Trivia

Lived in Santa Barbara, California; he has written several books and worked as a talent scout for the football team the San Francisco 49ers. (2003)

He has English and German ancestry.

Has ten grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

After spending many years in television westerns and detective shows, he became a mainstay of the 1970s' "TV Movie of the Week" era, where he most typically played threatening or mysterious bad guys.

Holds the distinction of having guest starred in the most episodes of Murder, She Wrote (1984) as different characters. He appeared in eight episodes, as eight different characters, between 1985 and 1995.

An inveterate NFL draft groupie, Dillman first talked his way into the 49er draft room, in Redwood City, Calif., back in 1979, and he sat as still as a statue, observing the selection process and jotting notes in a large loose-leaf notebook. Every year since, Dillman, who played Robert Redford's best friend in The Way We Were and Clint Eastwood's cop pal in The Enforcer, the third Dirty Harry film, would show up on draft day and pass around a sheet of paper outlining his "sleeper pick." Dillman's witty evaluation of some little-known prospect usually got a big laugh from everyone present-except that Dillman's sleeper pick in 1984 was tight end Ed West, and in 1985 it was safety Mark Kelso, both of whom wound up starting in the NFL, though not for San Francisco. - Peter King SI.

Was allowed to make the final pick of the 10th round of the San Francisco 49ers 1986 Draft. Bill Walsh allowed him to make the selection and he chose Harold Hallman. Hallman didn't make the 49ers roster, but he did play 8 seasons in the CFL and won a CFL championship.

Third husband/widower of Suzy Parker.

Died less than a month after Heather Menzies-Urich, who he co-starred opposite in Piranha (1978).

Father of Pamela Dillman.

Met his wife Suzy Parker when they were both starring in Circle of Deception in1960 at Pinewood Film Studios, They married in 1962 and were expecting their 1st child in 1965.

Brother-in-law of actress Dorian Leigh Parker.

Younger brother of Dean Dillman Jr..

Born on exactly the same date as Jay Robinson (of "Dr. Shrinker" fame).