Whit Bissell
Acting • Born 1909-10-25 – 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.
Filmography
247 credits
Birdman of Alcatraz
Movie • 1962
Dr. Ellis
The Time Machine
Movie • 1960
Walter Kemp
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
Movie • 1957
Prof. Frankenstein
The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
Movie • 1974
Senator McKellar
Airport
Movie • 1970
Mr. Davidson
It Should Happen to You
Movie • 1954
Robert Grau
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Movie • 1954
Dr. Edwin Thompson
Perfect Strangers
Movie • 1950
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
5 Card Stud
Movie • 1968
Dr. Cooper
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Movie • 1956
Emergency Room Psychiatrist
Target Earth
Movie • 1954
Tom
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Movie • 1957
'Tombstone Epitaph' Editor John P. Clum
The Defiant Ones
Movie • 1958
Lou Gans
He Walked by Night
Movie • 1949
Paul Reeves
Seven Days in May
Movie • 1964
Sen. Frederick Prentice
Hud
Movie • 1963
Mr. Burris
Soylent Green
Movie • 1973
Gov. Santini
The Killer That Stalked New York
Movie • 1950
Sid Bennet
The Sellout
Movie • 1952
Wilfred Jackson
The Comedian
Movie • 1957
Otis Elwell
Hoodlum Empire
Movie • 1952
Pickpocket
Exercise No. One
Movie • 1962
Monster on the Campus
Movie • 1958
Dr. Oliver Cole
Riot in Cell Block 11
Movie • 1954
Guard Snader
Brute Force
Movie • 1947
Tom Lister
A Double Life
Movie • 1947
Dr. Stauffer
Shack Out on 101
Movie • 1955
Eddie
Warlock
Movie • 1959
Petrix
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
Movie • 1957
Dr. Alfred Brandon
Johnny Tremain
Movie • 1957
Josiah Quincy
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Movie • 1947
Robert Oakes
The Turning Point
Movie • 1952
Buck (uncredited)
Canon City
Movie • 1948
Heilman
Lost Continent
Movie • 1951
Stanley Briggs
Spencer's Mountain
Movie • 1963
Dr. Campbell
Winged Victory
Movie • 1944
Lt. Hudson
The Desperate Hours
Movie • 1955
FBI Agent Carson
City Beneath the Sea
Movie • 1971
Prof. Holmes
Side Street
Movie • 1950
Harold Simpson (chief teller)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Movie • 1942
London Bobbie (uncredited)
No Name on the Bullet
Movie • 1959
Pierce
Where Love Has Gone
Movie • 1964
Professor Bell
Once You Kiss a Stranger...
Movie • 1969
Dr. David Haggis
Third of a Man
Movie • 1962
Maxwell
Man from Del Rio
Movie • 1956
Breezy Morgan
Dakota Incident
Movie • 1956
Mark Chester
The Crime Doctor's Diary
Movie • 1949
Pete Bellem
Wyoming Mail
Movie • 1950
Sam
The Naked Street
Movie • 1955
Dist. Atty. Blaker
The Lincoln Conspiracy
Movie • 1977
Sen. John Conness
At Gunpoint
Movie • 1955
Clem Clark
The Young Stranger
Movie • 1957
Grubbs
The Atomic Kid
Movie • 1954
Dr. Edgar Pangborn
The Tall Stranger
Movie • 1957
Adam Judson
Red Mountain
Movie • 1951
Miles
The Time Machine
Movie • 1978
Ralph Branly
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie • 1991
Prof. Frankenstein (archive footage)
Devil's Canyon
Movie • 1953
Virgil Gates
Raw Deal
Movie • 1948
Murderer
Fluffy
Movie • 1965
Dr. Braden
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
Movie • 1978
Uncle Billy Graves
Anna Lucasta
Movie • 1949
Stanley
Chicken Every Sunday
Movie • 1949
Robby
The Shanghai Story
Movie • 1954
Paul Grant
A Covenant with Death
Movie • 1967
Bruce Donnelly
The Family Secret
Movie • 1951
Joe Elsner
Somewhere in the Night
Movie • 1946
John (uncredited)
Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
Movie • 1979
Dr. Henry Blodgett
Nick and Nora
Movie • 1975
Advance to the Rear
Movie • 1964
Capt. Queeg
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Movie • 1945
Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited)
The Night Rider
Movie • 1979
Richards
Trial
Movie • 1955
Sam Wiltse
Never So Few
Movie • 1959
Capt. Alofson, Psychiatrist
Casey's Shadow
Movie • 1978
Dr. Williamson
That Lady in Ermine
Movie • 1948
Giulio
The Magnificent Seven
Movie • 1960
Chamlee
Three Hours to Kill
Movie • 1954
Deke
The Andersonville Trial
Movie • 1970
Doctor Ford
The Caine Mutiny
Movie • 1954
Lt. Comdr. Dickson M.D.
