Bradford Dillman
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.
Known For
Acting

1971
asDr. Lewis Dixon

1973
asJ.J.

1953
asStudent

1976
asCaptain McKay

1983
asCaptain Briggs

1978
asPaul Grogan

1971
asBill Delancey

1979
asDr. Gary Shaw

1973
asWillie Oban

1959
asArthur A. Straus

1974
asMaj. Mike Dunning

1969
asMaj. Barnes

1975
asProf. James Parmiter

1979
asJim Brickman

1978
asMaj. Baker

1974
asManfred Steyner

1972
asAndrew Rodanthe

1974
asBig Eddie

1963
asNarrator (voice; uncredited)

1985
asClark

1974
asPeter Macomber

1968
asLuther Sebastian

1961
asFrancis Bernardone of Assisi

1958
asBertrand Griot

1969
asJabez Link

1971
asLloyd Thomas

1975
asMartin Reed

1965
asSidney Tate

1977
asJohn Wilkes Booth

1977
asDr. Eric Lake

1978
asSelf

1971
asFrank Klaner

1973
asSteven Dennis

1961
asGowan Stevens

1989
asWalt Simmons

1989
asDobler

1972
asJeffrey Winslow

1985
asEric Noble

1971
asJim Meeker

1966
asLt. Stiles

1971
asDuke Paige

1971
asSen. Clayton Zachary Wheeler

1960
asCapt. Paul Raine

1980
asArthur Jaeger

1970
asCapt. Myerson

1977
asOdums

1980
asSinger

1972
asRandy Jamison

1969
asPaul Varney

1968
asJonathan Fields

1962
asSelf

1975
asLt. Danny Ianello

1974
asSam Champion

1958
asAlan Newcombe

1976
asAvery Stanton

1980
asHarry Flemington

1976
asRichard

1960
asLarnier / Claude

1975
asNed McLean

1976
asHoward Bronstein

1974
asMichel Lagrange

1968
asCapt. David Young

1975
asSam

1975
asMichael Dominick

1980
asJason Eddington

1992
asMr. Burgess

1975
asGary Stevens

1979
asJack Matthews

1987
asFrank Simmons

1976
asRuben Bass

1979
asDonald Prince

1974
asMatt Clifton

1970
asLyle Fawcett

1975
asStan Kay

1984
asVictor Modrian
asDarryl Clayton
asDennis McConnell
asStan Kay
as
asCapt. David Young
asRoger Leroy Mason
as
asKen McGurney
as
as
asRoger Fallon
asTony Kramer
as
asPaul Hollister
as
as
asRichard Upton Pickman (segment "Pickman's Model")
asArthur Deal III
asPaul Shipherd
as
asErik Valkay
as
as
as
as
asSam Harder
as
as
as
asGreg Fletcher
as
asEric Mercer
as
asEdmund G. Ross
as
as
as
as
as
as
as
asTony Warren
as
asMaj. George Hackett
as
as
as
asGary Stevens
asTony Goodland
asCapt. David Young
asDep. Police Comm. Bradley Folkes
asEric Benderson
asCarl Dorner
asRichard Ellston
asAndrew Webb
asRev. Andrew Webb
asGeorge Bellamy
asLawrence Reynolds
asNeil Stryker
asCurtis Breer
asDr. James Beldon
asAvery Stone
asEarl Keith
asInspector Fellows
asMatt Bryan
asTerry McCormack
asCharles Kohlmeyer / Stanley Rickland
asArthur Brent
asBill Nelson
asHoward Clements
asSimeon Kershaw
Production
Crew
Directing