John Dall
Actor (1920-1971) · United States · On the map · Actors · Lived 1918 to 1971 · aged 52
John Dall was an American actor. Primarily a stage actor, he is best remembered today for portraying the cool-minded intellectual killer in Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948), and the companion of trigger-happy femme fatale Peggy Cummins in the 1950 film noir Gun Crazy.
John Dall is read about 212 times a day, in 25 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Atlantis: The Lost ContinentFilm, Zaren1960
SpartacusFilm, Marcus Publius Glabrus1957
Perry MasonSeries, Julian Kirk1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, Lt. Reese1951
Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries, Hugh Mitchell1950
Gun CrazyFilm, Bart Tare
The Man Who Cheated HimselfFilm, 1950Andy Cullen1949
Lights OutSeries
SuspenseSeries, 1949Jim
Miracle in the RainFilm, 19491948
Studio OneSeries
Another Part of the ForestFilm, 1948John Bagtry
RopeFilm, 1948Brandon Shaw1947
Something in the WindFilm, Donald Read1945
The Corn Is GreenFilm, Morgan Evans1918Born26 May 1918Known for
View all 12 titles
Rope 1948
Spartacus 1960
Gun Crazy 1950
The Man Who Cheated Himself 1950
Atlantis: The Lost Continent 1961
People around John
Close ties
George Pal Directed Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961)
Berry Kroeger Also in Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961)
Alfred Hitchcock Directed Rope (1948)
Stanley Kubrick Directed Spartacus (1960)
Dalton Trumbo Wrote Spartacus and Gun Crazy
Edward Platt Also in Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961)
Gail Patrick Produced Perry Mason
William Smith Also in Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961)
Irving Pichel Directed Something in the Wind (1947)
Irving Rapper Directed The Corn Is Green (1945)
Joseph H. Lewis Directed Gun Crazy (1951)- Michael Gordon Directed Another Part of the Forest (1948)
- Frank de Kova Also in Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961)
Felix E. Feist Directed The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
Jay Novello Also in Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961)
Joyce Taylor Also in Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961)
Edgar Stehli Also in Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961)- Daniel Mainwaring Wrote Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961)
Jack M. Warner Produced The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 12
22 credits on file
Television 6
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
He also had a substantial role in Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus (1960). He first came to fame as the young Welsh mining prodigy who comes alive under the tutelage of Bette Davis in The Corn Is Green (1945), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
