John Dall
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| John Dall | |
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 from the Rope film trailer, 1948 |
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| Born | John Jenner Thompson May 26, 1918 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 15, 1971 (aged 52) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
John Dall (May 26, 1918 – January 15, 1971) was an American actor.
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).[1] Dall died in Hollywood, California. Sources indicate he died of a heart attack.[2]
[edit] Filmography
- The Corn Is Green (1945)
- Something in the Wind (1947)
- Another Part of the Forest (1948)
- Rope (1948)
- Gun Crazy (1949)
- The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
- Spartacus (1960)
- Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961)
[edit] References
- ^ Burroughs Hannsberry, Karen (2003). Bad boys: the actors of film noir. McFarland. pp. 176. ISBN0786414847.
- ^ Obituary New York Times, January 18, 1971.
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