Whit Bissell

Actor Oct 25 (died age 86) New York City, New York, USA 1940–1993 (53 year career)

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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

Film

The Magnificent Seven

Chamlee

Film

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Emergency Room Psychiatrist

Film

The Manchurian Candidate

Medical Officer

Film

Soylent Green

Gov. Santini

Film

The Time Machine

Walter Kemp

Film

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Dr. Edwin Thompson

Film

Birdman of Alcatraz

Dr. Ellis

Film

Hud

Mr. Burris

Filmography

Acting (230)

Movies (119)

Time Machine: The Journey Back

1993

as Walter Kemp

7.0

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as Prof. Frankenstein (archive footage)

5.7

The Night Rider

1979

as Richards

3.5

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter

1979

as Dr. Henry Blodgett

9.2

The Time Machine

1978

as Ralph Branly

4.7

Donner Pass: The Road to Survival

1978

as Uncle Billy Graves

Casey's Shadow

as Dr. Williamson

Flood!

as Dr. Ted Horne

The Lincoln Conspiracy

as Sen. John Conness

Last of the Mohicans

as Gen. Webb

The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race

as Simon Hollaway

Psychic Killer

as Dr. Paul Taylor

Nick and Nora

The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One

1974

as Senator McKellar

Soylent Green

as Gov. Santini

Cry Rape

as Judge Newcombe

Pete 'n' Tillie

as Funeral Minister

The Salzburg Connection

1972

as Jim Newhart

5.7

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

as Mr. Mays

A Tattered Web

as Mr. Harland

City Beneath the Sea

as Prof. Holmes

In Broad Daylight

as Capt. Moss

Airport

as Mr. Davidson

The Andersonville Trial

1970

as Doctor Ford

6.7

Once You Kiss a Stranger...

as Dr. David Haggis

5 Card Stud

as Dr. Cooper

A Covenant with Death

1967

as Bruce Donnelly

4.7

The Final Hour

1965

as Whit Parsons

Fluffy

as Dr. Braden

The Hallelujah Trail

as Hobbs

Seven Days in May

as Sen. Frederick Prentice

Advance to the Rear

as Capt. Queeg

Where Love Has Gone

as Professor Bell

Hud

as Mr. Burris

Spencer's Mountain

as Dr. Campbell

The Manchurian Candidate

as Medical Officer

Birdman of Alcatraz

as Dr. Ellis

Exercise No. One

Third of a Man

as Maxwell

The Magnificent Seven

1960

as Chamlee

7.5

Daniel Boone: And Chase the Buffalo

1960

as Gov. Tryon

The Time Machine

as Walter Kemp

Warlock

as Petrix

Never So Few

as Capt. Alofson - Psychiatrist

5.4

No Name on the Bullet

as Pierce

The Black Orchid

as Harmon

Monster on the Campus

as Dr. Oliver Cole

The Defiant Ones

as Lou Gans

Destination Nightmare

1958

as Dr. Will Madison

5.5

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957

as 'Tombstone Epitaph' Editor John P. Clum

The Comedian

as Otis Elwell

Johnny Tremain

as Josiah Quincy

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

1957

as Dr. Alfred Brandon

4.8

The Tall Stranger

1957

as Adam Judson

6.5

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

1957

as Prof. Frankenstein

The Young Stranger

as Grubbs

The Wayward Girl

as Ira Molson

Rendezvous in Black

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956

as Emergency Room Psychiatrist

Man from Del Rio

as Breezy Morgan

The Proud Ones

as Mr. Sam Bolton

Dakota Incident

as Mark Chester

Trial

as Sam Wiltse

The Desperate Hours

as FBI Agent Carson

The Naked Street

as Dist. Atty. Blaker

Shack Out on 101

as Eddie

Not as a Stranger

as Dr. Dietrich

At Gunpoint

as Clem Clark

The Miracle on 34th Street

1955

as Dr. Pierce

5.2

Creature from the Black Lagoon

1954

as Dr. Edwin Thompson

6.8

The Caine Mutiny

1954

as Lt. Comdr. Dickson M.D.

