John Dall Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

John Dall Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

John Dall (May 26, 1920 â€" January 15, 1971)[Note 1] was an American

actor.Primarily a stage actor, he is best remembered today for two

film roles: the cool-minded intellectual killer in Alfred Hitchcock's

Rope (1948), and the trigger-happy lead in the 1950 film noir Gun

Crazy. He also had a substantial role in Stanley Kubrick'sSpartacus

(1960). He first came to fame as the young 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.John Dall Thompson (he used his middle name for his acting

career) was born in New York City on 26 May 1920, the younger son of

Charles Jenner Thompson (1873â€"1929) and his wife Henry (née

Worthington). (Sources which cite Dall's birth name as John Jenner

Thompson and his birth year as 1918 appear to be in error.[Note 1])

His father was a civil engineer. His elder brother, Worthington

Thompson, was later a decorated lieutenant in the 517th Parachute

Regimental Combat Team.In the 1920s the Thompsons moved to Panama,

where Charles worked on the construction of the airport there. While

in Panama, Dall was in a theatre when a cast member fell ill and Dall

stepped in; this caused him to get the desire to act. His father

committed suicide in 1929, and his widow returned to New York City

with John the following year.[Note 2]
John Dall Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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