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John Dall

John Dall

Died at 50

  • 9 movies
  • Career 1945 – 1961

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 (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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John Dall’s filmography

9 titles
Spartacus
7.5
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Spartacus

1960 · History · Drama

Rope
7.9
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Rope

1948 · Thriller · Crime

Atlantis: The Lost Continent
5.2
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Atlantis: The Lost Continent

1961 · Adventure · Fantasy

Gun Crazy
7.4
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Gun Crazy

1950 · Crime · Romance

Another Part of the Forest
7.8
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Another Part of the Forest

1948 · Drama · Romance

Something in the Wind
7.0
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Something in the Wind

1947 · Comedy · Music

The Man Who Cheated Himself
6.2
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The Man Who Cheated Himself

1950 · Crime · Thriller

Miracle in the Rain
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Miracle in the Rain

1949 · Drama · Romance

The Corn Is Green
7.2
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The Corn Is Green

1945 · Drama

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