Bradford Dillman

Bradford Dillman

  • Highest Rated: 100% Compulsion (1959)
  • Lowest Rated: 11% The Swarm (1978)
  • Birthday: Apr 14, 1930
  • Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA

  • Yale graduate Bradford Dillman began his career in the sort of misunderstood-youth roles that had previously been the province of Montgomery Clift and James Dean. His first significant stage success was as the younger son in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Eugene O'Neill play Long Day's Journey Into Night. Signed by 20th Century-Fox in 1958, Dillman at first played standard leading men; his subtle shift to villainy occurred after he was cast as a wealthy psychopath in Compulsion, the 1959 drama based on the Leopold-Loeb case. Compulsion won Dillman an award at the Cannes Film Festival, and also threatened to typecast him for the rest of his film career, notwithstanding his leading role in Fox's Francis of Assisi (1961). It was during his Fox years that Dillman married popular cover girl Suzy Parker. Bradford Dillman has remained much in demand as a television guest star, and in 1965 was the lead on the filmed-in-Britain TV drama series Court-Martial.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies

Rating

Title

Credit

Box
Office

Year

No Score Yet Jane Actor — 2014
No Score Yet The Heart of Justice Burgess — 1993
No Score Yet Heroes Stand Alone Walt Simmons — 1989
No Score Yet Lords of the Deep Dobler — 1989
No Score Yet Man Outside Frank Simmons — 1986
No Score Yet Treasure of the Amazon Clark — 1985
No Score Yet Treasure of the Amazons Actor — 1984
57% Sudden Impact Capt. Briggs — 1983
No Score Yet The Legend of Walks Far Woman Actor — 1982
No Score Yet Force - Five Actor — 1981
No Score Yet Guyana: Crime of the Century Dr. Gary Shaw — 1980
No Score Yet One Away Actor — 1980
No Score Yet Love and Bullets Brickman — 1979
No Score Yet Jennifer: A Woman's Story Donald Prince — 1979
No Score Yet Running Scared Arthur Jaeger — 1979
72% Piranha Paul Grogan — 1978
11% The Swarm Maj. Baker — 1978
No Score Yet The Amsterdam Kill Odums — 1977
79% The Enforcer Capt. McKay — 1976
25% Bug Prof. James Parmiter — 1975
No Score Yet Chosen Survivors Peter Macomber — 1974
No Score Yet Gold Manfred — 1974
No Score Yet The Disappearance of Flight 412 Dunning — 1974
No Score Yet 99 And 44/100% Dead (Call Harry Crown) Actor — 1974
No Score Yet Murder or Mercy? Actor — 1974
No Score Yet Death in Deep Water Actor — 1974
90% The Iceman Cometh Willie — 1973
65% The Way We Were J.J. — 1973
No Score Yet Columbo: The Greenhouse Jungle Actor — 1972
No Score Yet Moon of the Wolf Andrew Rodanthe — 1972
No Score Yet The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler Sen. Clayton Zachary Wheeler — 1971
78% Escape from the Planet of the Apes Dr. Lewis Dixon — 1971
67% The Mephisto Waltz Bill Delancey — 1971
No Score Yet Brother John Lloyd Thomas — 1971
No Score Yet Revenge Frank Klaner — 1971
No Score Yet Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? Captain Myerson — 1970
No Score Yet The Bridge at Remagen Maj. Barnes — 1969
No Score Yet Black Water Gold Lyle Wawcett — 1969
No Score Yet Mastermind Jabez Link — 1969
No Score Yet The Helicopter Spies Luther Sebastian — 1968
No Score Yet Sergeant Ryker Capt. David Young — 1968
No Score Yet Jigsaw Jonathan Fields — 1968
No Score Yet A Rage to Live Sidney Tate — 1965
No Score Yet Francis of Assisi Francis Bemardone — 1961
No Score Yet Sanctuary Gowan Stevens — 1961
No Score Yet A Circle of Deception Capt. Paul Raine — 1960
No Score Yet Crack in the Mirror Larnier / Claude — 1960
100% Compulsion Arthur A. Straus — 1959
No Score Yet In Love and War Alan Newcombe — 1958

TV

Rating

Title

Credit

Year

No Score Yet Murder, She Wrote
1984-1996
Arthur Brent Richard Ellston Dennis McConnell Commissioner Folkes Stone Lt. Kershaw
  • 1995
  • 1994
  • 1993
  • 1991
  • 1990
  • 1987
  • 1985
No Score Yet The Incredible Hulk
1978-1982
Michael Sutton
  • 1979
100% Wonder Woman (1976)
1975-1979
Arthur Deal/Thor
  • 1976
No Score Yet The Streets of San Francisco
1972-1977
Tom Fitz
  • 1975
No Score Yet Columbo
1968-2003
Tony
  • 1972
No Score Yet The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970-1977
Matt Bryan
  • 1972
No Score Yet Mission: Impossible
1966-1973
Paul Shipherd Larry Edison
  • 1972
  • 1968
No Score Yet Bonanza
1959-1973
Griff Bannon
  • 1971
No Score Yet Ironside
1967-1975
Prince Dr. William Danner
  • 1970
No Score Yet Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969-1976
Ken
  • 1969
100% The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
1964-1968
Luther Sebastian Sebastian
  • 1967
No Score Yet The Wild Wild West
1965-1969
  • 1967

QUOTES FROM Bradford Dillman CHARACTERS

Harry Callahan
Captain if your gonna jerk all these people off don't do it with me.
Capt. McKay
That's it Callahan you just got yourself a 60 day suspension.
Harry Callahan
Make it 90.
Capt. McKay
180, give me your star.
Harry Callahan
There's a seven point depository captain.
Capt. McKay
What did you say?
Harry Callahan
I said stick it in your ass.