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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

Escape from the Planet of the Apes
as Dr. Lewis Dixon

Piranha
as Paul Grogan

The Enforcer
as Captain McKay

Sudden Impact
as Captain Briggs

The Swarm
as Maj. Baker

The Way We Were
as J.J.

Black Water Gold
as Lyle Fawcett

The Heart of Justice
as Mr. Burgess

Bug
as Prof. James Parmiter

The Bridge at Remagen
as Maj. Barnes