Abner Biberman

ActorDirectorWriter Apr 1 (died age 68) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 1936–1974 (38 year career)

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Biography

Abner Warren Biberman (April 1, 1909 – June 20, 1977) was an American actor, director, and screenwriter. Ruthless-looking, he was in demand to portray a wide variety of heavies and foreign nationalities during the Golden Years of Hollywood. He later developed a successful career as a prolific director of episodic TV, spanning wide genres from Gilligan’s Island to Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series). Biberman was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, later moving to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He gained ear…

Known For

Film

The Twilight Zone

Director

Film

His Girl Friday

Louie

Film

Winchester '73

Latigo Means

Film

The Roaring Twenties

Henchman

Film

Gilligan's Island

Director

Film

The Outer Limits

Director

Film

Viva Zapata!

Captain (uncredited)

Film

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Director

Filmography

Acting (52)

Movies (48)

Elephant Walk

as Dr. Pereira

Knock on Wood

as Maurice Papinek

The Golden Mistress

as Carl Dexter

Viva Zapata!

as Captain (uncredited)

Roaring City

as Eddie Paige

Winchester '73

as Latigo Means

Strange Conquest

as Molugi

Captain Kidd

1945

as Theodore Blades (uncredited)

6.2

Back to Bataan

1945

as Japanese Captain

6.0

Salome, Where She Danced

1945

as Dr. Ling

3.7

Betrayal from the East

as Yamato

Two-Man Submarine

as Gabe Fabian

Dragon Seed

as Capt. Yasuda (uncredited)

6.6

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

as Maita

Bombardier

as Japanese Sergeant

The Leopard Man

as Charlie How-Come

Submarine Alert

as Commander Toyo

Behind the Rising Sun

1943

as Inspector

5.7

Beyond the Blue Horizon

as La'oa

Broadway

as Trado

King of the Mounties

as Adm. Yamata

Whispering Ghosts

as Mack Wolf

South of Tahiti

as Tahawa

This Woman Is Mine

as Lamazie

Singapore Woman

as Singa

The Monster and the Girl

1941

as Gregory - Perry’s Aide (uncredited)

5.7

The Gay Vagabond

1941

as Ratmar

Devil Pays Off

1941

as Carlos Castillo-Martinez

3.4

South to Karanga

1940

as Manek Sen

The Marines Fly High

as Gomez

His Girl Friday

as Louie

Ski Patrol

as Russian Field Commander

Girl from Havana

as Captain Lazear

Zanzibar

as Aba

South of Pago Pago

as Ferro

Enemy Agent

as Baronoff

The Magnificent Fraud

1939

as Ruiz

The Roaring Twenties

1939

as Henchman

7.5

Each Dawn I Die

1939

as Shake Edwards (uncredited)

Another Thin Man

as 'Dum-Dum'

Panama Lady

as Elisha

The Rains Came

as John, the Baptist

Panama Patrol

as Arlie Johnson

Gunga Din

as Chota

Lady of the Tropics

as Wardrobe Buyer

Balalaika

as Leo Proplinski

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

1939

as Attendee at Dance

2.0

Soak the Rich

1936

Television (4)

Kodiak

Hec Ramsey

Ironside

Sam Benedict

Crew (41)

Movies (10)

Too Many Thieves

1966

Director

4.5

Flood Tide

1958

Director

The Night Runner

Director

Gun for a Coward

Director

Behind the High Wall

Director

The Price of Fear

Director

The Looters

Director

Running Wild

Director

The Golden Mistress

Director

The Golden Mistress

Writer

Television (31)

Matt Lincoln

1970

Director

5.0

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

Director

Hawaii Five-O

Director

The Name of the Game

Director

Ironside

Director

Run for Your Life

Director

Laredo

Director

The Trials of O'Brien

Director

Seaway

Director

Gilligan's Island

Director

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Director

12 O'Clock High

Director

The Fugitive

Director

The Outer Limits

Director

Mr. Novak

Director

The Virginian

Director

Sam Benedict

Director

The Eleventh Hour

Director

Ben Casey

Director

Outlaws

Director

The Islanders

Director

National Velvet

Director

The Twilight Zone

Director

Tightrope

Director

77 Sunset Strip

Director

Mackenzie's Raiders

Director

Buckskin

Director

Cimarron City

Director

Maverick

Director

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Director

Gunsmoke

Director