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Bissell had a number of roles in Broadway theatre, including the Air Force show Winged Victory, [4] when he was an airman serving in the United States Army Air Forces.. In a film career that began with Holy Matrimony (1943), Bissell appeared in hundreds of films and television episodes as a prominent character actor.Regularly cast in low-budget science fiction and horror films, his roles ...
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 ...
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 · In a screen career that covered 35 years, from Holy Matrimony in 1943 to Casey's Shadow in 1978, Whit Bissell was rarely to be encountered in a domestic setting. Whether playing a lieutenant ...
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. Read More . Known For. The Time Machine. Creature from the Black Lagoon. Soylent Green. Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The Magnificent Seven. Hud. The Time Tunnel.
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. He was 86.
Jan 26, 2024 · But the actors’ filmographies can’t touch that of the great Whit Bissell in terms of sheer volume. They may be better known, but the numbers go to Whit. 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 ...
Mar 5, 1996 · Biography. 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 Landon into a wolfman in "I Was a Teenage ...
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 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.
