John Megna - wikipedia John Megna John Megna Megna in the Star Trek episode `` Miri '' ( 1966 ) John Ingolia ( 1952 - 11 - 09 ) November 9, 1952 Queens, New York City, New York, United States September 4, 1995 ( 1995 - 09 - 04 ) ( aged 42 ) Los Angeles, California, United States Cause of death AIDS - related complications Occupation Stage, film, television actor, director and teacher Years active 1959 -- 1984 Known for To Kill a Mockingbird Relatives Connie Stevens ( half - sister ) John Megna ( November 9, 1952 -- September 4, 1995 ) was an American actor. His best known role is that of `` Dill '' in the film To Kill a Mockingbird. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Later career 4 Death 5 Television 6 Filmography 7 References 8 External links Early life Megna was born in Queens, New York, as John Ingolia. His father was a pharmacist, and his mother was a one - time nightclub singer. He was a half - brother of Connie Stevens and an ex-brother - in - law of Eddie Fisher. He attended Holy Cross High School in Flushing, New York. Career At age 6, Megna made his acting debut in Frank Loesser 's Broadway musical Greenwillow. At 7, he starred in All the Way Home, an adaptation of James Agee 's novel about the effect of a father 's death on his family. This led to his being cast as Charles Baker `` Dill '' Harris, the toothy young summer visitor in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird. The character was based on writer Truman Capote, a childhood friend and later associate of Harper Lee, the author of the original novel. Megna appeared in many television programs throughout the 1960s and 1970s ; he portrayed a near - blind child in the Naked City episode `` A Horse Has a Big Head - Let Him Worry ! '', one of the `` Onlies '' in the `` Miri '' episode of Star Trek : The Original Series, Stephan in I Spy ( 1967 ), and Little Adam in the NASA - produced animated shorts The Big World of Little Adam. His other film appearances include Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte ( 1964 ), The Godfather : Part II ( 1974 ), The Boy in the Plastic Bubble ( 1976 ) with John Travolta, and Go Tell the Spartans ( 1978 ) with Burt Lancaster. He also acted in two car - chase films starring Burt Reynolds and directed by Hal Needham -- Smokey and the Bandit II ( 1980 ) and The Cannonball Run ( 1981 ). Later career Megna graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, as a performing arts major. As an adult, he turned to directing plays. He was the founding director of L.A. Arts, a nonprofit theater group in Los Angeles. He later became a high school English teacher, and last taught at James Monroe High School in North Hills, California. He also taught Honors English at Hollenbeck Jr High in East Los Angeles Ca Death John Megna died from AIDS - related complications on September 4, 1995, at Midway Hospital in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 42. Television Naked City ( 1962 ) - Harold Denton Alfred Hitchcock Presents - The Magic Shop ( 1964 ) ( TV ) - Anthony ' Tony ' Grainger Star Trek, episode `` Miri '' ( 1966 ) ( TV ) - Little Boy Skag ( 1980 ) ( TV ) The Mogul ( 1984 ) Filmography To Kill a Mockingbird ( 1962 ) - Dill Harris Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte ( 1964 ) - New Boy Blindfold ( 1965 ) - Mario Vincenti The Godfather Part II ( 1974 ) - Young Hyman Roth ( uncredited ) The Boy in the Plastic Bubble ( 1976 ) ( TV Movie ) - Smith I Want to Keep My Baby ( 1976 ) ( TV Movie ) - Andy Another Man, Another Chance ( 1977 ) - Loser in Saloon ( uncredited ) Go Tell the Spartans ( 1978 ) - Cpl. Ackley Sunnyside ( 1979 ) - B.B. Butch and Sundance : The Early Days ( 1979 ) - Outlaw Smokey and the Bandit II ( 1980 ) - P.T. The Cannonball Run ( 1981 ) - Arthur Rose The Ratings Game ( 1984 ) - Al ( final film role ) References ^ Jump up to : `` John Megna ''. Internet Movie Database. ^ Jump up to : `` John Megna, 42, ' Mockingbird ' Star ''. The New York Times. September 7, 1995. Jump up ^ Jones, Brittney ( October 15, 2012 ). `` John Megna -- Famous Actor Lost to HIV / AIDS ''. AIDS Response Effort, Inc. Winchester, Virginia. Archived from the original on January 22, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2016. External links John Megna on IMDb John Megna at Memory Alpha ( a Star Trek wiki ) BNF : cb14025601b ( data ) ISNI : 0000 0000 7840 4559 SUDOC : 068766963 VIAF : 36542641 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Megna&oldid=848253960 '' Categories : 1952 births 1995 deaths Cornell University alumni American male child actors American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors American theatre directors Male actors from New York City Educators from California People from Queens, New York AIDS - related deaths in California 20th - century American male actors American people of Italian descent Hidden categories : Pages to import images to Wikidata Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from July 2015 Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Italiano Português Edit links This page was last edited on 30 June 2018, at 19 : 32 ( UTC ). 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Question: who played dill in the movie to kill a mockingbird
Answer: John Megna