Bradford Dillman
Acting

Bradford Dillman

Born 14 April 1930 · San Francisco, California, USA · Died 16 January 2018

Bradford Dillman (April 14, 1930 – January 16, 2018) was an American 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

Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Sudden Impact
The Enforcer
Columbo
Piranha
The Way We Were
The Incredible Hulk
Wonder Woman
Murder, She Wrote
Mission: Impossible
The Swarm
The Bridge at Remagen
The Heart of Justice
Lords of the Deep
Heroes Stand Alone
The Man Outside
Treasure of the Amazon
Covenant
Hot Pursuit
Sudden Impact
Running Scared
The Legend of Walks Far Woman
Tourist
The Memory of Eva Ryker
Guyana: Crime of the Century
Love and Bullets
Before and After
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
Piranha
The Swarm
The Lincoln Conspiracy
The Hostage Heart
The Amsterdam Kill
The Enforcer
Mastermind
Kingston
Widow
Street Killing
One Away
Bug
Adventures of the Queen
Please Call It Murder
The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond
Demon, Demon
Force Five
Death in Deep Water
The Next Voice You See
The Disappearance of Flight 412
Gold
99 and 44/100% Dead
Chosen Survivors
Murder or Mercy
A Black Ribbon for Deborah
Last Bride Of Salem
The Way We Were
The Iceman Cometh
Deliver Us from Evil
Moon of the Wolf
The Eyes of Charles Sand
The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
The Mephisto Waltz
Brother John
Revenge!
Five Desperate Women
Longstreet
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Black Water Gold
The Bridge at Remagen
Fear No Evil
The Helicopter Spies
Jigsaw
Sergeant Ryker
The Plainsman
A Rage to Live
Francis of Assisi
Sanctuary
Circle of Deception
Crack in the Mirror
Compulsion
A Certain Smile
In Love and War
Keep Our Honor Bright
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