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Bradford Dillman (born April 14, 1930) is an American retired film and television actor and author. Bradford Dillman was born on April 14, 1930 in San Francisco, California, the son of Josephine (née Moore) and Dean Dillman, a stockbroker. He studied at Town School for Boys and St. Ignatius High School, and at Hotchkiss boarding school in Connecticut. At Hotchkiss, he became involved in school theater productions. He attended Yale University, studying theatre and drama. While at Yale, he enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1948. He graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in English Literature. After graduation, he entered the United States Marine Corps as an officer candidate, training at Parris Island. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps in September 1951. As he was preparing to deploy to Korea, his orders were changed, and he spent the rest of his time in the Marine Corps, 1951 to 1953, teaching communication in the Instructors` Orientation Course. He was discharged in 1953 at the rank of first lieutenant.
After his debut in A Certain Smile, co-starring Rossano Brazzi and Joan Fontaine, he appeared in many movies throughout the years including Compulsion (1959) for which he won an award at Cannes, A Circle of Deception (1960), the title role in Francis of Assisi (1961), Sanctuary (1961) based on the William Faulkner novel with Lee Remick, A Rage to Live (1965) based on the John O`Hara novel with Suzanne Pleshette, The Mephisto Waltz (1971), Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), The Iceman Cometh (1973) as Will, The Way We Were (1973), The Enforcer (1976), The Swarm (1978), Piranha (1978), Sudden Impact (1983) and Lords of the Deep (1989). He also appeared on television throughout his career, starting on NBC`s Kraft Television Theatre in 1954. He guest starred in 1962 as Arnold Radwin in the episode "Eat Little Fishie Eat" in NBC`s medical drama about psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour, starring Wendell Corey and Jack Ging. He appeared too in Jack Palance`s ABC circus drama, The Greatest Show on Earth and the ABC medical drama Breaking Point starring Paul Richard and Eduard Franz. Dillman made his final acting appearance on CBS`s Murder, She Wrote in 1995. He also had a secondary but notable role in The Bridge at Remagen as the battalion commander of a mechanized infantry unit which seizes the Remagen bridges before it is destroyed by the Germans. Dillman wrote the football fan book Inside the New York Giants (1995) and the autobiography Are You Anybody?: An Actor`s Life (1997).
Dillman met actress and model Suzy Parker during the filming of Circle of Deception. They were married on April 20, 1963 and had three children, Dinah, Charles, and Christopher. The marriage lasted until her death on May 3, 2003. He was previously married to Frieda Harding from 1956 to 1962, and had two children (Jeffrey and Pamela) with Harding. He lives quietly in Montecito, Ca.
Biography Credit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford_Dillman
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