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Mar 7, 1996 · By MYRNA OLIVER. March 7, 1996 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Whit Bissell, wide-ranging character actor whose more than 200 roles spanning half a century included playing mad scientists in...
Whit Bissell. Actor: The Magnificent Seven. 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...
Mar 21, 1996 · or "Tony, look out!" Bissell received the life career award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films in 1994. Richard Chatten. Whitner Bissell, actor: born New York 1909 ...
Mar 5, 1996 · Whit Bissell (born Whitner Nutting Bissell) was an American character actor. His career in film and television spanned the years 1940 to 1984.
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Mar 7, 1996 · WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., March 7 -- Actor Whit Bissell died Wednesday night of chronic lung disease at The Motion Picture Hospital in Woodland Hills, hospital officials said Thursday. He was 86. He ...
Mar 11, 1996 · Whitner (Whit) Bissell, a character actor who appeared on Broadway and in scores of films, died on Tuesday at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif. He was 86.
Mar 6, 1996 · Starting in 1943, Bissell appeared in small roles in a short string of mostly war-related Warner Bros. productions, including Destination Tokyo. It wasn't until after the war, however, that he began getting more visible in slightly bigger parts. He had a tiny role in the opening third of Ernst Lubitsch's comedy Cluny Brown (1946), but starting ...
