
John Dall
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Filmography

Rope Unleashed
2001
as Self (archive footage)

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)

Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961
as Zaren

Spartacus
1960
as Marcus Publius Glabrus

Perry Mason
1957
as Julian Kirk

Perry Mason
1957
as Edward Franklin

Perry Mason
1957
as Colin Durant

Perry Mason
1957
as Roan Daniel

General Electric Theater
1953
as Lt. Reese

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Hugh Mitchell

The Man Who Cheated Himself
1950
as Andy Cullen

Gun Crazy
1950
as Bart Tare

Miracle in the Rain
1949

Suspense
1949
as Jim

Lights Out
1949

Suspense
1949

Rope
1948
as Brandon Shaw

Another Part of the Forest
1948
as John Bagtry

Studio One
1948

Something in the Wind
1947
as Donald Read

The Corn Is Green
1945
as Morgan Evans