Person Details

Birthday: 1930-04-14 02:18:56

Death: 2018-01-16 02:18:56

Aliases: Brad Dillman

Gender: Male

Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 68

TV Involvements: 38


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Columbo
Average
8

Columbo

(1971) Tony Goodland
The Big Valley
Average
6

The Big Valley

(1965) Dr. James Beldon
Naked City
Average
6

Naked City

(1958) Roger Fallon
Charlie's Angels
Average
7

Charlie's Angels

(1976) Tony Kramer
Murder, She Wrote
Average
8

Murder, She Wrote

(1984) Richard Ellston
Falcon Crest
Average
6

Falcon Crest

(1981) Darryl Clayton
Wonder Woman
Average
7

Wonder Woman

(1975) Arthur Deal III
Dr. Kildare
Average
6

Dr. Kildare

(1961) Rev. Andrew Webb

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1992 Mr. Burgess
1989 Dobler
Walt Simmons
1987 Frank Simmons
1985 Eric Noble
Clark
1984 Carl Dorner
Eric Benderson
Avery Stone
Simeon Kershaw
Dennis McConnell
Dep. Police Comm. Bradley Folkes
Richard Ellston
1983 Captain Briggs
1982 N/A
N/A
N/A
1981 Darryl Clayton
N/A
1980 Arthur Jaeger
Singer
Harry Flemington
Jason Eddington
1979 Jack Matthews
Dr. Gary Shaw
Jim Brickman
Donald Prince
1978 N/A
Paul Grogan
Maj. Baker
Self
1977 Odums
N/A
John Wilkes Booth
Dr. Eric Lake
N/A
1976 Captain McKay
Tony Kramer
Avery Stanton
Howard Bronstein
Richard
Ruben Bass
1975 Sam
Arthur Deal III
Gary Stevens
N/A
N/A
Prof. James Parmiter
N/A
N/A
Michael Dominick
Ned McLean
Martin Reed
Lt. Danny Ianello
1974 Michel Lagrange
Maj. Mike Dunning
N/A
Big Eddie
Manfred Steyner
Peter Macomber
Matt Clifton
Sam Champion
1973 Willie Oban
J.J.
Steven Dennis
Stan Kay
Gary Stevens
Charles Kohlmeyer / Stanley Rickland
Terry McCormack
1972 Andrew Rodanthe
N/A
Randy Jamison
Jeffrey Winslow
N/A
1971 Sen. Clayton Zachary Wheeler
Frank Klaner
Jim Meeker
Tony Goodland
N/A
Lloyd Thomas
Dr. Lewis Dixon
Bill Delancey
Duke Paige
N/A
1970 Richard Upton Pickman (segment "Pickman's Model")
Matt Bryan
Capt. Myerson
N/A
Lyle Fawcett
1969 N/A
Ken McGurney
Maj. Barnes
Jabez Link
Paul Varney
1968 N/A
Earl Keith
Jonathan Fields
Luther Sebastian
Capt. David Young
1967 N/A
N/A
Bannister
1966 N/A
N/A
Maj. George Hackett
Lt. Stiles
1965 Sidney Tate
Curtis Breer
Roger Leroy Mason
Neil Stryker
Lawrence Reynolds
George Bellamy
N/A
Eric Mercer
Dr. James Beldon
Capt. David Young
1964 Edmund G. Ross
N/A
1963 Capt. David Young
N/A
N/A
N/A
Narrator (voice; uncredited)
1962 Howard Clements
Bill Nelson
Sam Harder
Self
1961 N/A
N/A
Rev. Andrew Webb
Tony Warren
Andrew Webb
Francis Bernardone of Assisi
N/A
Gowan Stevens
1960 Capt. Paul Raine
Larnier / Claude
1959 Arthur A. Straus
1958 Alan Newcombe
Roger Fallon
Bertrand Griot
1955 N/A
1954 Greg Fletcher
1953 Student
1951 Erik Valkay
Year Character Movie/Tv

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