Bradford Dillman

Bradford Dillman

Date of Birth:

Apr 14, 1930

Place of Birth:

San Francisco, California, USA

Bradford Dillman was an American stage, screen, and television 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. 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.

filmography:

Jane Jane

1962

Jigsaw Jigsaw

1968

Tourist Tourist

1980

Kingston Kingston

1976

Longstreet Longstreet

1971

Widow Widow

1976

One Away One Away

1976

Force Five Force Five

1975

Covenant Covenant

1985

Bug Bug

1975

The Swarm The Swarm

1978

Gold Gold

1974

Compulsion Compulsion

1959

Piranha Piranha

1978

Revenge! Revenge!

1971

Sanctuary Sanctuary

1961

Mastermind Mastermind

1969

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