Whit Bissell

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-10-25 (87 years old)

Deathday

1996-03-05

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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.

Acting

1962

1960

The Time Machine

as Walter Kemp

1957

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

as Prof. Frankenstein

1970

Airport

as Mr. Davidson

1954

1954

Creature from the Black Lagoon

as Dr. Edwin Thompson

1950

Perfect Strangers

as Defense Attorney (uncredited)

1968

5 Card Stud

as Dr. Cooper

1956

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

as Emergency Room Psychiatrist

1954

1957

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

as 'Tombstone Epitaph' Editor John P. Clum

1958

The Defiant Ones

as Lou Gans

1949

He Walked by Night

as Paul Reeves

1964

Seven Days in May

as Sen. Frederick Prentice

1963

Hud

as Mr. Burris

1973

Soylent Green

as Gov. Santini

1952

The Sellout

as Wilfred Jackson

1957

The Comedian

as Otis Elwell

1952

Hoodlum Empire

as Pickpocket

1958

Monster on the Campus

as Dr. Oliver Cole

1954

Riot in Cell Block 11

as Guard Snader

1947

Brute Force

as Tom Lister

1947

A Double Life

as Dr. Stauffer

1955

1959

Warlock

as Petrix

1957

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

as Dr. Alfred Brandon

1957

Johnny Tremain

as Josiah Quincy

1947

1952

The Turning Point

as Buck (uncredited)

1948

Canon City

as Heilman

1951

Lost Continent

as Stanley Briggs

1963

Spencer's Mountain

as Dr. Campbell

1944

Winged Victory

as Lt. Hudson

1955

The Desperate Hours

as FBI Agent Carson

1971

City Beneath the Sea

as Prof. Holmes

1950

Side Street

as Harold Simpson (chief teller)

1942

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

as London Bobbie (uncredited)

1964

Where Love Has Gone

as Professor Bell

1969

Once You Kiss a Stranger...

as Dr. David Haggis

1962

Third of a Man

as Maxwell

1956

Man from Del Rio

as Breezy Morgan

1956

Dakota Incident

as Mark Chester

1949

1950

1955

The Naked Street

as Dist. Atty. Blaker

1977

The Lincoln Conspiracy

as Sen. John Conness

1955

At Gunpoint

as Clem Clark

1957

1954

The Atomic Kid

as Dr. Edgar Pangborn

1957

The Tall Stranger

as Adam Judson

1951

Red Mountain

as Miles

1978

The Time Machine

as Ralph Branly

1991

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Prof. Frankenstein (archive footage)

1953

Devil's Canyon

as Virgil Gates

1948

Raw Deal

as Murderer

1965

Fluffy

as Dr. Braden

1978

1949

Anna Lucasta

as Stanley

1954

The Shanghai Story

as Paul Grant

1967

A Covenant with Death

as Bruce Donnelly

1951

The Family Secret

as Joe Elsner

1946

Somewhere in the Night

as John (uncredited)

1964

Advance to the Rear

as Capt. Queeg

1945

The Horn Blows at Midnight

as Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited)

1979

The Night Rider

as Richards

1955

Trial

as Sam Wiltse

1959

Never So Few

as Capt. Alofson - Psychiatrist

1978

Casey's Shadow

as Dr. Williamson

1948

1960

1970

1954

The Caine Mutiny

as Lt. Comdr. Dickson M.D.

1947

The Sea of Grass

as Ted - the Clerk (uncredited)

1951

The Red Badge of Courage

as Wounded Officer (uncredited)

1959

1940

The Sea Hawk

as Gate Guard at Palace Entrance

1975

Psychic Killer

as Dr. Paul Taylor

1958

Destination Nightmare

as Dr. Will Madison

1965

The Final Hour

as Whit Parsons

1946

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

as Chester Frye (uncredited)

1952

Boots Malone

as Lou Dyer

1972

Pete 'n' Tillie

as Funeral Minister

1950

When Willie Comes Marching Home

as Lt. M.J. Hanley - Psychiatrist (uncredited)

1972

1962

The Manchurian Candidate

as Medical Officer

1955

Not as a Stranger

as Dr. Dietrich

1949

Tokyo Joe

as Capt. Winnow (uncredited)

1977

1950

A Life of Her Own

as Rental Agent (uncredited)

1950

Convicted

as States Attorney Owens (uncredited)

1943

Holy Matrimony

as Harry Leek (uncredited)

1971

In Broad Daylight

as Capt. Moss

1973

Cry Rape

as Judge Newcombe

1971

A Tattered Web

as Mr. Harland

1956

The Proud Ones

as Mr. Sam Bolton

1957

The Wayward Girl

as Ira Molson

1951

Sealed Cargo

as Schuster

1946

Cluny Brown

as Archie

1943

Destination Tokyo

as Yo Yo (uncredited)

1977

Flood!

as Dr. Ted Horne

1951

Night Into Morning

as Monument Salesman (uncredited)

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