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      Whit Bissell

      Whit Bissell

      Highest Rated: 100% Raw Deal (1948)

      Lowest Rated: 10% Not as a Stranger (1955)

      Birthday: Oct 25, 1909

      Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

      A wide-ranging character actor with Broadway experience, Bissell entered films in 1943 with "Holy Matrimony" and went on to appear in over 80 more. specializing as ineffectual types and high-strung professionals. He is perhaps best remembered for his role as the scientist who turned Michael Landon into a wolfman in "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" (1957).

      Highest rated movies

      It Should Happen to You
      Raw Deal
      Invasion of the Body Snatchers
      The Manchurian Candidate
      Brute Force
      The Big Combo
      Seven Days in May
      The Defiant Ones

      Photos

      HE WALKED BY NIGHT, Whit Bissell, Richard Basehart, 1948 CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, from left: Richard Denning, Richard Carlson, Whit Bissell, Nestor Paiva, Antonio Moreno, 1954 WARLOCK, Whit Bissell, 1959, TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. LOST CONTINENT, Sid Melton, Whit Bissell, Hugh Beaumont, John Hoyt, Cesar Romero, Chick Chandler, 1951 RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11, Leo Gordon, Whit Bissell, Neville Brand, 1954. BRUTE FORCE, John Hoyt, Jeff Corey, Whit Bissell, Burt Lancaster, Howard Duff, 1947 I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN, Whit Bissell, Gary Conway, 1957 LOST CONTINENT, Sid Melton, Whit Bissell, Hugh Beaumont, John Hoyt, Cesar Romero, Chick Chandler, 1951 I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN, Whit Bissell, Gary Conway, 1957 HE WALKED BY NIGHT, Richard Basehart, Whit Bissell, 1948 I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN, Gary Conway, Whit Bissell, 1957 CHICKEN EVERY SUNDAY, Dan Dailey, Celeste Holm, Katherine Emery, Whit Bissell, 1949, TM and copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved BRUTE FORCE, Jack Overman, John Hoyt, Whit Bissell, Jeff Corey, Burt Lancaster, 1947 HE WALKED BY NIGHT, Whit Bissell, Roy Roberts, Scott Brady, 1948. HE WALKED BY NIGHT, Richard Basehart, Whit Bissell, 1948 I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF, Michael Landon, Whit Bissell, 1957 HE WALKED BY NIGHT, James Cardwell, Whit Bissell, Scott Brady, 1948 AIRPORT, Whit Bissell, Helen Hayes, 1970 I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF, Whit Bissell, Michael Landon, 1957 BRUTE FORCE, Jack Overman, John Hoyt, Whit Bissell, Jeff Corey, Burt Lancaster, 1947
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet 17% Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter Dr. Henry Blodgett (Character) - 1979
      80% 72% Casey's Shadow Dr. Williamson (Character) - 1978
      No Score Yet 43% The Time Machine Ralph Branly (Character) - 1978
      No Score Yet 71% The Last of the Mohicans Gen. Webb (Character) - 1977
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race Simon Holloway (Character) - 1977
      No Score Yet 50% Flood! Dr. Ted Horne (Character) - 1976
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Cry Rape! Judge Newcombe (Character) - 1973
      No Score Yet 40% A Tattered Web Mr. Harland (Character) - 1971
      No Score Yet No Score Yet In Broad Daylight Capt. Moss (Character) - 1971
      No Score Yet 62% Once You Kiss a Stranger Dr. Haggis (Character) - 1969
      No Score Yet 51% Five Card Stud Dr. Cooper (Character) - 1968
      No Score Yet 67% A Covenant With Death Bruce Donnelly (Character) - 1967
      No Score Yet 29% Where Love Has Gone Prof. Bell (Character) - 1964
      92% 89% Seven Days in May Sen. Frederick Prentice (Character) - 1964
      80% 67% Spencer's Mountain Dr. Campbell (Character) - 1963
      85% 89% Hud Mr. Burris (Character) - 1963
      97% 90% The Manchurian Candidate Medical Officer (Character) $1.9M 1962
      89% 87% The Magnificent Seven Chamlee (Character) - 1960
      76% 80% The Time Machine Walter Kemp (Character) - 1960
      No Score Yet 76% No Name on the Bullet Pierce (Character) - 1959
      40% 34% Never So Few Capt. Alofson (Character) - 1959
      80% 76% Warlock Petrix (Character) - 1959
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Destination Nightmare Unknown (Character) - 1958
      91% 88% The Defiant Ones Lou Gans (Character) - 1958
      No Score Yet 25% Monster on the Campus Dr. Oliver Cole (Character) - 1958
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Young Stranger Grubbs (Character) - 1957
      No Score Yet 50% Johnny Tremain Josiah Quincy (Character) - 1957
      No Score Yet 15% The Tall Stranger Adam Judson (Character) - 1957
      40% 21% I Was a Teenage Werewolf Dr. Alfred Brandon (Character) - 1957
      30% 36% I Was a Teenage Frankenstein Prof. Frankenstein (Character) - 1957
      No Score Yet 50% The Proud Ones Mr. Sam Bolton (Character) - 1956
      98% 85% Invasion of the Body Snatchers Dr. Hill (Character) - 1956
      No Score Yet 33% Man From Del Rio Breezy Morgan (Character) - 1956
      No Score Yet 44% Dakota Incident Mark Chester (Character) - 1956
      No Score Yet 65% The Miracle on 34th Street Dr. Pierce (Character) - 1955
      No Score Yet 43% Shack Out on 101 Eddie (Character) - 1955
      10% 53% Not as a Stranger Dr. Dietrich (Character) - 1955
      93% 80% The Big Combo Doctor (Character) - 1955
      No Score Yet 83% Trial Sam Wiltse (Character) - 1955
      88% 79% The Desperate Hours FBI Agent Carson (Character) - 1955
      No Score Yet 36% At Gunpoint Clem Clark (Character) - 1955
      100% 76% It Should Happen to You Robert Grau (Character) - 1954
      80% 74% Creature From the Black Lagoon Dr. Edwin Thompson (Character) - 1954
      No Score Yet 0% The Atomic Kid Dr. Edgar Pangborn (Character) - 1954
      No Score Yet 60% Devil's Canyon Virgil Gates (Character) - 1953
      No Score Yet 52% Skirts Ahoy! Mr. Yarbrough (uncredited) (Character) - 1952
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Boots Malone Lou Dyer (Character) - 1952
      No Score Yet 38% The Sellout Wilfred Jackson (Character) - 1951
      40% 5% The Lost Continent Stanley Briggs (Character) - 1951
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Family Secret Joe Elsner (Character) - 1951
      86% No Score Yet Wyoming Mail Sam (Character) - 1950
      No Score Yet 65% A Life of Her Own Rental Agent (uncredited) (Character) - 1950
      86% 69% Side Street Harold Simpson (chief teller) (Character) - 1950
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Great Missouri Raid Bob Ford (Character) - 1950
      No Score Yet 50% Chicken Every Sunday Mr. Robinson / Robby (Character) - 1949
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Anna Lucasta Stanley (Character) - 1949
      No Score Yet 45% Canon City Richard Heilman (Character) - 1948
      82% 62% He Walked by Night Paul Reeves (Character) - 1948
      100% 82% Raw Deal Murderer (Character) - 1948
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Another Part of the Forest Jugger (Character) - 1948
      78% 65% A Double Life Dr. Roland F. Stauffer (Character) - 1947
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Night Song Party Guest (Character) - 1947
      95% 87% Brute Force Tom Lister (Character) - 1947

