Whit Bissell
Biography
Date of Birth 25 October 1909, New York City, New York, USA Date of Death 5 March 1996, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA (parkinson's disease) Birth Name Whitner Nutting Bissell Height 5' 8" (1.73 m) Mini Biography Whit Bissell came to Hollywood in the 1940s, and by the time he retired he had appeared in more than 200 movies and scores of TV series. He is best known for playing the evil scientist who turned Michael Landon into a half beast in the 1957 cult classic film I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957). Bissell specialized in playing doctors, military officers and other authority figures. On television he was a regular on "Bachelor Father" (1957) and "The Time Tunnel" (1966). He also served on the Screen Actors Guild board of directors for 18 years and represented the actors branch in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences board of governors.
Hud
Mr. Burris
O Pecado de Cluny Brown
Archie, Dowager's Son (uncredited)
He Walked by Night
Paul Reeves
Not as a Stranger
Dr. Dietrich
La signora in ermellino
Giulio
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
Prof. Frankenstein
The Lincoln Conspiracy
Sen. John Conness
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
Dr. Alfred Brandon
Justin Morgan had a horse
Mr. Mays
Destination Nightmare
Dr. Will Madison (archive footage)
Casey's Shadow
Dr. Williamson
The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen
Himself
It Came From Hollywood
(archive footage)
Night Rider
Richards
The Time Machine
Ralph Branly
Das verrückte Wildwest Rennen
Simon Hollaway
Last of the Mohicans
Gen. Webb
The Lincoln Conspiracy
Sen. John Conness
Flood!
Dr. Ted Horne
Judge Newcombe
Soylent Green
Governor Santini
Justin Morgan had a horse
Mr. Mays
A Tattered Web
Mr. Harland
City Beneath the Sea
Professor Holmes
The Andersonville Trial
Dr. Ford
Airport
Mr. Davidson
5 Card Stud
Dr. Cooper
A Covenant with Death
Bruce Donnelly
Fluffy
Dr. Braden
The Hallelujah Trail
Hobbs
Where Love Has Gone
Professor Bell
Advance to the Rear
Capt. Queeg
Seven Days in May
Sen. Frederick Prentice
Hud
Mr. Burris
Spencer's Mountain
Dr. Campbell
The Manchurian Candidate
Medical Officer (uncredited)
Birdman of Alcatraz
Dr. Ellis
The Magnificent Seven
Chamlee
The Time Machine
Walter Kemp
Never So Few
Capt. Alofson - Psychiatrist
Warlock (59)
Petrix
No Name on the Bullet
Thad Pierce
Monster on the Campus
Dr. Oliver Cole
The Black Orchid
Mr. Harmon
The Defiant Ones
Lou Gans
Gang War
Mark (scenes deleted)
Destination Nightmare
Dr. Will Madison (archive footage)
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
Prof. Frankenstein
The Tall Stranger
Adam Judson
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
Dr. Alfred Brandon
Johnny Tremain
Josiah Quincy
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
John P. Clum
The Comedian
Otis Elwell
The Young Stranger
Grubbs
The Real McCoys: Complete Season 1
Mr. Curtis / ... (2 episodes, 1958-1959)
Man from Del Rio
Breezy Morgan
Dakota Incident
Mark Chester
The Proud Ones
Mr. Sam Bolton
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Dr. Hill (uncredited)
At Gunpoint
Clem Clark
Trial
Sam Wiltse
The Desperate Hours
FBI Agent Carson
The Naked Street
Dist. Atty. Blaker
Not as a Stranger
Dr. Dietrich
The Big Combo
Doctor (scenes deleted) (as Whit Bissel)
The Atomic Kid
Dr. Edgar Pangborn
Target Earth
Tom, Chief research scientist
Three Hours to Kill
Deke
The Shanghai Story
Paul Grant
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Dr. Edwin Thompson
Riot in Cell Block 11
Snader
It Should Happen to You
Robert Grau
The Caine Mutiny
Lt. Cmdr. Dickson M.D. (uncredited)
The Turning Point
Buck (uncredited)
The Sellout
Wilfred Jackson
Skirts Ahoy!
Mr. Yarbrough (uncredited)
Mördersyndikat San Francisco
Filby - The Pickpocket (uncredited)
The Family Secret
Joe Elsner
The Red Badge of Courage
Wounded Officer (uncredited)
Lost Continent
Stanley Briggs
Red Mountain
Miles
Sealed Cargo
Schuster (uncredited)
The Great Missouri Raid
Bob Ford
Wyoming Mail
Sam
The Killer That Stalked New York
Sid Bennet
A Life of Her Own
Rental Agent (uncredited)
Convicted
States Attorney Owens (uncredited)
Side Street
Harold Simpsen
Perfect Strangers
Mr. Lister (uncredited)
When Willie Comes Marching Home/Up the River
Lt. M.J. Hanley - Psychiatrist (voice) (uncredited)
Tokyo Joe
Captain Winnow (uncredited)
The Crime Doctor's Diary
Pete Bellem
He Walked by Night
Paul Reeves
La signora in ermellino
Giulio
Canon City
Heilman
Raw Deal
Murderer
Another Part of the Forest
Jugger
Night Song
Party Guest (uncredited)
A Double Life
Dr. Stauffer
Brute Force
Tom Lister
The Sea of Grass
Ted, the Clerk (uncredited)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Chester Frye (uncredited)
Somewhere in the Night
John (bartender) (uncredited)
O Pecado de Cluny Brown
Archie, Dowager's Son (uncredited)
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited)
Destination Tokyo
Yo Yo (uncredited)
Holy Matrimony
Harry Leek (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk
Gate guard at Palace entrance (uncredited)
Un Marito per Tillie
Minister
