John Dall
Known for ActingBorn 1920-05-26 — died 1971-01-15New York City, New York, USA
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.
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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.
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Known for
Spartacus
1960 · as Marcus Publius Glabrus
Rope
1948 · as Brandon Shaw
Gun Crazy
1950 · as Bart Tare
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · as Self (archive footage)
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
1961 · as Zaren
The Man Who Cheated Himself
1950 · as Andy Cullen
Another Part of the Forest
1948 · as John Bagtry
Rope Unleashed
2001 · as Self (archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997 · as Self (archive footage)
The Corn Is Green
1945 · as Morgan Evans
Miracle in the Rain
1949
Something in the Wind
1947 · as Donald Read