John Dall
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John Dall was an American actor best known for his work on stage and screen from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Born in New York City he gained recognition for his talent and versatility in the theatre, and he went on to earn a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his film debut in The Corn Is Green (1945).
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Dall is perhaps most famous for his role as one of the two intellectual killers in Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948). He also starred alongside Peggy Cummins in the film noir Gun Crazy (1950), playing a firearms-obsessed character.
Despite his promising start, Dall's film career didn't reach the heights expected - he appeared in Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus but following that he mostly worked in television and theatre.
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He passed away in 1971 from cardiac arrest, aged only 50, at his Beverley Hills home.