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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.
Here are 10 things you should know about Whit Bissell, born on October 25, 1909. The prolific character actor enjoyed success on Broadway, in pictures and on...
Mar 21, 1996 · Whitner Bissell, actor: born New York 1909; married (one son, three daughters); died Woodland Hills, California 5 March 1996. More about. In a screen career that covered 35 years, from...
Whit Bissell (born Whitner Nutting Bissell) was an American character actor. His career in film and television spanned the years 1940 to 1984.
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 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....
Oct 2, 2016 · He had a small but pivotal role in the classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers as one of the two actors in the frame tale.***. His biggest film roles were as a scientist (of course) in the drive-in classics I Was a Teenage Werewolf and I Was a Teenage Frankenstein.