound also won him the role of a cow named Ben in the forthcoming animated movie "Barnyard," and he calls the experience "a very strange thing.