Bradford Dillman

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Biography

Dark-haired, Ivy League-looking Bradford Dillman, whose white-collar career spanned nearly five decades, possessed charm and confident good looks that were slightly tainted by a bent smile, darting glance and edgy countenance that often provoked suspicion. Sure enough, the camera picked up on it and he played shady, highly suspect characters throughout most of his career. The actor was born in San Francisco on April 14, 1930, to Dean and Josephine Dillman. Yale-educated, he graduated with a B.A. in English Literature. Following this he served with the US Marines in Korea , a book that rated players drafted by the team since 1967. Two years later he published his memoirs, the curiously-titled "Are You Somebody?: An Actor's Life." He hasn't been seen on since a few guest star shots on "Murder, She Wrote" in the mid-90s.

  • Primary profession
  • Actor
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 14 April 1930
  • Place of birth
  • San Francisco
  • Death date
  • 2018-01-16
  • Death age
  • 88
  • Place of death
  • Santa Barbara· California
  • Cause of death
  • Natural causes
  • Spouses
  • Suzy Parker
  • Education
  • Yale University·Hotchkiss School
  • Knows language
  • English language

Movies

TV

Books

Awards

Trivia

Brother-in-law of actress Dorian Leigh Parker.

Father of Pamela Dillman.

Younger brother of Dean Dillman Jr..

Lives in Santa Barbara, California; he has written several books and worked as a talent scout for the football team the San Francisco 49ers.

He has English and German ancestry.

Third husband/widower of Suzy Parker.

Quotes

Bradford Dillman sounded like a distinguished, phoney, theatrical name,so I kept it.

[on why he chose to be an actor] My feeling is that you should try to do,the things you enjoy most in life. I chose acting as a career because I,enjoyed it then as I do now. The only question for me then was, "Can I,make a living at it?",[from a 1978 movie press book] I prefer to have longevity. I like as,great a variety as possible, hopefully to avoid getting stuck in one,kind of character, having to do it over and over again. I seek to,challenge myself as an actor -- and at the same time support my family. .

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