THAT'S WHIT BISSELL, THE UBIQUITOUS CHARACTER PLAYER OF OVER 300 TV EPISODES AND FILMS. HE WAS BORN OCT. 25TH, 1909. HE DIED IN 1996 AT AGE 86.
THE BISSELL MODEL THROUGH THE YEARS:
THE MAN PLAYED MANY A DOCTOR, SCIENTIST, SENATOR, JUDGE, MINISTER, MILITARY BRASS, PROFESSOR, AND STOREKEEPER IN HIS 44 YEAR CAREER.
LOOK IT'S JOE CARTWRIGHT!
HIGHLIGHTS: DR. FRANKENSTEIN, THE MANWHO MADE GARY LAND OF THE GIANTS CONWAY SCREAM I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN,DR. BRANDON IN I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF WITH MICHAEL LITTLE JOE LANDON AND LURRY IN THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES EPISODE OF STAR TREK
BOTH TEENAGE HORROR TRAILERS IN ONE!
ALSO JUGGER IN ANOTHER PART OF THE FORREST, PAUL REEVES IN HE WALKED BY NIGHT, DR. THOMPSON IN CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, GUARD SNADER IN RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11, LT. CMDR. DICKSON IN THE CAINE MUTINY, CAPT. ''QUEEG'' IN ADVANCE TO THE REAR, DR. HILL IN INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, LOU GANS IN THE DEFIANT ONES, WALTER KEMP IN THE TIME MACHINE, CHAMLEE THE UNDERTAKER IN THE MAGNIFICENT 7, MR. BURRIS IN HUD, SEN. PRENTICE IN SEVEN DAYS IN MAY, MR. DAVIDSON, THE PASSENGER NEXT TO HELEN HAYES IN AIRPORT, WOODROW WILSON IN PROFILES IN COURAGE, THE MINISTER IN PETE N' TILLIE AND GOV. SANTINI IN SOYLENT GREEN (IT'S PEOPLE!).
WITH HELEN HAYES AND VAN HEFLIN IN AIRPORT
HE WAS A FAVORITE OF DIRECTOR'S LIKE JOHN FRANKENHEIMER, STANLEY KRAMER, DON SIEGEL, JOHN STURGES, MARTIN RITT, AND OTHERS.
NEVILLE BRAND SHOW WHIT WHAT A SHIV IS REALLY LIKE IN RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 11
SOME OF HIS OTHER FILMS INCLUDE: BRUTE FORCE, SIDE STREET, NOT AS A STRANGER, THE YOUNG STRANGER, FLUFFY, BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ, THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL, A COVENANT WITH DEATH, THE SALZBURG CONNECTION, AND CASEY'S SHADOW.
WHIT CONFERS WITH RICHARD MEL COOLEY DEACON IN INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS
A SAMPLING OF HIS STAGGERING TV RESUME INCLUDES: THE LONE RANGER, STUDIO 57. PLAYHOUSE 90, THE ANDERSONVILLE TRIAL, STUDIO ONE, SEA HUNT, THE REAL MCCOYS, ROUTE 66, THE RIFLEMAN, ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS, WAGON TRAIN, PERRY MASON, LAREDO, HERE'S LUCY, THE INVADERS, MANNIX, LAND OF THE GIANTS, SEARCH, BARNABY JONES, CITY BENEATH THE SEA, IKE: THE WAR YEARS, CRY RAPE, HARRY O, MATT HELM, KOJAK, PROJECT U.F.O. (AKA PROJECT BLUEBOOK), THE BIONIC WOMAN, HART TO HART, AND FALCON CREST.
BISSELL WAS A REGULAR OR RECURRING CHARACTER ON THE SHOWS BACHELOR FATHER, THE TIME TUNNEL, PEYTON PLACE, DR, KILDARE, AND THE ROARING 20'S.
HIS MANY BROADWAY GIGS INCLUDED: YELLOW JACK, CAFE CROWN, AS YOU LIKE IT, HAMLET, AND THE AMERICAN WAY.
BISSELL AT WORK:
AS PRESIDENT WILSON IN PROFILES IN COURAGE
DAN 'O' GET'S BOOKED THIS TIME AFTER DECKING WHIT IN THE YOUNG STRANGER
SCENE FROM THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
SCENE FROM AIRPORT
DID YOU KNOW...?
HIS FULL NAME IS WHITNER NUTTING BISSELL!
HE ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA IN CHAPEL HILL.
HE WAS THE STEPFATHER OF BRIAN FORSTER (WHOSE GREAT-GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER IS CHARLES DICKENS!) , BETTER KNOWN AS THE SECOND CHRIS PARTRIDGE ON THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY.
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