Bradford Dillman

Bradford Dillman

1930-04-14 – 2018-01-16 (age 87) San Francisco, California, USA
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Biography

Bradford Dillman was an American stage, screen, and television actor, as well as an author starred in the taut crime drama Compulsion (1959). The lanky, dark-haired Dillman also played Robert Redford's best friend J.J. in The Way We Were (1973).

Dillman also appeared opposite Clint Eastwood in the Dirty Harry films The Enforcer (1976) and Sudden Impact (1983).

In director Richard Fleischer's Compulsion, derived from the infamous Leopold & Loeb case of the 1920s, Dillman and Stockwell starred as the brazen killers Arthur A. Straus and Judd Steiner, respectively, who think they have committed the perfect murder.

Dillman, Stockwell and Orson Welles (who played their attorney) shared best actor honors at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. The Fox film was an adaptation of a Broadway hit, with Dillman taking on the role that Roddy McDowall had originated on the stage.

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Known For

Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact

1983

as Captain Briggs

Piranha
Piranha

1978

as Paul Grogan

Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971

as Dr. Lewis Dixon

The Enforcer
The Enforcer

1976

as Captain McKay

The Swarm
The Swarm

1978

as Maj. Baker

The Way We Were
The Way We Were

1973

as J.J.

The Heart of Justice
The Heart of Justice

1992

as Mr. Burgess

The Bridge at Remagen
The Bridge at Remagen

1969

as Maj. Barnes

Brother John
Brother John

1971

as Lloyd Thomas

The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh

1973

as Willie Oban

Revenge!
Revenge!

1971

as Frank Klaner

Covenant
Covenant

1985

as Eric Noble

Kingston
Kingston

1976

as Avery Stanton

Sanctuary
Sanctuary

1961

as Gowan Stevens

Gold
Gold

1974

as Manfred Steyner

Compulsion
Compulsion

1959

as Arthur A. Straus

Chosen Survivors
Chosen Survivors

1974

as Peter Macomber

Bug
Bug

1975

as Prof. James Parmiter

Mastermind
Mastermind

1976

as Jabez Link

Guyana: Crime of the Century
Guyana: Crime of the Century

1979

as Dr. Gary Shaw