John Dall
Known for Acting · 18 credits
- Born
- 1920-05-26
- Died
- 1971-01-15
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
John Dall (May 26, 1920 – 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). Dall died in Hollywood, California. Sources indicate he died of a heart attack.
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Known For
TV Shows (6)
Movies (12)
Spartacus
1960
as Marcus Publius Glabrus
Rope
1948
as Brandon Shaw
Gun Crazy
1950
as Bart Tare
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Cheated Himself
1950
as Andy Cullen
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961
as Zaren
The Corn Is Green
1945
as Morgan Evans
Another Part of the Forest
1948
as John Bagtry
Something in the Wind
1947
as Donald Read
Rope Unleashed
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Miracle in the Rain
1949
About John Dall
John Dall (May 26, 1920 – 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 Jenne… With 18 credits spanning from 1945 to 2001, John Dall has appeared in 12 films and 6 TV shows.
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- Spartacus (1960) — as Marcus Publius Glabrus
- Rope (1948) — as Brandon Shaw
- Gun Crazy (1950) — as Bart Tare
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987) — as Self (archive footage)
- The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997) — as Self (archive footage)
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