Bradford Dillman
Born: 1930-04-14 in San Francisco, California, USA
Died: 2018-01-16
Known For: Acting
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
1992
- The Heart of Justice as Mr. Burgess
1989
- Christine Cromwell
- Lords of the Deep as Dobler
- Heroes Stand Alone as Walt Simmons
1987
- The Man Outside as Frank Simmons
1985
- Covenant as Eric Noble
- Treasure of the Amazon as Clark
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Dennis McConnell
- Hot Pursuit as Victor Modrian
- Hot Pursuit as Victor Modrian
1983
- Sudden Impact as Captain Briggs
1982
- Hotel
- Matt Houston
- King's Crossing as Paul Hollister
1981
- Dynasty
- Falcon Crest as Darryl Clayton
1980
- Running Scared as Arthur Jaeger
- Tourist as Harry Flemington
- The Legend of Walks Far Woman as Singer
- The Memory of Eva Ryker as Jason Eddington
1979
- Love and Bullets as Jim Brickman
- Jennifer: A Woman’s Story as Donald Prince
- Guyana: Crime of the Century as Dr. Gary Shaw
- Before and After as Jack Matthews
1978
- The Swarm as Maj. Baker
- Piranha as Paul Grogan
- Inside 'the Swarm' as Self
- Sword of Justice
1977
- The Incredible Hulk
- The Amsterdam Kill as Odums
- The Hostage Heart as Dr. Eric Lake
- The Lincoln Conspiracy as John Wilkes Booth
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Tony Kramer
- The Enforcer as Captain McKay
- Street Killing as Howard Bronstein
- Kingston as Avery Stanton
- One Away as Ruben Bass
- Mastermind as Jabez Link
- Widow as Richard
1975
- Wonder Woman as Arthur Deal III
- Bug as Prof. James Parmiter
- Bronk as Luke
- Demon, Demon as Sam
- Force Five as Michael Dominick
- Death in Deep Water as Gary Stevens
- Medical Story
- Please Call It Murder as Lt. Danny Ianello
- Adventures of the Queen as Martin Reed
- Three for the Road
- The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond as Ned McLean
- The Next Voice You See as Stan Kay
1974
- The Manhunter
- Gold as Manfred Steyner
- A Black Ribbon for Deborah as Michel Lagrange
- 99 and 44/100% Dead as Big Eddie
- Last Bride Of Salem as Matt Clifton
- The Disappearance of Flight 412 as Maj. Mike Dunning
- Murder or Mercy as Sam Champion
- Chosen Survivors as Peter Macomber
1973
- Barnaby Jones as Terry McCormack
- Thriller as Stan Kay
- The Way We Were as J.J.
- The Iceman Cometh as Willie Oban
- Deliver Us from Evil as Steven Dennis
1972
- The Streets of San Francisco
- The Sixth Sense
- Moon of the Wolf as Andrew Rodanthe
- The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment as Randy Jamison
- The Eyes of Charles Sand as Jeffrey Winslow
1971
- Columbo as Tony Goodland
- Cannon
- Alias Smith and Jones
- Revenge! as Frank Klaner
- Brother John as Lloyd Thomas
- Longstreet as Duke Paige
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes as Dr. Lewis Dixon
- The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler as Sen. Clayton Zachary Wheeler
- Five Desperate Women as Jim Meeker
- The Mephisto Waltz as Bill Delancey
1970
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Matt Bryan
- McCloud as Michael Dominick
- Night Gallery as Richard Upton Pickman (segment "Pickman's Model")
- Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? as Capt. Myerson
- Black Water Gold as Lyle Fawcett
1969
- Medical Center
- Marcus Welby, M.D. as Ken McGurney
- The Bridge at Remagen as Maj. Barnes
- Fear No Evil as Paul Varney
1968
- The Name of the Game as Earl Keith
- The Mod Squad
- Sergeant Ryker as Capt. David Young
- The Helicopter Spies as Luther Sebastian
- Jigsaw as Jonathan Fields
1966
- Mission: Impossible as Paul Shipherd
- Felony Squad
- The Plainsman as Lt. Stiles
- Shane as Maj. George Hackett
1965
- The Wild Wild West
- The Big Valley as Eric Mercer
- The F.B.I. as Roger Leroy Mason
- A Rage to Live as Sidney Tate
- Court Martial as Capt. David Young
1964
- 12 O'Clock High
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Luther Sebastian
- Profiles in Courage as Edmund G. Ross
1963
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as Capt. David Young
- The Greatest Show on Earth
- Breaking Point
- Monstrosity as Narrator (voice; uncredited)
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Bill Nelson
- The Virginian as Sam Harder
- Jane as Self
1961
- Dr. Kildare as Tony Warren
- Ben Casey
- Francis of Assisi as Francis Bernardone of Assisi
- Alcoa Premiere
- Sanctuary as Gowan Stevens
- Kraft Mystery Theatre
1960
- Circle of Deception as Capt. Paul Raine
- Crack in the Mirror as Larnier / Claude
1959
- Compulsion as Arthur A. Straus
1958
- Naked City as Roger Fallon
- In Love and War as Alan Newcombe
- A Certain Smile as Bertrand Griot
1955
1954
- Climax! as Greg Fletcher
1953
- Keep Our Honor Bright as Student
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Erik Valkay
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee