Whit Bissell

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 224

Gender Male

Birthday October 25, 1909

Day of Death March 5, 1996 (86 years old)

Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Whitner Nutting Bissell
Whitner Bissell
Whitt Bissell
Whit Bissel

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Whit Bissell

Biography

Whit Bissell (born Whitner Nutting Bissell) was an American character actor. His career in film and television spanned the years 1940 to 1984.

Known For

Acting

1993

as Walter Kemp

1991

as Prof. Frankenstein (archive footage)

1981

(1 episode) as Mr. Hobson

1979		Hart to Hart (1 episode)
1979		Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter as Dr. Henry Blodgett
1979		The Night Rider as Richards
1979		Ike (3 episodes) as Admiral

1978		The Time Machine as Ralph Branly
1978		Donner Pass: The Road to Survival as Uncle Billy Graves
1978		Casey's Shadow as Dr. Williamson

1977		The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race as Simon Hollaway
1977		Last of the Mohicans as Gen. Webb
1977		The Incredible Hulk (1 episode) as Prof. Williams (2 episodes)
1977		The Lincoln Conspiracy as Sen. John Conness
1977		Flood! as Dr. Ted Horne

1976		Quincy, M.E. (1 episode)
1976		The Tony Randall Show (1 episode)
1976		The Bionic Woman (1 episode)

1975		Psychic Killer as Dr. Paul Taylor
1975		Matt Helm (1 episode) as Rollins
1975		The Swiss Family Robinson (1 episode)
1975		Barbary Coast (1 episode)
1975		Nick and Nora

1974		The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One as Senator McKellar
1974		Harry O (1 episode)

1973		Cry Rape as Judge Newcombe
1973		Kojak (1 episode) as Sentman
1973		Soylent Green as Gov. Santini

1972		Pete 'n' Tillie as Funeral Minister
1972		Search (1 episode)
1972		The Salzburg Connection as Jim Newhart
1972		Justin Morgan Had a Horse as Mr. Mays

1971		In Broad Daylight as Capt. Moss
1971		A Tattered Web as Mr. Harland
1971		Cannon (2 episodes) as Billingsley
1971		City Beneath the Sea as Prof. Holmes

1970		The Andersonville Trial as Doctor Ford
1970		Airport as Mr. Davidson
1970		McCloud (1 episode)

1969		Once You Kiss a Stranger... as Dr. David Haggis
1969		Marcus Welby, M.D. (1 episode) as Dr. Arnold Winnick

1968		The Mod Squad (1 episode)
1968		Here's Lucy (1 episode) as Ted Driscoll
1968		Land of the Giants (1 episode) as Dr. Krane
1968		The Name of the Game (1 episode) as Wainwright (1 episode) as Donald Merrick
1968		The Outsider (1 episode)
1968		5 Card Stud as Dr. Cooper

1967		Mannix (1 episode)
1967		Judd for the Defense (1 episode)
1967		Ironside (2 episodes)
1967		A Covenant with Death as Bruce Donnelly
1967		The Invaders (1 episode) as Col. Harris

1966		Jericho (1 episode)
1966		Felony Squad (1 episode)
1966		The Time Tunnel (30 episodes) as General Heywood Kirk
1966		Star Trek (1 episode) as Lurry

1965		The F.B.I. (1 episode) as Carter
1965		The Loner (1 episode) as Ab Nichols
1965		I Dream of Jeannie (1 episode) as Horace
1965		Hogan's Heroes (1 episode) as Gen. Kammler
1965		Camp Runamuck (1 episode)
1965		Laredo (1 episode)
1965		Fluffy as Dr. Braden
1965		The Hallelujah Trail as Hobbs
1965		The Final Hour as Whit Parsons

1964		Profiles in Courage (1 episode) as Woodrow Wilson (1 episode) as Myles
1964		Where Love Has Gone as Professor Bell
1964		Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1 episode)
1964		Daniel Boone (1 episode) as Stogie the Trapper
1964		The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1 episode) as Prof. Harvey Glomm
1964		Advance to the Rear as Capt. Queeg
1964		Seven Days in May as Sen. Frederick Prentice

1963		Kraft Suspense Theatre (1 episode) as Gus Hickman
1963		The Great Adventure (1 episode) as Benjamin Silliman
1963		Glynis (1 episode)
1963		Mr. Novak (1 episode) as Karl Bellini
1963		Petticoat Junction (1 episode) as Ralph Denton
1963		Burke's Law (1 episode) as Dr. Freestone
1963		The Fugitive (1 episode) as John Gibson
1963		The Outer Limits (1 episode) as Commanding General
1963		Arrest and Trial (1 episode)
1963		Hud as Mr. Burris
1963		Spencer's Mountain as Dr. Campbell
1963		The Dakotas (1 episode)

1962		The Manchurian Candidate as Medical Officer
1962		Going My Way (1 episode)
1962		The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1 episode) as Adam Driscoll
1962		The Virginian (1 episode) as Whit Parsons (1 episode) as Andrew Cass (1 episode) as Burns
1962		Birdman of Alcatraz as Dr. Ellis
1962		Third of a Man as Maxwell
1962		Exercise No. One

1961		Straightaway (1 episode)
1961		Ben Casey (1 episode)
1961		Bus Stop (1 episode)
1961		Dr. Kildare (2 episodes) as Dr. Kenneth Kline

1960		Daniel Boone: And Chase the Buffalo as Gov. Tryon
1960		The Roaring 20's (1 episode)
1960		The Magnificent Seven as Chamlee
1960		Route 66 (1 episode)
1960		Surfside 6 (2 episodes)
1960		Insight (1 episode) as Basil Bonneau
1960		Guestward, Ho! (1 episode)
1960		The Brothers Brannagan (1 episode) as Sanford
1960		The Time Machine as Walter Kemp

1959		Never So Few as Capt. Alofson - Psychiatrist
1959		The Detectives (1 episode)
1959		Hawaiian Eye (1 episode)
1959		Philip Marlowe (1 episode)
1959		Bourbon Street Beat (1 episode)
1959		Johnny Ringo (1 episode) as Sheriff Arson
1959		Men Into Space (1 episode)
1959		Lock-Up (1 episode)
1959		The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1 episode) as Henry
1959		Tightrope (1 episode)
1959		Warlock as Petrix
1959		The Black Orchid as Harmon
1959		No Name on the Bullet as Pierce
1959		One Step Beyond (1 episode) as Capt. Will Fielding
1959		Rawhide (1 episode) as Doc Taggert (1 episode)

1958		Monster on the Campus as Dr. Oliver Cole
1958		Lawman (1 episode)
1958		The Rifleman (4 episodes)
1958		The Texan (1 episode)
1958		The Donna Reed Show (1 episode)
1958		Peter Gunn (1 episode)
1958		The Defiant Ones as Lou Gans
1958		Destination Nightmare as Dr. Will Madison
1958		Shirley Temple's Storybook (1 episode)
1958		Sea Hunt (2 episodes)
1958		The Veil (1 episode)

1957		I Was a Teenage Frankenstein as Prof. Frankenstein
1957		The Tall Stranger as Adam Judson
1957		Zorro (1 episode)
1957		Trackdown (1 episode)
1957		The Real McCoys (1 episode)
1957		Alcoa Theatre (1 episode) as Chris Wallis
1957		Maverick (1 episode)
1957		The Wayward Girl as Ira Molson
1957		Perry Mason (1 episode) as Dennison Groody (1 episode) as Laurence Barlow (1 episode) as Max Pompey (1 episode) as Larry Sands
1957		M Squad (1 episode) as Tommy Hatch
1957		The Thin Man (1 episode)
1957		Have Gun, Will Travel (3 episodes)
1957		Johnny Tremain as Josiah Quincy
1957		I Was a Teenage Werewolf as Dr. Alfred Brandon
1957		Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as 'Tombstone Epitaph' Editor John P. Clum
1957		Code 3 (1 episode)
1957		Panic! (2 episodes)
1957		The Comedian as Otis Elwell
1957		The Young Stranger as Grubbs

