Actor
John Dall
Born May 26, 1920 in New York City, New York, USA
Died January 15, 19719 films
John Dall (May 26, 1920 – January 15, 1971) was an American actor.
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Primarily a stage actor, he is best remembered today for two film roles; the cool-minded intellectual killer in Alfred Hitchcock's film Rope, and the trigger-happy lead in the 1950 noir Gun Crazy.
He first came to fame as the young prodigy who comes alive under the tutelage of Bette Davis in The Corn Is Green, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Dall was born John Jenner Thompson in New York City, New York, the second son of Charles Jenner Thompson, a civil engineer, and his wife Henry (née Worthington). Dall died in Hollywood, California. Sources indicate he died of a heart attack.
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First watchRope19487.9as Brandon ShawTwo young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.View filmEssential films
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9 films as actor- 1961Atlantis: The Lost ContinentZaren
- 1960SpartacusMarcus Publius Glabrus
- 1950The Man Who Cheated HimselfAndy Cullen
- 1950Gun CrazyBart Tare
- 1949Miracle in the Rain
- 1948Another Part of the ForestJohn Bagtry
- 1948RopeBrandon Shaw
- 1947Something in the WindDonald Read
- 1945The Corn Is GreenMorgan Evans