John Dall
American actor (1920–1971) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Dall (born John Dall Thompson; May 26, 1920 – January 15, 1971)[1][Note 1] was an American actor.
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Born | John Dall Thompson (1920-05-26)May 26, 1920[Note 1] New York City, U.S. |
Died | January 15, 1971(1971-01-15) (aged 50) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1941–1965 |
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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 companion of trigger-happy femme fatale Peggy Cummins in the 1950 film noir Gun Crazy. He also had a substantial role in Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus (1960). He first came to fame as the young Welsh mining 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.[7]