Bradford Dillman
Birthday: 1930-04-14 | Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USABradford 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Mr. Burgess
as Dobler
as Frank Simmons
as Clark
as Eric Noble
as Victor Modrian
as Captain Briggs
as Paul Hollister
as Singer
as Arthur Jaeger
as Dr. Gary Shaw
as Jason Eddington
as Jack Matthews
as Jim Brickman
as Odums
as Paul Grogan
as Self
as John Wilkes Booth
as Avery Stanton
as Captain McKay
as Howard Bronstein
as Jabez Link
as Gary Stevens
as Martin Reed
as Prof. James Parmiter
as Stan Kay
as Maj. Mike Dunning
