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Bradford Dillman

Bradford Dillman

Acting

Biography

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 Movies

Acting

Poster for Escape from the Planet of the Apes
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes

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Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Dr. Lewis Dixon
Poster for The Way We Were
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The Way We Were

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The Way We Were
J.J.
Poster for Keep Our Honor Bright
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Keep Our Honor Bright

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Keep Our Honor Bright
Student
Poster for The Enforcer
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The Enforcer

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The Enforcer
Captain McKay
Poster for Sudden Impact
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Sudden Impact

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Sudden Impact
Captain Briggs
Poster for Piranha
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Piranha

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Piranha
Paul Grogan
Poster for The Mephisto Waltz
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The Mephisto Waltz

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The Mephisto Waltz
Bill Delancey
Poster for Guyana: Crime of the Century
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Guyana: Crime of the Century

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Guyana: Crime of the Century
Dr. Gary Shaw
Poster for The Iceman Cometh
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The Iceman Cometh

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The Iceman Cometh
Willie Oban
Poster for Compulsion
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Compulsion

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Compulsion
Arthur A. Straus

Gallery

Bradford Dillman portrait
Bradford Dillman portrait
Bradford Dillman portrait