Whit Bissell

Acting

Born: 1909-10-25 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: 1996-03-05

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

Birdman of Alcatraz

Dr. Ellis

The Time Machine

Walter Kemp

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

Prof. Frankenstein

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

Senator McKellar

Airport

Mr. Davidson

It Should Happen to You

Robert Grau

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Dr. Edwin Thompson

Perfect Strangers

Defense Attorney (uncredited)

5 Card Stud

Dr. Cooper

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Emergency Room Psychiatrist

Target Earth

Tom

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

'Tombstone Epitaph' Editor John P. Clum

The Defiant Ones

Lou Gans

He Walked by Night

Paul Reeves

Seven Days in May

Sen. Frederick Prentice

Hud

Mr. Burris

Soylent Green

Gov. Santini

The Killer That Stalked New York

Sid Bennet

The Sellout

Wilfred Jackson

The Comedian

Otis Elwell

Hoodlum Empire

Pickpocket

Exercise No. One

Monster on the Campus

Dr. Oliver Cole

Riot in Cell Block 11

Guard Snader

Brute Force

Tom Lister

A Double Life

Dr. Stauffer

Shack Out on 101

Eddie

Warlock

Petrix

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

Dr. Alfred Brandon

Johnny Tremain

Josiah Quincy

The Senator Was Indiscreet

Robert Oakes

The Turning Point

Buck (uncredited)

Canon City

Heilman

Lost Continent

Stanley Briggs

Spencer's Mountain

Dr. Campbell

Winged Victory

Lt. Hudson

The Desperate Hours

FBI Agent Carson

City Beneath the Sea

Prof. Holmes

Side Street

Harold Simpson (chief teller)

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

London Bobbie (uncredited)

No Name on the Bullet

Pierce

Where Love Has Gone

Professor Bell

Once You Kiss a Stranger...

Dr. David Haggis

Third of a Man

Maxwell

Man from Del Rio

Breezy Morgan

Dakota Incident

Mark Chester

The Crime Doctor's Diary

Pete Bellem

Wyoming Mail

Sam

The Naked Street

Dist. Atty. Blaker

The Lincoln Conspiracy

Sen. John Conness

At Gunpoint

Clem Clark

The Young Stranger

Grubbs

The Atomic Kid

Dr. Edgar Pangborn

The Tall Stranger

Adam Judson

Red Mountain

Miles

The Time Machine

Ralph Branly

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Prof. Frankenstein (archive footage)

Devil's Canyon

Virgil Gates

Raw Deal

Murderer

Fluffy

Dr. Braden

Donner Pass: The Road to Survival

Uncle Billy Graves

Anna Lucasta

Stanley

Chicken Every Sunday

Robby

The Shanghai Story

Paul Grant

A Covenant with Death

Bruce Donnelly

The Family Secret

Joe Elsner

Somewhere in the Night

John (uncredited)

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter

Dr. Henry Blodgett

Nick and Nora

Advance to the Rear

Capt. Queeg

The Horn Blows at Midnight

Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited)

The Night Rider

Richards

Trial

Sam Wiltse

Never So Few

Capt. Alofson, Psychiatrist

Casey's Shadow

Dr. Williamson

That Lady in Ermine

Giulio

The Magnificent Seven

Chamlee

Three Hours to Kill

Deke

The Andersonville Trial

Doctor Ford

The Caine Mutiny

Lt. Comdr. Dickson M.D.

The Sea of Grass

Ted - the Clerk (uncredited)

The Red Badge of Courage

Wounded Officer (uncredited)

The Black Orchid

Harmon

The Sea Hawk

Gate Guard at Palace Entrance

Psychic Killer

Dr. Paul Taylor

Destination Nightmare

Dr. Will Madison

The Final Hour

Whit Parsons

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

Chester Frye (uncredited)

The Hallelujah Trail

Hobbs

Tales of Robin Hood

Will

Boots Malone

Lou Dyer

Pete 'n' Tillie

Funeral Minister

When Willie Comes Marching Home

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

The Salzburg Connection

Jim Newhart

The Manchurian Candidate

Medical Officer

Time Machine: The Journey Back

Walter Kemp

Not as a Stranger

Dr. Dietrich

Tokyo Joe

Capt. Winnow (uncredited)

Last of the Mohicans

Gen. Webb

A Life of Her Own

Rental Agent (uncredited)

Convicted

States Attorney Owens (uncredited)

A Tale of Two Cities

Host

Another Part of the Forest

Jugger

Holy Matrimony

Harry Leek (uncredited)

In Broad Daylight

Capt. Moss

Cry Rape

Judge Newcombe

A Tattered Web

Mr. Harland

The Proud Ones

Mr. Sam Bolton

The Wayward Girl

Ira Molson

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

Mr. Mays

Sealed Cargo

Schuster

Cluny Brown

Archie

Destination Tokyo

Yo Yo (uncredited)

Flood!