1956		Man from Del Rio as Breezy Morgan
1956		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1 episode) as Major Ralph McConnell (1 episode)
1956		Playhouse 90 (1 episode) as Elwell
1956		State Trooper (1 episode)
1956		The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1 episode)
1956		Dakota Incident as Mark Chester
1956		The Proud Ones as Mr. Sam Bolton
1956		Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Emergency Room Psychiatrist

1955		At Gunpoint as Clem Clark
1955		Shack Out on 101 as Eddie
1955		Trial as Sam Wiltse
1955		The 20th Century Fox Hour (2 episodes)
1955		The Desperate Hours as FBI Agent Carson
1955		Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 episode) as Mr. Bliss
1955		Cheyenne (2 episodes)
1955		The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1 episode)
1955		The Naked Street as Dist. Atty. Blaker
1955		Not as a Stranger as Dr. Dietrich
1955		The Millionaire (1 episode) as James Mahoney

1954		The Atomic Kid as Dr. Edgar Pangborn
1954		Target Earth as Tom
1954		Three Hours to Kill as Deke
1954		Climax! (1 episode) as Whitfield Cook (1 episode) as Mr. Grubbs
1954		Studio 57 (1 episode)
1954		The Shanghai Story as Paul Grant
1954		The Caine Mutiny as Lt. Comdr. Dickson M.D.
1954		Creature from the Black Lagoon as Dr. Edwin Thompson
1954		Riot in Cell Block 11 as Guard Snader
1954		It Should Happen to You as Robert Grau

1953		City Detective (1 episode)
1953		Devil's Canyon as Virgil Gates
1953		A Tale of Two Cities as Host
1953		General Electric Theater (1 episode) as Czadek (1 episode) as Joseph Goebbels (1 episode) as Dolph (1 episode) as Paul Wells

1952		The Turning Point as Buck (uncredited)
1952		The Sellout as Wilfred Jackson
1952		Hoodlum Empire as Pickpocket
1952		Boots Malone as Lou Dyer

1951		Tales of Robin Hood as Will
1951		Red Mountain as Miles
1951		The Family Secret as Joe Elsner
1951		The Red Badge of Courage as Wounded Officer (uncredited)
1951		Lost Continent as Stanley Briggs
1951		Night Into Morning as Monument Salesman (uncredited)
1951		Sealed Cargo as Schuster

1950		Wyoming Mail as Sam
1950		The Killer That Stalked New York as Sid Bennet
1950		Lux Video Theatre (1 episode) as Rev. Trumbull
1950		A Life of Her Own as Rental Agent (uncredited)
1950		Convicted as States Attorney Owens (uncredited)
1950		Side Street as Harold Simpson (chief teller)
1950		Perfect Strangers as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
1950		When Willie Comes Marching Home as Lt. M.J. Hanley - Psychiatrist (uncredited)

1949		Tokyo Joe as Capt. Winnow (uncredited)
1949		Anna Lucasta as Stanley
1949		The Crime Doctor's Diary as Pete Bellem
1949		He Walked by Night as Paul Reeves
1949		Chicken Every Sunday as Robby

1948		Studio One (1 episode) (1 episode) as Denton (1 episode) as Prof. Geoffrey Crawford
1948		That Lady in Ermine as Giulio
1948		Canon City as Heilman
1948		Raw Deal as Murderer
1948		Another Part of the Forest as Jugger

1947		The Senator Was Indiscreet as Robert Oakes
1947		A Double Life as Dr. Stauffer
1947		Brute Force as Tom Lister
1947		The Sea of Grass as Ted - the Clerk (uncredited)

1946		It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog as Chester Frye (uncredited)
1946		Somewhere in the Night as John (uncredited)
1946		Cluny Brown as Archie

1945

as Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited)

1944

as Lt. Hudson

1943		Destination Tokyo as Yo Yo (uncredited)
1943		Holy Matrimony as Harry Leek (uncredited)

1942

as London Bobbie (uncredited)

1940

as Gate Guard at Palace Entrance

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