John Dall

John Dall
from the Rope film trailer, 1948.
Born	John Jenner Thompson May 26, 1918(1918-05-26) New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	January 15, 1971(1971-01-15) (aged 52) Hollywood, California, U.S.

John Dall (May 26, 1918 – 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 film Rope, and the trigger-happy lead in the 1950 noir Gun Crazy.

He first came to fame as the young prodigy who comes alive under the tutelage of Bette Davis in The Corn Is Green, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Dall was born John Jenner Thompson in New York City, New York, the second son of Charles Jenner Thompson, a civil engineer, and his wife Henry (née Worthington).^[1] Dall died in Hollywood, California. Sources indicate he died of a heart attack.^[2]

Filmography

References

^ Burroughs Hannsberry, Karen (2003). Bad boys: the actors of film noir. McFarland. pp. 176. ISBN0786414847.
^ Obituary New York Times,January 18, 1971.

External links

John Dall at the Internet Movie Database
John Dall at the Internet Broadway Database
John Dall at Find a Grave

Persondata
Name	Dall, John
Alternative names	Thompson, John Dall
Short description	Actor
Date of birth	May 26, 1918(1918-05-26)
Place of birth	New York, New York, U.S.
Date of death	1971-1-15
Place of death	Hollywood, California, U.S.