John Dall

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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). Dall died in Hollywood, California. Sources indicate he died of a heart attack. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Dall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Perry Mason

(1957) Roan Daniel

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Spartacus

(1960) Marcus Publius Glabrus

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Rope

(1948) Brandon Shaw

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Gun Crazy

(1950) Bart Tare

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Atlantis: The Lost Continent

(1961) Zaren

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The Man Who Cheated Himself

(1950) Andy Cullen

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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

(1997) Self (archive footage)

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

(1988) Self (archive footage)

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2001	Self (archive footage)	Rope Unleashed 2001-03-03 Movie
1997	Self (archive footage)	The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender 1997-11-01 Movie
1988	Self (archive footage)	James Stewart: A Wonderful Life 1988-11-22 Movie
1961	Zaren	Atlantis: The Lost Continent 1961-05-03 Movie
1960	Marcus Publius Glabrus	Spartacus 1960-10-13 Movie
1957	Julian Kirk	Perry Mason 1957-09-21 TV Show
	Edward Franklin	Perry Mason 1957-09-21 TV Show
	Colin Durant	Perry Mason 1957-09-21 TV Show
	Roan Daniel	Perry Mason 1957-09-21 TV Show
1953	Lt. Reese	General Electric Theater 1953-02-01 TV Show
1951	Hugh Mitchell	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951-10-05 TV Show
1950	Andy Cullen	The Man Who Cheated Himself 1950-12-26 Movie
	Bart Tare	Gun Crazy 1950-01-20 Movie
1949	N/A	Lights Out 1949-07-19 TV Show
	N/A	Miracle in the Rain 1949-02-14 Movie
	N/A	Suspense 1949-01-06 TV Show
1948	N/A	Studio One 1948-11-07 TV Show
	John Bagtry	Another Part of the Forest 1948-05-18 Movie
	Brandon Shaw	Rope 1948-03-11 Movie
1947	Donald Read	Something in the Wind 1947-07-21 Movie
1945	Morgan Evans	The Corn Is Green 1945-03-29 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv