Bradford Dillman

Bradford Dillman is one of those actors I genuinely wish more people remembered — a Yale man who brought real intellectual weight to Hollywood at a time when that wasn't always welcome. His work in Compulsion is quietly stunning; winning Best Actor at Cannes in 1959 alongside Dean Stockwell and Orson Welles ought to have made him a superstar, yet he never quite got the blockbuster vehicle he deserved. What I love most, though, is that he was there at the very beginning of Long Day's Journey into Night on Broadway, originating Edmund Tyrone — O'Neill's most autobiographical and agonizing role. The man had range, class, and a low-key intensity that aged beautifully across 140 productions. Gone in 2018, but worth rediscovering.

Name (English)

Bradford Dillman

Name (Japanese)

ブラッドフォード・ディルマン

Reading

ぶらっどふぉーど・でぃるまん

Born

April 14, 1930 – January 16, 2018

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Horse

Origin

San Francisco, California, United States

Occupation

military officer / stage actor / film actor / television actor / writer

University

Yale University

Awards & achievements

• 1957 Theatre World Award

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3

Tags

• California
• military officer
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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