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Hart to Hart Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
      No Score Yet 76% Incredible Hulk Unknown (Guest Star) 1979-1980
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dukes of Hazzard Dr. James Fenwick (Guest Star) 1980
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Bionic Woman Wolfe (Guest Star) 1977
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Petrocelli Unknown (Character) 1976
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Kojak Sentman (Guest Star) 1976
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Barbary Coast Unknown (Guest Star) 1976
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Story Police Chief (Character) 1975
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Harry O Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Cannon Warden Sheppard (Guest Star) 1971 1973
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Barnaby Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1973
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Marcus Welby, M.D. Dr. Arnold Winnick (Guest Star) 1970 1973
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Harry Meacham (Guest Star) 1969
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mod Squad Max (Guest Star) 1969
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Here's Lucy Unknown (Guest Star) 1969
      80% 89% Star Trek Lurry (Guest Star) 1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Iron Horse Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Chaplain (Guest Star) 1967
      100% No Score Yet The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Unknown (Guest Star) 1966-1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Time Tunnel Unknown (Character) 1966-1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Please Don't Eat the Daisies Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Jericho Unknown (Character) 1966
      No Score Yet 54% I Dream of Jeannie Horace Sedgwick (Guest Star) 1966
      No Score Yet 100% Hogan's Heroes Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Felony Squad Milroy (Guest Star) 1966
      No Score Yet No Score Yet 12 O'Clock High Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Lassie Jim (Guest Star) 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Petticoat Junction Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet A Man Called Shenandoah Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Laurence Barlow (Guest Star) 1957 1960 1964-1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Loner Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Novak Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive John Gibson (Guest Star) 1965
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Ben Casey Dr. Ellis Turner (Guest Star) 1964
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Dr. Morton Hicks (Guest Star) 1958 1960 1962 1964
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Hour Unknown (Character) 1964
      92% 86% The Outer Limits Commanding General (Character) 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dakotas Owen Teed (Guest Star) 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Have Gun -- Will Travel Unknown (Guest Star) 1957-1958 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of Wells Fargo Charlie (Guest Star) 1957 1962
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Bus Stop Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
      No Score Yet 85% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Mr. Bliss (Character) 1962
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Surfside 6 Unknown (Guest Star) 1960 1962
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rifleman Unknown (Guest Star) 1959-1961
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Stagecoach West Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Deputy Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Lawman Unknown (Guest Star) 1958 1961
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Tom Ewell Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Zane Grey Theater Unknown (Character) 1956 1960
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Bachelor Father Unknown (Guest Star) 1959-1960
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Rawhide Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Cheyenne Unknown (Guest Star) 1957 1960
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Hawaiian Eye Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Untouchables Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Men Into Space Prof. Oliver Farrar (Guest Star) 1959
      No Score Yet No Score Yet One Step Beyond Unknown (Character) 1959
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Sea Hunt Mission Team Manager (Guest Star) 1958-1959
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Lige Fuller (Guest Star) 1959
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Zorro Unknown (Guest Star) 1958
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Trackdown Pendleton (Guest Star) 1958
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Thin Man Smitty (Guest Star) 1958
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Restless Gun Jonas Pilgrim (Guest Star) 1957
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Turn of Fate Chris (Character) 1957
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The 20th Century-Fox Hour Dr. Pierce (Character) 1955 1957
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Father Knows Best Unknown (Guest Star) 1956
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Showcase 39 Unknown (Character) 1956
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Climax! Unknown (Character) 1955-1956
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Cavalcade of America Unknown (Character) 1955
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lone Ranger John Delroy (Guest Star) 1954-1955
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Stage 7 Marty Wilkins (Character) 1955
      No Score Yet No Score Yet G.E. Theater Paul Wells (Character) 1954
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Studio One Unknown (Character) 1952