John Dall

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Biography: 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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Birthday: May 26, 1918

Deathday: January 15, 1971

Adult: No

Gender: Male

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Known For:

Spartacus
Rope
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
The Corn Is Green
Something in the Wind
The Man Who Cheated Himself
Gun Crazy
Another Part of the Forest
Rope Unleashed
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Miracle in the Rain