Job Actor
Years active 1945-1965
Top Roles Morgan Evans, Marcus Publius Glabrus, Brandon Shaw, Zaren, Barton Tare
Top GenresDrama, Adventure, Crime, Film Noir, Romance, Mystery
Top TopicsBook-Based, Ancient World, Freedom
Top Collaborators (Director), , , (Director)
Shares birthday with John Wayne, Norma Talmadge, Al Jolson  see more..

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Spartacus

Spartacus

Fan rating: 7.63
The Corn Is Green

The Corn Is Green

Fan rating: 7.50
Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy

Fan rating: 7.40

John Dall Overview:

Actor, John Dall, was born John Dall Thompson on May 26, 1918 in New York City, NY. Dall died at the age of 52 on Jan 15, 1971 in Hollywood, CA .

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Dall was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1945Best Supporting ActorThe Corn Is Green (1945)Morgan EvansNominated
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope starring James Stewart, , and Farley Granger

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Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope starring James Stewart, , and Farley Granger Rope (1948) is an American crime thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, , and Farley Granger. Other members of the cast include Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Constance Collier, Dougla... Read full article

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John Dall Quotes:

Brandon: I've always wished for more artistic talent. Well, murder can be an art, too. The power to kill can be just as satisfying as the power to create.

Brandon Shaw: Of course, he was a Harvard graduate. That might be grounds for justifiable homicide.

Brandon: Nobody commits a murder just for the experiment of committing it. Nobody except us.

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Best Supporting Actor Oscar 1945
WINNER
James Dunn
(as Johnny Nolan)
in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Nominee
Michael Chekhov
(as Dr. Alex Brulov)
in Spellbound
Nominee

(as Morgan Evans)
in The Corn Is Green
Nominee
Robert Mitchum
(as Lieutenant Walker)
in G. I. Joe
Nominee
J. Carrol Naish
(as Charlie Martini)
in A Medal for Benny
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John Dall Facts
There are conflicting accounts of his cause of death. Many sources state that the cause of death was heart attack while others, including his nephew, state the cause of death was a punctured lung.
Best remembered as Brandon, the more confident and charismatic of the two prep school killers in Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948).
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