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John Dall (born John Dall Thompson; May 26, 1920 – January 15, 1971) was an American actor. 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.
John Dall. Actor: Rope. John Dall was born John Dall Thompson on May 26, 1920, the younger son of Mr. Charles Jenner Thompson and Mrs. Henry (née Worthington) Thompson. He made his Broadway debut in Norman Krasna's comedy, 'Dear Ruth', directed by Moss Hart, in 1944. The show was a hit, running for over a year and a half and 680 performances.
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Jan 18, 1971 · HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 17 (AP —John Dall, a stage and screen actor, died Friday in his home at the age of 50. Friends said Mr. DaII had died of a heart attack. He leaves a brother, Wor thington Thompson...
Aug 7, 2018 · A documentary about Scotty Bowers, a former marine who became a pimp to the stars in the Golden Age of Hollywood. Learn about his covert sexual assignations with famous actors like John Dall, who had extreme S&M tastes.
Dec 23, 2014 · John Dall (1918-1971) starred in top Hollywood productions Spartacus, Rope, and The Corn is Green, as well as the cult classic Gun Crazy. All in all, he made eight films, though unfortunately, ending his brief movie career on the campy Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961).
John Dall (1918-1971) was a stage actor who starred in Rope, Gun Crazy, Spartacus and The Corn Is Green. He was nominated for an Oscar for his role in The Corn Is Green with Bette Davis.
Dall's desultory screen career began with The Corn Is Green (1945), starring Bette Davis as a Welsh schoolteacher who thinks the town's coal miners need more education. She comes across Dall, a bright young man with a drinking problem and a literary bent, and grooms him to be able to enroll in a university.
