Alex Dreier

Alex Dreier was born on Jun 26, 1916 in USA. Alex Dreier's big-screen debut came with Here Comes Mr. Jordan directed by Alexander Hall in 1941, strarring Radio Announcer (uncredited). Alex Dreier is known for The Boston Strangler directed by Richard Fleischer, Tony Curtis stars as Albert DeSalvo and Henry Fonda as John S. Bottomly. The upcoming new movie Alex Dreier plays is The Astral Factor which will be released on Feb 01, 1978.

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).