Bradford Dillman
Known for ActingBorn 1930-04-14 — died 2018-01-16San Francisco, California, USA
Bradford Dillman (April 14, 1930 – January 16, 2018) was an American actor, as well as an author starred in the taut crime drama Compulsion (1959). The lanky, dark-haired Dillman also played Robert Redford's best friend J.J. in The Way We Were (1973).
Dillman also appeared opposite Clint Eastwood in the Dirty Harry films The Enforcer (1976) and Sudden Impact (1983). In director Richard Fleischer's Compulsion, derived from the infamous Leopold & Loeb case of the 1920s, Dillman and Stockwell starred as the brazen killers Arthur A. Straus and Judd Steiner, respectively, who think they have committed the perfect murder.
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Dillman, Stockwell and Orson Welles (who played their attorney) shared best actor honors at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. The Fox film was an adaptation of a Broadway hit, with Dillman taking on the role that Roddy McDowall had originated on the stage.
Known for
The Enforcer
1976 · as Captain McKay
Sudden Impact
1983 · as Captain Briggs
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971 · as Dr. Lewis Dixon
The Way We Were
1973 · as J.J.
Piranha
1978 · as Paul Grogan
The Heart of Justice
1992 · as Mr. Burgess
Covenant
1985 · as Eric Noble
The Swarm
1978 · as Maj. Baker
The Iceman Cometh
1973 · as Willie Oban
The Bridge at Remagen
1969 · as Maj. Barnes
Gold
1974 · as Manfred Steyner
The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment
1972 · as Randy Jamison
A Certain Smile
1958 · as Bertrand Griot
One Away
1976 · as Ruben Bass
Demon, Demon
1975 · as Sam
Hot Pursuit
1984 · as Victor Modrian
Love and Bullets
1979 · as Jim Brickman
Compulsion
1959 · as Arthur A. Straus