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Whit Bissell

Highest Rated: 100% Raw Deal (1948)

Lowest Rated: 10% Not as a Stranger (1955)

Birthday: Oct 25, 1909

Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

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 Werewolf" (1957).

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 82% Raw Deal
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100% 76% It Should Happen to You
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97% 85% Invasion of the Body Snatchers
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97% 90% The Manchurian Candidate
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95% 87% Brute Force
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93% 79% The Big Combo
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92% 89% Seven Days in May
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90% 88% The Defiant Ones
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89% 87% The Magnificent Seven
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88% 64% A Double Life
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Whit Bissell

Whit Bissell CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, from left: Richard Denning, Richard Carlson, Whit Bissell, Nestor Paiva, Antonio Moreno, 1954 HE WALKED BY NIGHT, Whit Bissell, Richard Basehart, 1948 LOST CONTINENT, Sid Melton, Whit Bissell, Hugh Beaumont, John Hoyt, Cesar Romero, Chick Chandler, 1951 RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11, Leo Gordon, Whit Bissell, Neville Brand, 1954. BRUTE FORCE, John Hoyt, Jeff Corey, Whit Bissell, Burt Lancaster, Howard Duff, 1947 I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN, Whit Bissell, Gary Conway, 1957 LOST CONTINENT, Sid Melton, Whit Bissell, Hugh Beaumont, John Hoyt, Cesar Romero, Chick Chandler, 1951 I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN, Whit Bissell, Gary Conway, 1957 HE WALKED BY NIGHT, Richard Basehart, Whit Bissell, 1948 View more photos

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Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter 17% 1979 Dr. Henry Blodgett Actor Casey's Shadow 80% 71% 1978 Dr. Williamson Actor The Time Machine 43% 1978 Ralph Branly Actor The Last of the Mohicans 71% 1977 Gen. Webb Actor The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race 1977 Simon Holloway Actor Flood! 43% 1976 Dr. Ted Horne Actor Cry Rape! 1973 Judge Newcombe Actor A Tattered Web 40% 1971 Mr. Harland Actor In Broad Daylight 1971 Capt. Moss Actor Once You Kiss a Stranger 57% 1969 Dr. Haggis Actor Five Card Stud 51% 1968 Dr. Cooper Actor A Covenant With Death 67% 1967 Bruce Donnelly Actor Where Love Has Gone 32% 1964 Prof. Bell Actor Seven Days in May 92% 89% 1964 Sen. Frederick Prentice Actor Spencer's Mountain 80% 67% 1963 Dr. Campbell Actor Hud 86% 89% 1963 Mr. Burris Actor The Manchurian Candidate 97% 90% 1962 Medical Officer Actor The Magnificent Seven 89% 87% 1960 Chamlee Actor The Time Machine 76% 80% 1960 Walter Kemp Actor No Name on the Bullet 76% 1959 Pierce Actor Never So Few 40% 33% 1959 Capt. Alofson Actor Warlock 76% 1959 Petrix Actor Destination Nightmare 1958 Actor The Defiant Ones 90% 88% 1958 Lou Gans Actor Monster on the Campus 26% 1958 Dr. Oliver Cole Actor
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