Bradford Dillman

Known for

Acting

Born

April 14, 1930

Birthplace

San Francisco, California, USA

Died

January 16, 2018 (aged 87)

Biography

Bradford Dillman (April 14, 1930 – January 16, 2018) was an American 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 be...

Best known work

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971

Sudden Impact

1983

The Enforcer

1976

Columbo

1971

Piranha

1978

The Way We Were

1973

The Incredible Hulk

1977

Wonder Woman

1975

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Mission: Impossible

1966

Filmography

1992
The Heart of Justice
as Mr. Burgess
1989
Christine CromwellTV
1989
Lords of the Deep
as Dobler
1989
Heroes Stand Alone
as Walt Simmons
1987
The Man Outside
as Frank Simmons
1985
Covenant
as Eric Noble
1985
Treasure of the Amazon
as Clark
1984
Murder, She WroteTV
as Dennis McConnell (1 episode), as Dep. Police Comm. Bradley Folkes (1 episode), as Eric Benderson (1 episode), as Carl Dorner (1 episode), as Richard Ellston (1 episode), as Avery Stone (1 episode), as Arthur Brent (1 episode), as Simeon Kershaw (1 episode)
1984
Hot Pursuit
as Victor Modrian
1984
Hot PursuitTV
as Victor Modrian (1 episode)
1983
Sudden Impact
as Captain Briggs
1982
Matt HoustonTV
1982
HotelTV
as Paul Stanton (2 episodes)
1982
King's CrossingTV
as Paul Hollister (10 episodes)
1981
Falcon CrestTV
as Darryl Clayton (10 episodes)
1981
DynastyTV
1980
Running Scared
as Arthur Jaeger
1980
The Legend of Walks Far Woman
as Singer
1980
Tourist
as Harry Flemington
1980
The Memory of Eva Ryker
as Jason Eddington
1979
Before and After
as Jack Matthews
1979
Guyana: Crime of the Century
as Dr. Gary Shaw
1979
Love and Bullets
as Jim Brickman
1979
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
as Donald Prince
1978
Sword of JusticeTV
as Harry Gaedel (1 episode)