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, John Dall, and Farley Granger

By Stephen Reginald on Jul 11, 2024 From Classic Movie Man

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope starring James Stewart, John Dall, and Farley Granger Rope (1948) is an American crime thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, John Dall, 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:

Mrs. Atwater: Do you know when I was a girl I used to read quite a bit.
Brandon: We all do strange things in our childhood.


Brandon: We killed for the sake of danger and for the sake of killing.


Brandon Shaw: Good and evil, right and wrong were invented for the ordinary average man, the inferior man, because he needs them.


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John Dall Facts
Best remembered as Brandon, the more confident and charismatic of the two prep school killers in Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948).

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.

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