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Bradford Dillman Biography

Birth Name:Bradford Dillman

Birth Place:San Francisco, California, United States

Profession Actor

Fast Facts

  • In 1959, he received second place at the Golden Laurel Awards for the title of Top Male New Personality
  • Earned a degree in English Literature from Yale University
  • After leaving the Actors Studio, he worked as an apprentice at the TriArts Sharon Playhouse
  • Quote: "I was constantly endeavoring to find appropriate choices that might cause me to disappear - become a hole in the screen․ To take you through some of what I refer to as my 'atrocities'․"
  • Would often portray sneaky, mischievous characters
  • While enlisted in the U․S․ Marine Corps, he taught communication in the Instructors' Orientation Course
  • In 1995, he completed the football book "Inside the New York Giants․"

Awards

  • 1959Best Actor-: winner
  • 1959Golden Globe-Most Promising Newcomer - Male: winner
  • 1963Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: nominated