Three Hours to Kill

as Deke

The Shanghai Story

as Paul Grant

Target Earth

as Tom

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954

as Guard Snader

7.0

It Should Happen to You

1954

as Robert Grau

7.0

The Atomic Kid

1954

as Dr. Edgar Pangborn

Devil's Canyon

as Virgil Gates

A Tale of Two Cities

as Host

The Turning Point

as Buck (uncredited)

Boots Malone

as Lou Dyer

Hoodlum Empire

as Pickpocket

The Sellout

as Wilfred Jackson

Sealed Cargo

as Schuster

Night Into Morning

as Monument Salesman (uncredited)

5.6

The Red Badge of Courage

1951

as Wounded Officer (uncredited)

Red Mountain

as Miles

Tales of Robin Hood

as Will

Lost Continent

as Stanley Briggs

The Family Secret

as Joe Elsner

Convicted

as States Attorney Owens (uncredited)

6.0

Side Street

1950

as Harold Simpson (chief teller)

6.4

When Willie Comes Marching Home

1950

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

Wyoming Mail

as Sam

Perfect Strangers

as Defense Attorney (uncredited)

5.9

The Killer That Stalked New York

1950

as Sid Bennet

6.2

A Life of Her Own

1950

as Rental Agent (uncredited)

Chicken Every Sunday

as Robby

He Walked by Night

as Paul Reeves

The Crime Doctor's Diary

as Pete Bellem

Anna Lucasta

as Stanley

Tokyo Joe

as Capt. Winnow (uncredited)

6.1

Another Part of the Forest

as Jugger

Canon City

as Heilman

Raw Deal

as Murderer

That Lady in Ermine

as Giulio

Brute Force

as Tom Lister

A Double Life

as Dr. Stauffer

The Sea of Grass

as Ted - the Clerk (uncredited)

6.1

The Senator Was Indiscreet

as Robert Oakes

Cluny Brown

as Archie

Somewhere in the Night

1946

as John (uncredited)

6.7

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

1946

as Chester Frye (uncredited)

5.6

The Horn Blows at Midnight

1945

as Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited)

Winged Victory

as Lt. Hudson

Holy Matrimony

as Harry Leek (uncredited)

6.6

Destination Tokyo

1943

as Yo Yo (uncredited)

6.8

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

1942

as London Bobbie (uncredited)

6.4

The Sea Hawk

1940

as Gate Guard at Palace Entrance

7.2

Television (111)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Lurry

Falcon Crest

as Mr. Hobson

Hart to Hart

Ike

as Admiral

The Incredible Hulk

as Prof. Williams

Quincy, M.E.

The Bionic Woman

The Tony Randall Show

Matt Helm

as Rollins

The Swiss Family Robinson

Barbary Coast

Harry O

Lincoln

as William Seward

Kojak

as Sentman

Cannon

as Billingsley

McCloud

Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Dr. Arnold Winnick

The Name of the Game

as Donald Merrick

Here's Lucy

as Ted Driscoll

Land of the Giants

as Dr. Krane

The Outsider

The Mod Squad

Ironside

Mannix

The Invaders

as Col. Harris

Judd for the Defense

Star Trek

as Lurry

The Time Tunnel

as General Heywood Kirk

Felony Squad

Jericho

I Dream of Jeannie

as Horace

The F.B.I.

as Carter

Hogan's Heroes

as Gen. Kammler

Laredo

The Loner

as Ab Nichols

Camp Runamuck

Daniel Boone

as Stogie the Trapper

7.0

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

1964

7.0

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964

as Prof. Harvey Glomm

Profiles in Courage

as Myles

The Fugitive

as John Gibson

Petticoat Junction

as Ralph Denton

The Outer Limits

as Commanding General

Burke's Law

as Dr. Freestone

Arrest and Trial

The Dakotas

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

as Gus Hickman

5.3

The Great Adventure

1963

as Benjamin Silliman

Mr. Novak

1963

as Karl Bellini

6.5

Glynis

1963

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Adam Driscoll

The Virginian

as Burns

Going My Way

Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Kenneth Kline

Ben Casey

Bus Stop

Straightaway

Route 66

The Roaring 20's

Surfside 6

Stagecoach West

as Harmony Bell

Guestward, Ho!

The Brothers Brannagan

1960

as Sanford

Rawhide

1959

as Doc Taggert

7.2

One Step Beyond

1959

as Capt. Will Fielding

Hawaiian Eye

The Detectives

Lock-Up

Johnny Ringo

as Sheriff Arson

Bourbon Street Beat

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Henry

Men Into Space

Tightrope

Philip Marlowe

Sea Hunt

The Rifleman

Lawman

Shirley Temple's Storybook

The Texan

The Donna Reed Show

Peter Gunn

The Veil

Perry Mason

as Larry Sands

Maverick

Have Gun, Will Travel

Wagon Train

as Albert Sykes

Zorro

Trackdown

The Real McCoys

The Thin Man

M Squad

as Tommy Hatch

Alcoa Theatre

as Chris Wallis

Panic!

Code 3

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

State Trooper

Playhouse 90

as Elwell

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Cheyenne

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Mr. Bliss

7.8

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Millionaire

as James Mahoney

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Climax!

as Mr. Grubbs

Studio 57

Public Defender

as Peter Stone

City Detective

General Electric Theater

as Paul Wells

Lux Video Theatre

as Rev. Trumbull

Studio One

as Prof. Geoffrey Crawford

5.0