Bradford Dillman
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.
Born: April 14, 1930
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Known For
Longstreet
The pilot for the 1971 - 1972 series of the same title. Mike Longstreet, an insurance investigator in New Orleans loses his sight and his wife in an explosion and is determined to track down his wife's killers.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
The Next Voice You See
An American jazz pianist, blinded in a London bank robbery ten years before, makes his first return appearance in England at an engangement party where he believes he hears the voice of the gunman who cost him his sight.
Columbo
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Tourist
A group of tourists on a "once-in-a-lifetime" European vacation try to rekindle their romances with themselves.
Night Gallery
Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as the connective link between the stories.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
Francis of Assisi
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.
Filmography
as Mr. Burgess
as Dobler
as Walt Simmons
as Frank Simmons
as Eric Noble
as Clark
as Dennis McConnell
as Dep. Police Comm. Bradley Folkes
as Eric Benderson
as Carl Dorner
as Richard Ellston
as Avery Stone
as Arthur Brent
as Simeon Kershaw
as Victor Modrian
as Victor Modrian
as Captain Briggs
as Paul Hollister
as Darryl Clayton
as Arthur Jaeger
as Singer
as Harry Flemington
as Jason Eddington
as Jack Matthews
as Dr. Gary Shaw
as Jim Brickman
as Donald Prince
as Paul Grogan
as Maj. Baker
as Self
as Odums
as John Wilkes Booth
as Dr. Eric Lake
as Captain McKay
as Tony Kramer
as Avery Stanton
as Howard Bronstein
as Jabez Link
as Richard
as Ruben Bass
as Sam
as Arthur Deal III
as Gary Stevens
as Prof. James Parmiter
as Stan Kay
as Luke
as Michael Dominick
as Ned McLean
as Martin Reed
as Lt. Danny Ianello
as Michel Lagrange
as Maj. Mike Dunning
as Big Eddie
as Manfred Steyner
as Peter Macomber
as Matt Clifton
as Sam Champion
as Willie Oban
as J.J.
as Steven Dennis
as Stan Kay
as Gary Stevens
as Terry McCormack
as Charles Kohlmeyer / Stanley Rickland
as Andrew Rodanthe
as Randy Jamison
as Jeffrey Winslow
as Sen. Clayton Zachary Wheeler
as Frank Klaner
as Jim Meeker
as Tony Goodland
as Lloyd Thomas
as Dr. Lewis Dixon
as Bill Delancey
as Duke Paige
as Richard Upton Pickman (segment "Pickman's Model")
as Matt Bryan
as Capt. Myerson
as Michael Dominick
as Lyle Fawcett
as Inspector Fellows
as Ken McGurney
as Maj. Barnes
as Paul Varney
as Earl Keith
as Jonathan Fields
as Luther Sebastian
as Capt. David Young
as Paul Shipherd
as Maj. George Hackett
as Lt. Stiles
as Sidney Tate
as Roger Leroy Mason
as George Bellamy
as Lawrence Reynolds
as Neil Stryker
as Curtis Breer
as Eric Mercer
as Dr. James Beldon
as Luther Sebastian
as Capt. David Young
as Narrator (voice; uncredited)
as Bill Nelson
as Howard Clements
as Sam Harder
as Tony Warren
as Andrew Webb
as Rev. Andrew Webb
as Francis Bernardone of Assisi
as Gowan Stevens
as Capt. Paul Raine
as Larnier / Claude
as Arthur A. Straus
as Alan Newcombe
as Roger Fallon
as Bertrand Griot
as Greg Fletcher
as Student
as Erik Valkay
as Self - Nominee