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John Dall

1920 - 1971

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John Dall (born John Dall Thompson; May 26, 1920 – January 15, 1971) 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. He also had a substantial role in Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus (1960). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Dall has received more than 870,929 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. John Dall is the 3,742nd most popular actor (down from 3,542nd in 2019), the 5,594th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,426th in 2019) and the 1,689th most popular American Actor.

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  • 23

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  • 2.89

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  • 3.54

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Dall ranks 3,742 out of 13,578. Before him are Yu Rongguang, Juan Diego, Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Sabu Dastagir, Ruth Leuwerik, and Frances Lee McCain. After him are Branscombe Richmond, Sally Kellerman, Ron Silver, Stanislav Lyubshin, Peppino De Filippo, and Ernst Deutsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, John Dall ranks 271. Before him are Bengt Ekerot, Karel Píč, Musa Anter, Alfredo II, Andrée Chedid, and Richard Quine. After him are Edmonde Charles-Roux, Sergio Livingstone, Ross Martin, Fedora Barbieri, Benoîte Groult, and Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington. Among people deceased in 1971, John Dall ranks 139. Before him are Jean-Pierre Monseré, Bengt Ekerot, Shunryū Suzuki, Jo Cals, Simon Vestdijk, and Juhan Smuul. After him are Hjalmar Andersson, Walther von Wartburg, Gladys Cooper, Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Ahmed Bahnini, and Gerhard von Rad.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Dall ranks 5,594 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Vukovich (1918), Charlaine Harris (1951), Eddie Tolan (1908), Joan Feynman (1927), Lou Gramm (1950), and Frances Lee McCain (1943). After him are Branscombe Richmond (1955), Lee Radziwill (1933), Sally Kellerman (1937), Jean Bartik (1924), Luther Vandross (1951), and Seth Neddermeyer (1907).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, John Dall ranks 1,689. Before him are Lori Singer (1957), Charles Martin Smith (1953), David Proval (1942), Victor Sen Yung (1914), Sylvia Miles (1924), and Frances Lee McCain (1943). After him are Branscombe Richmond (1955), Sally Kellerman (1937), Ron Silver (1946), Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (1973), Jobyna Ralston (1899), and L. Scott Caldwell (1950).

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Television and Movie Roles

Rope
Brandon Shaw
Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.
Mar 11o 19487.947 / 10
Spartacus
Marcus Publius Glabrus
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
Oct 13o 19607.5 / 10
Gun Crazy
Bart Tare
Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.
Jan 20o 19507.5 / 10