Dr. Ted Horne

Night Into Morning

Monument Salesman (uncredited)

The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race

Simon Hollaway

Daniel Boone: And Chase the Buffalo

Gov. Tryon

Rendezvous in Black

The Miracle on 34th Street

Dr. Pierce

Birdman of Alcatraz

Dr. Ellis

The Time Machine

Walter Kemp

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

Prof. Frankenstein

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

Senator McKellar

Airport

Mr. Davidson

It Should Happen to You

Robert Grau

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Dr. Edwin Thompson

Perfect Strangers

Defense Attorney (uncredited)

5 Card Stud

Dr. Cooper

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Emergency Room Psychiatrist

Target Earth

Tom

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

'Tombstone Epitaph' Editor John P. Clum

The Defiant Ones

Lou Gans

He Walked by Night

Paul Reeves

Seven Days in May

Sen. Frederick Prentice

Hud

Mr. Burris

Soylent Green

Gov. Santini

The Killer That Stalked New York

Sid Bennet

The Sellout

Wilfred Jackson

The Comedian

Otis Elwell

Hoodlum Empire

Pickpocket

Exercise No. One

Monster on the Campus

Dr. Oliver Cole

Riot in Cell Block 11

Guard Snader

Brute Force

Tom Lister

A Double Life

Dr. Stauffer

Shack Out on 101

Eddie

Warlock

Petrix

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

Dr. Alfred Brandon

Johnny Tremain

Josiah Quincy

The Senator Was Indiscreet

Robert Oakes

The Turning Point

Buck (uncredited)

Canon City

Heilman

Lost Continent

Stanley Briggs

Spencer's Mountain

Dr. Campbell

Winged Victory

Lt. Hudson

The Desperate Hours

FBI Agent Carson

City Beneath the Sea

Prof. Holmes

Side Street

Harold Simpson (chief teller)

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

London Bobbie (uncredited)

No Name on the Bullet

Pierce

Where Love Has Gone

Professor Bell

Once You Kiss a Stranger...

Dr. David Haggis

Third of a Man

Maxwell

Man from Del Rio

Breezy Morgan

Dakota Incident

Mark Chester

The Crime Doctor's Diary

Pete Bellem

Wyoming Mail

Sam

The Naked Street

Dist. Atty. Blaker

The Lincoln Conspiracy

Sen. John Conness

At Gunpoint

Clem Clark

The Young Stranger

Grubbs

The Atomic Kid

Dr. Edgar Pangborn

The Tall Stranger

Adam Judson

Red Mountain

Miles

The Time Machine

Ralph Branly

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Prof. Frankenstein (archive footage)

Devil's Canyon

Virgil Gates

Raw Deal

Murderer

Fluffy

Dr. Braden

Donner Pass: The Road to Survival

Uncle Billy Graves

Anna Lucasta

Stanley

Chicken Every Sunday

Robby

The Shanghai Story

Paul Grant

A Covenant with Death

Bruce Donnelly

The Family Secret

Joe Elsner

Somewhere in the Night

John (uncredited)

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter

Dr. Henry Blodgett

Nick and Nora

Advance to the Rear

Capt. Queeg

The Horn Blows at Midnight

Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited)

The Night Rider

Richards

Trial

Sam Wiltse

Never So Few

Capt. Alofson, Psychiatrist

Casey's Shadow

Dr. Williamson

That Lady in Ermine

Giulio

The Magnificent Seven

Chamlee

Three Hours to Kill

Deke

The Andersonville Trial

Doctor Ford

The Caine Mutiny

Lt. Comdr. Dickson M.D.

The Sea of Grass

Ted - the Clerk (uncredited)

The Red Badge of Courage

Wounded Officer (uncredited)

The Black Orchid

Harmon

The Sea Hawk

Gate Guard at Palace Entrance

Psychic Killer

Dr. Paul Taylor

Destination Nightmare

Dr. Will Madison

The Final Hour

Whit Parsons

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

Chester Frye (uncredited)

The Hallelujah Trail

Hobbs

Tales of Robin Hood

Will

Boots Malone

Lou Dyer

Pete 'n' Tillie

Funeral Minister

When Willie Comes Marching Home

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

The Salzburg Connection

Jim Newhart

The Manchurian Candidate

Medical Officer

Time Machine: The Journey Back

Walter Kemp

Not as a Stranger

Dr. Dietrich

Tokyo Joe

Capt. Winnow (uncredited)

Last of the Mohicans

Gen. Webb

A Life of Her Own

Rental Agent (uncredited)

Convicted

States Attorney Owens (uncredited)

A Tale of Two Cities

Host

Another Part of the Forest

Jugger

Holy Matrimony

Harry Leek (uncredited)

In Broad Daylight

Capt. Moss

Cry Rape

Judge Newcombe

A Tattered Web

Mr. Harland

The Proud Ones

Mr. Sam Bolton

The Wayward Girl

Ira Molson

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

Mr. Mays

Sealed Cargo

Schuster

Cluny Brown

Archie

Destination Tokyo

Yo Yo (uncredited)

Flood!

Dr. Ted Horne

Night Into Morning

Monument Salesman (uncredited)

The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race

Simon Hollaway

Daniel Boone: And Chase the Buffalo

Gov. Tryon

Rendezvous in Black

The Miracle on 34th Street

Dr. Pierce