The Sea of Grass
Movie • 1947
Ted - the Clerk (uncredited)
The Red Badge of Courage
Movie • 1951
Wounded Officer (uncredited)
The Black Orchid
Movie • 1959
Harmon
The Sea Hawk
Movie • 1940
Gate Guard at Palace Entrance
Psychic Killer
Movie • 1975
Dr. Paul Taylor
Destination Nightmare
Movie • 1958
Dr. Will Madison
The Final Hour
Movie • 1965
Whit Parsons
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Movie • 1946
Chester Frye (uncredited)
The Hallelujah Trail
Movie • 1965
Hobbs
Tales of Robin Hood
Movie • 1951
Will
Boots Malone
Movie • 1952
Lou Dyer
Pete 'n' Tillie
Movie • 1972
Funeral Minister
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Movie • 1950
Lt. M.J. Hanley - Psychiatrist (uncredited)
The Salzburg Connection
Movie • 1972
Jim Newhart
The Manchurian Candidate
Movie • 1962
Medical Officer
Time Machine: The Journey Back
Movie • 1993
Walter Kemp
Not as a Stranger
Movie • 1955
Dr. Dietrich
Tokyo Joe
Movie • 1949
Capt. Winnow (uncredited)
Last of the Mohicans
Movie • 1977
Gen. Webb
A Life of Her Own
Movie • 1950
Rental Agent (uncredited)
Convicted
Movie • 1950
States Attorney Owens (uncredited)
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie • 1953
Host
Another Part of the Forest
Movie • 1948
Jugger
Holy Matrimony
Movie • 1943
Harry Leek (uncredited)
In Broad Daylight
Movie • 1971
Capt. Moss
Cry Rape
Movie • 1973
Judge Newcombe
A Tattered Web
Movie • 1971
Mr. Harland
The Proud Ones
Movie • 1956
Mr. Sam Bolton
The Wayward Girl
Movie • 1957
Ira Molson
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
Movie • 1972
Mr. Mays
Sealed Cargo
Movie • 1951
Schuster
Cluny Brown
Movie • 1946
Archie
Destination Tokyo
Movie • 1943
Yo Yo (uncredited)
Flood!
