Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1930-04-14
Day of Death
2018-01-16
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Bradford Dillman
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 (75)
The Heart of Justice
1992
Lords of the Deep
1989
Heroes Stand Alone
1989
The Man Outside
1987
Covenant
1985
Treasure of the Amazon
1985
Hot Pursuit
1984
Sudden Impact
1983
Running Scared
1980
The Legend of Walks Far Woman
1980
Tourist
1980
The Memory of Eva Ryker
1980
Before and After
1979
Guyana: Crime of the Century
1979
