---
name: "John Megna"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-megna"
fi1m_id: "john-megna"
imdb_id: "nm0576345"
tmdb_id: 8490
wikidata_id: "Q1101802"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 November 1952"
died: "5 September 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 59
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T17:14:19.500868+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# John Megna

## Identity

John Megna

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-megna
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-megna
- **IMDb ID:** nm0576345
- **TMDB ID:** 8490
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1101802
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Megna, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1101802, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576345/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8490

Actor. Born 9 November 1952 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. Died 5 September 1995.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 November 1952, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 5 September 1995
- **Active:** 1962–1981
- **Average Fi1m score:** 59, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 84 (1), 1980s 47 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 2, Comedy 2, Drama 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $151m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Megna, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1101802, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576345/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8490

## Biography

John Megna was an American actor. Born on 9 November 1952 in Queens, New York, he died on 5 September 1995 in Los Angeles, California. He began acting as a child, making his Broadway debut at the age of six in the musical *Greenwillow*. At seven he appeared in the stage production of *All the Way Home*, which led to his casting as Dill Harris in the 1962 film *To Kill a Mockingbird*.

Megna graduated from Cornell University with a degree in performing arts. As an adult he directed plays, founded the nonprofit theatre group L.A. Arts in Los Angeles, and later taught English in Los Angeles public schools. He was a half-brother of the actress Connie Stevens.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Cannonball Run* (1981), Fi1m 50, as Arthur Rose — [page](https://film.one/film/the-cannonball-run.md)
- *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980), Fi1m 44, as P. T. — [page](https://film.one/film/smokey-and-the-bandit-ii.md)
- *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1962), Fi1m 84, as Dill Harris — [page](https://film.one/film/to-kill-a-mockingbird.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Ratings Game* (1984), as Al
- *Likely Stories, Vol. 4* (1983), Actor
- *The Cannonball Run* (1981), as Arthur Rose — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/the-cannonball-run.md)
- *Smokey and the Bandit II* (1980), as P. T. — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/smokey-and-the-bandit-ii.md)
- *Skag* (1980), Actor
- *Butch and Sundance: The Early Days* (1979), as Outlaw
- *Sunnyside* (1979), as B.B.
- *Go Tell the Spartans* (1978), as Cpl. Ackley
- *I Want to Keep My Baby!* (1976), as Andy
- *The Boy in the Plastic Bubble* (1976), as Smith
- *The Godfather Part II* (1974), as Young Hyman Roth (uncredited) — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-ii.md)
- *Star Trek* (1966), series, as Bonk Bonk on Head Boy — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)
- *Blindfold* (1966), as Mario Vincenti
- *Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte* (1964), as New Boy
- *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1962), as Dill Harris — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/to-kill-a-mockingbird.md)
- *Big Deal in Laredo* (1962), as Jackie
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Anthony Grainger

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