John Dall
Actor · Died January 15, 1971, aged 50 · New York City, New York, USA
John Dall (May 26, 1920 – January 15, 1971) was an American actor. Primarily a stage actor, he is best remembered today for two film roles; the cool-minded intellectual killer in Alfred Hitchcock's film Rope, and the trigger-happy lead in the 1950 noir Gun Crazy. He first came to fame as the young prodigy who comes alive under the tutelage of Bette Davis in The Corn Is Green, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Dall was born John Jenner Thompson in New York City, New York, the second son of Charles Jenner Thompson, a civil engineer, and his wife Henry (née Worthington). Dall died in Hollywood, California. Sources indicate he died of a heart attack. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Dall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 26, 1920
- January 15, 1971 (aged 50)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Actor
- 8 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
What are John Dall's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 5
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 4
Grounded 1 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 3
Steady 1 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 2
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Shadow: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.
- Heraldas Morgan Evans in The Corn Is Green (1945)
- Shadowas Brandon in Rope (1948)
- Heroas Bart Tare in Gun Crazy (1950)
- Shadowas Zaren in Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet2
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch John Dall's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for John Dall's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
15 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Spartacus(1960)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Perry Mason(1957)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
General Electric Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Gun Crazy(1950)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Lights Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Miracle in the Rain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Suspense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
Studio One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Rope(1948)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Something in the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
The Corn Is Green(1945)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 92nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 15 titles from 1945 to 1961.
Film career
- 1945Screen debut· The Corn Is Green
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do John Dall's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 88th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 83rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 8 titles divides audiences: 5 are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved5
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed1
Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does John Dall work with?
People who share at least 2 of John Dall's MovieCove titles; Berry Kroeger shares the most, 2.
- Berry KroegerShared titles: Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961), Gun Crazy (1950)See all 2 shared titles with Berry Kroeger
- Russell HarlanShared titles: Gun Crazy (1950), The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)See all 2 shared titles with Russell Harlan
