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Whitner Nutting Bissell (October 25, 1909 – March 5, 1996) was an American character actor.
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).
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).
Mar 7, 1996 · Whit Bissell, wide-ranging character actor whose more than 200 roles spanning half a century included playing mad scientists in 1950s science fiction thrillers, has died.
Mar 21, 1996 · Whitner Bissell, actor: born New York 1909; married (one son, three daughters); died Woodland Hills, California 5 March 1996. In a screen career that covered 35 years, from Holy...
Whit Bissell (born Whitner Nutting Bissell) was an American character actor. His career in film and television spanned the years 1940 to 1984.
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. Mr....
A wide-ranging character actor with Broadway experience, Bissell entered films in 1943 with "Holy Matrimony" and went on to appear in over 80 more. specializing as ineffectual types and high-strung professionals. He is perhaps best remembered for his role as the scientist who turned Michael...
Jan 26, 2024 · Between the late ‘30s and the early ‘80s, Bissell appeared in a staggering number of films and television shows, easily crossing genre and budget lines. He was in Westerns, comedies, dramas, horror and science fiction, low-budget exploitation pictures and major studio releases.
Mar 7, 1996 · 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.