Movie • 1977
Dr. Ted Horne
Night Into Morning
Movie • 1951
Monument Salesman (uncredited)
The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race
Movie • 1977
Simon Hollaway
Daniel Boone: And Chase the Buffalo
Movie • 1960
Gov. Tryon
Rendezvous in Black
Movie • 1956
The Miracle on 34th Street
Movie • 1955
Dr. Pierce
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Mr. Hobson
The Time Tunnel
TV • 1966
General Heywood Kirk
The Great Adventure
TV • 1963
Benjamin Silliman
Star Trek
TV • 1966
Lurry
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Dr. Freestone
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Trackdown
TV • 1957
Bourbon Street Beat
TV • 1959
Here's Lucy
TV • 1968
Ted Driscoll
The Incredible Hulk
TV • 1977
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Gus Hickman
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Carter
I Dream of Jeannie
TV • 1965
Horace
The Bionic Woman
TV • 1976
Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Route 66
TV • 1960
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
TV • 1964
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV • 1969
Dr. Arnold Winnick
Land of the Giants
TV • 1968
Dr. Krane
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
Ralph Denton
Mannix
TV • 1967
Surfside 6
TV • 1960
The Mod Squad
TV • 1968
Kojak
TV • 1973
Sentman
Camp Runamuck
TV • 1965
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Larry Sands
Arrest and Trial
TV • 1963
Studio One
TV • 1948
Prof. Geoffrey Crawford
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Paul Wells
Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
Cannon
TV • 1971
Billingsley
Zorro
TV • 1957
Glynis
TV • 1963
Ironside
TV • 1967
Sea Hunt
TV • 1958
Laredo
TV • 1965
The Swiss Family Robinson
TV • 1975
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Mr. Bliss
Straightaway
TV • 1961
Philip Marlowe
TV • 1959
Going My Way
TV • 1962
Bus Stop
TV • 1961
Felony Squad
TV • 1966
Harry O
TV • 1974
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Stogie the Trapper
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
John Gibson
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
James Mahoney
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Burns
Search
TV • 1972
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Rev. Trumbull
Peter Gunn
TV • 1958
McCloud
TV • 1970
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
The Thin Man
TV • 1957
Alcoa Theatre
TV • 1957
Chris Wallis
One Step Beyond
TV • 1959
Capt. Will Fielding
Climax!
TV • 1954
Mr. Grubbs
Men Into Space
TV • 1959
The Real McCoys
TV • 1957
M Squad
TV • 1957
Tommy Hatch
The Loner
TV • 1965
Ab Nichols
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Judd for the Defense
TV • 1967
The Donna Reed Show
TV • 1958
Profiles in Courage
TV • 1964
Myles
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV • 1956
Guestward, Ho!
TV • 1960
The Veil
TV • 1958
Lock-Up
TV • 1959
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
The Dakotas
TV • 1963
Lawman
TV • 1958
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Barbary Coast
TV • 1975
Mr. Novak
TV • 1963
Karl Bellini
The Texan
TV • 1958
The Detectives
TV • 1959
The Tony Randall Show
TV • 1976
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Johnny Ringo
TV • 1959
Sheriff Arson
Tightrope
TV • 1959
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Dr. Kenneth Kline
City Detective
TV • 1953
State Trooper
TV • 1956
The Outer Limits
TV • 1963
Commanding General
Panic!
TV • 1957
Jericho
TV • 1966
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV • 1959
Henry
The Roaring 20's
TV • 1960
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Prof. Harvey Glomm
Code 3
TV • 1957
The Outsider
TV • 1968
Studio 57
TV • 1954
Maverick
TV • 1957
Matt Helm
TV • 1975
Rollins
Hogan's Heroes
TV • 1965
Gen. Kammler
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Andrew Cass
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Whit Parsons
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Dolph
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Joseph Goebbels
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Czadek
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Major Ralph McConnell
Playhouse 90
TV • 1956
Elwell
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Max Pompey
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Donald Merrick
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Wainwright
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Laurence Barlow
Profiles in Courage
TV • 1964
Woodrow Wilson
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Dennison Groody
Studio One
TV • 1948
Denton
Studio One
TV • 1948
Climax!
TV • 1954
Whitfield Cook
The Brothers Brannagan
TV • 1960
Sanford
The Invaders
TV • 1967
Col. Harris
The Incredible Hulk
TV • 1977
Prof. Williams
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Adam Driscoll
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Doc Taggert
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV • 1958
Lincoln
TV • 1974
William Seward
Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
Arthur Dane
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV • 1993
Lurry
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Albert Sykes
Public Defender
TV • 1954
Peter Stone
Ike
TV • 1979
Admiral
Stagecoach West
TV • 1960
Harmony Bell