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Cause of death
  
heart attack

Role
  
Actor

Name
  
John Dall

Years active
  
1941-1965

Occupation
  
Actor


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Full Name
  
John Dall Thompson

Born
  
May 26, 1920 (
1920-05-26
)
New York City, New York, U.S.

Died
  
January 15, 1971, Beverly Hills, California, United States

Parents
  
Charles Jenner Thompson, Henry Worthington

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Movies
  
Rope, Gun Crazy, Spartacus, Atlantis - the Lost Continent, The Corn Is Green

Similar People
  
Farley Granger, Joseph H Lewis, George Pal, Irving Rapper, Felix E Feist

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John Dall (May 26, 1920 – January 15, 1971) was an American actor.

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Primarily a stage actor, he is best remembered today for two film roles: the cool-minded intellectual killer in Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948), and the trigger-happy lead in the 1950 noir Gun Crazy. He also had a substantial role in Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus (1960). He first came to fame as the young prodigy who comes alive under the tutelage of Bette Davis in The Corn Is Green (1945), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Warner Bros.signed him to a contract to make the film, but the studio let him go in 1946.

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Peggy Cummins and John Dall "meet cute" in GUN CRAZY (1950)


Personal life

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John Dall Thompson (he used his middle name for his acting career) was born in New York City on 26 May 1920, the younger son of Charles Jenner Thompson (1873–1929) and his wife Henry (née Worthington). (Sources which cite Dall's birth name as John Jenner Thompson and his birth year as 1918 appear to be in error.) His father was a civil engineer. His elder brother, Worthington Thompson, was later a decorated lieutenant in the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team.

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In the 1920s the Thompsons moved to Panama, where Charles worked on the construction of the airport there. He committed suicide in 1929, and his widow returned to New York City with John the following year.

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John attended Horace Mann School and briefly enrolled at Columbia University, where he intended to follow in his father's footsteps by studying engineering. Deciding that acting was his true vocation, he left Columbia and studied at the Theodora Irvine School of Theater and the Pasadena Playhouse.

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Film historians William J. Mann and Karen Burroughs Hannsberry have remarked that Dall was gay but claimed in media interviews to have had a brief marriage in the early 1940s. No marriage certificate has come to light, and his death certificate records him as "never married". According to music journalist Phil Milstein, at the time of his death Dall had lapsed into alcoholism and was living with his partner, actor Clement Brace (died 1996).

Death

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Dall sustained a serious fall while visiting London in October 1970, and died of a heart attack, a complication of an infection of the pericardium at his home in Beverly Hills, California on January 15, 1971, aged 50. His body was donated to medical science.


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Filmography

Actor
1962
Perry Mason (TV Series) as
Roan Daniel / Colin Durant / Edward Franklin / ...
- The Case of the Laughing Lady (1965) - Roan Daniel
- The Case of the Reluctant Model (1963) - Colin Durant
- The Case of the Weary Watchdog (1962) - Edward Franklin
- The Case of the Lonely Eloper (1962) - Julian Kirk
1961
Atlantis: The Lost Continent as
Zaren
1960
Spartacus as
Marcus Publius Glabrus
1959
Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series) as
Hugh Mitchell
- And Practically Strangers (1959) - Hugh Mitchell
1958
General Electric Theater (TV Series) as
Lt. Reese
- The Coward of Fort Bennett (1958) - Lt. Reese
1952
Suspense (TV Series) as
Jim
- The Tenth Reunion (1954)
- The Invisible Killer (1952) - Jim
1952
Broadway Television Theatre (TV Series) as
Henry
- The Hasty Heart (1953)
- Outward Bound (1952) - Henry
1953
The Web (TV Series)
- Passport to Peril (1953)
1952
Studio One (TV Series)
- The Doctor's Wife (1952)
1951
The Clock (TV Series)
- A Right Smart Trick (1951)
1951
Lights Out (TV Series)
- Pit of the Dead (1951)
1950
The Man Who Cheated Himself as
Andy Cullen
1950
Gun Crazy as
Bart Tare
1949
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV Series)
- Miracle in the Rain (1949)
1948
Rope as
Brandon
1948
Another Part of the Forest as
John Bagtry
1947
Something in the Wind as
Donald Read
1945
The Corn Is Green as
Morgan Evans
Self
1951
Crawford Mystery Theatre (TV Series) as
Self - celebrity contestant
- The Case of the Body Beautiful (1951) - Self - celebrity contestant
1949
On Stage! (Documentary short) as
Self
Archive Footage
2023
Compression (TV Series documentary)
- Compression Gun Crazy de Joseph H. Lewis (2023)
2022
Rope's End (Documentary short) as
Self
2022
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (Documentary) as
Self
2021
Hitchcock: Sin cortes (Documentary short) as
Brandon (uncredited)
2009
The Rules of Film Noir (TV Movie documentary) as
Barton Tare (clip from Gun Crazy (1950)) (uncredited)
2001
Rope Unleashed (Video documentary short) as
Brandon (uncredited)
1999
E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary) as
Brandon (clip from Rope (1948))
- Alfred Hitchcock (1999) - Brandon (clip from Rope (1948))
1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (Documentary) as
Self
1995
American Cinema (TV Series documentary) as
Barton Tare (clip from Gun Crazy (1950))
- Film Noir (1995) - Barton Tare (clip from Gun Crazy (1950)) (uncredited)
1995
Century of Cinema (TV Series documentary) as
Barton Tare, 'Gun Crazy'
- A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) - Barton Tare, 'Gun Crazy' (uncredited)
1987
La voleuse (Video short) as
Barton Tare ('Gun Crazy' footage)
1987
Great Performances (TV Series) as
Brandon (clip from Rope (1948))
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson (1987) - Brandon (clip from Rope (1948)) (uncredited)

References

John Dall Wikipedia


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