Whit Bissell

Biography

Whit Bissell (born Whitner Nutting Bissell) was an American character actor. His career in film and television spanned the years 1940 to 1984.

Known For

Dr. Ellis

Birdman of Alcatraz

Walter Kemp

The Time Machine

Prof. Frankenstein

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

Senator McKellar

The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One

Mr. Davidson

Airport

Robert Grau

It Should Happen to You

Dr. Edwin Thompson

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Perfect Strangers

Dr. Cooper

5 Card Stud

Emergency Room Psychiatrist

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Tom

Target Earth

'Tombstone Epitaph' Editor John P. Clum

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Lou Gans

The Defiant Ones

Paul Reeves

He Walked by Night

Sen. Frederick Prentice

Seven Days in May

Mr. Burris

Hud

Gov. Santini

Soylent Green

Sid Bennet

The Killer That Stalked New York

Wilfred Jackson

The Sellout

Otis Elwell

The Comedian

Pickpocket

Hoodlum Empire

Exercise No. One

Dr. Oliver Cole

Monster on the Campus

Guard Snader

Riot in Cell Block 11

Tom Lister

Brute Force

Dr. Stauffer

A Double Life

Eddie

Shack Out on 101

Petrix

Warlock

Dr. Alfred Brandon

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

Josiah Quincy

Johnny Tremain

Robert Oakes

The Senator Was Indiscreet

Buck (uncredited)

The Turning Point

Heilman

Canon City

Stanley Briggs

Lost Continent

Dr. Campbell

Spencer's Mountain

Lt. Hudson

Winged Victory

FBI Agent Carson

The Desperate Hours

Prof. Holmes

City Beneath the Sea

Harold Simpson (chief teller)

Side Street

London Bobbie (uncredited)

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Pierce

No Name on the Bullet

Professor Bell

Where Love Has Gone

Dr. David Haggis

Once You Kiss a Stranger...

Maxwell

Third of a Man

Breezy Morgan

Man from Del Rio

Mark Chester

Dakota Incident

Pete Bellem

The Crime Doctor's Diary

Sam

Wyoming Mail

Dist. Atty. Blaker

The Naked Street

Sen. John Conness

The Lincoln Conspiracy

Clem Clark

At Gunpoint

Grubbs

The Young Stranger

Dr. Edgar Pangborn

The Atomic Kid

Adam Judson

The Tall Stranger

Miles

Red Mountain

Ralph Branly

The Time Machine

Prof. Frankenstein (archive footage)

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Virgil Gates

Devil's Canyon

Murderer

Raw Deal

Dr. Braden

Fluffy

Uncle Billy Graves

Donner Pass: The Road to Survival

Stanley

Anna Lucasta

Robby

Chicken Every Sunday

Paul Grant

The Shanghai Story

Bruce Donnelly

A Covenant with Death

Joe Elsner

The Family Secret

John (uncredited)

Somewhere in the Night

Dr. Henry Blodgett

Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter

Nick and Nora

Capt. Queeg

Advance to the Rear

Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited)

The Horn Blows at Midnight

Richards

The Night Rider

Sam Wiltse

Trial

Capt. Alofson - Psychiatrist

Never So Few

Dr. Williamson

Casey's Shadow

Giulio

That Lady in Ermine

Chamlee

The Magnificent Seven

Deke

Three Hours to Kill

Doctor Ford

The Andersonville Trial

Lt. Comdr. Dickson M.D.

The Caine Mutiny

Ted - the Clerk (uncredited)

The Sea of Grass

Wounded Officer (uncredited)

The Red Badge of Courage

Harmon

The Black Orchid

Gate Guard at Palace Entrance

The Sea Hawk

Dr. Paul Taylor

Psychic Killer

Dr. Will Madison

Destination Nightmare

Whit Parsons

The Final Hour

Chester Frye (uncredited)

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

Hobbs

The Hallelujah Trail

Will

Tales of Robin Hood

Lou Dyer

Boots Malone

Funeral Minister

Pete 'n' Tillie

Lt. M.J. Hanley - Psychiatrist (uncredited)

When Willie Comes Marching Home

Jim Newhart

The Salzburg Connection

Medical Officer

The Manchurian Candidate

Walter Kemp

Time Machine: The Journey Back

Dr. Dietrich

Not as a Stranger

Capt. Winnow (uncredited)

Tokyo Joe

Gen. Webb

Last of the Mohicans

Rental Agent (uncredited)

A Life of Her Own

States Attorney Owens (uncredited)

Convicted

Host

A Tale of Two Cities

Jugger

Another Part of the Forest

Harry Leek (uncredited)

Holy Matrimony

Capt. Moss

In Broad Daylight

Judge Newcombe

Cry Rape

Mr. Harland

A Tattered Web

Mr. Sam Bolton

The Proud Ones

Ira Molson

The Wayward Girl

Mr. Mays

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

Schuster

Sealed Cargo

Archie

Cluny Brown

Yo Yo (uncredited)

Destination Tokyo

Dr. Ted Horne

Flood!

Monument Salesman (uncredited)

Night Into Morning

Simon Hollaway

The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race

Gov. Tryon

Daniel Boone: And Chase the Buffalo

Rendezvous in Black

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

118

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-10-25

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Whitner Nutting Bissell