John Dall

John Dall

1920-05-26 – 1971-01-15 (age 50) New York City, New York, USA
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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 (nÊe Worthington). Dall died in Hollywood, California. Sources indicate he died of a heart attack.

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Spartacus
Spartacus

1960

as Marcus Publius Glabrus

Rope
Rope

1948

as Brandon Shaw

Gun Crazy
Gun Crazy

1950

as Bart Tare

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

1997

as Self (archive footage)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

Atlantis: The Lost Continent
The Man Who Cheated Himself
The Man Who Cheated Himself

1950

as Andy Cullen

The Corn Is Green
The Corn Is Green

1945

as Morgan Evans

Another Part of the Forest
Another Part of the Forest

1948

as John Bagtry

Rope Unleashed
Rope Unleashed

2001

as Self (archive footage)

Something in the Wind
Something in the Wind

1947

as Donald Read