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Whit Bissell. Actor. Born October 25, 1909 in New York City, New York, USA. 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 ...
Mar 6, 1996 · Whit Bissell was a familiar face to younger baby boomers as an actor mostly associated with fussy official roles -- but those parts merely scratched the surface of a much larger and longer career. Born Whitner Nutting Bissell in New York City in 1909, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was an alumnus of that ...
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...
New York-born actor Whit Bissell (25 October 1909 – 5 March 1996; age 86) is best known to Star Trek fans for playing Lurry on the Star Trek: The Original Series second season episode "The Trouble with Tribbles". Footage of his scenes were later incorporated into the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fifth season episode "Trials and Tribble-ations". Bissell filmed his scenes on Thursday 24 August ...
Mar 5, 1996 · Actor. His acting career spanned from the 1940s through the 1980s, with his most remembered role as 'Dr. Edwin Thompson' in the 1954 horror classic Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Whit Bissell was an American actor who had a long career in film and television. He was born on October 25, 1909 in New York City, New York. He began his career in the 1930s, appearing in films such as The Invisible Man Returns (1940) and The Wolf Man (1941).
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...
