Birthday
1909/10/25
Day of death
1996/03/05 (86 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Whitner Nutting Bissell, Whitner Bissell, Whitt Bissell, Whit Bissel
Whit Bissell (born Whitner Nutting Bissell) was an American character actor. His career in film and television spanned the years 1940 to 1984.
(1962) Birdman of Alcatraz
as Dr. Ellis
(1960) The Time Machine
as Walter Kemp
(1957) I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
as Prof. Frankenstein
(1974) The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One
as Senator McKellar
(1970) Airport
as Mr. Davidson
(1954) It Should Happen to You
as Robert Grau
(1954) Creature from the Black Lagoon
as Dr. Edwin Thompson
(1950) Perfect Strangers
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
(1968) 5 Card Stud
as Dr. Cooper
(1956) Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Emergency Room Psychiatrist
(1954) Target Earth
as Tom
(1957) Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as 'Tombstone Epitaph' Editor John P. Clum
(1958) The Defiant Ones
as Lou Gans
(1949) He Walked by Night
as Paul Reeves
(1964) Seven Days in May
as Sen. Frederick Prentice
(1963) Hud
as Mr. Burris
(1973) Soylent Green
as Gov. Santini
(1950) The Killer That Stalked New York
as Sid Bennet
(1952) The Sellout
as Wilfred Jackson
(1957) The Comedian
as Otis Elwell
(1952) Hoodlum Empire
as Pickpocket
(1962) Exercise No. One
as ---
(1958) Monster on the Campus
as Dr. Oliver Cole
(1954) Riot in Cell Block 11
as Guard Snader
(1947) Brute Force
as Tom Lister
(1947) A Double Life
as Dr. Stauffer
(1955) Shack Out on 101
as Eddie
(1959) Warlock
as Petrix
(1957) I Was a Teenage Werewolf
as Dr. Alfred Brandon
(1957) Johnny Tremain
as Josiah Quincy
(1947) The Senator Was Indiscreet
as Robert Oakes
(1952) The Turning Point
as Buck (uncredited)
(1948) Canon City
as Heilman
(1951) Lost Continent
as Stanley Briggs
(1963) Spencer's Mountain
as Dr. Campbell
(1944) Winged Victory
as Lt. Hudson
(1955) The Desperate Hours
as FBI Agent Carson
(1971) City Beneath the Sea
as Prof. Holmes
(1950) Side Street
as Harold Simpson (chief teller)
(1942) Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as London Bobbie (uncredited)
(1959) No Name on the Bullet
as Pierce
(1964) Where Love Has Gone
as Professor Bell
(1969) Once You Kiss a Stranger...
as Dr. David Haggis
(1962) Third of a Man
as Maxwell
(1956) Man from Del Rio
as Breezy Morgan
(1956) Dakota Incident
as Mark Chester
(1949) The Crime Doctor's Diary
as Pete Bellem
(1950) Wyoming Mail
as Sam
(1955) The Naked Street
as Dist. Atty. Blaker
(1977) The Lincoln Conspiracy
as Sen. John Conness
(1955) At Gunpoint
as Clem Clark
(1957) The Young Stranger
as Grubbs
(1954) The Atomic Kid
as Dr. Edgar Pangborn
(1957) The Tall Stranger
as Adam Judson
(1951) Red Mountain
as Miles
(1978) The Time Machine
as Ralph Branly
(1991) Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Prof. Frankenstein (archive footage)
(1953) Devil's Canyon
as Virgil Gates
(1948) Raw Deal
as Murderer
(1965) Fluffy
as Dr. Braden
(1978) Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
as Uncle Billy Graves
(1949) Anna Lucasta
as Stanley
(1949) Chicken Every Sunday
as Robby
(1954) The Shanghai Story
as Paul Grant
(1967) A Covenant with Death
as Bruce Donnelly
(1951) The Family Secret
as Joe Elsner
(1946) Somewhere in the Night
as John (uncredited)
(1979) Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter
as Dr. Henry Blodgett
(1975) Nick and Nora
as ---
(1964) Advance to the Rear
as Capt. Queeg
(1945) The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited)
(1979) The Night Rider
as Richards
(1955) Trial
as Sam Wiltse
(1959) Never So Few
as Capt. Alofson - Psychiatrist
(1978) Casey's Shadow
as Dr. Williamson
(1948) That Lady in Ermine
as Giulio
(1960) The Magnificent Seven
as Chamlee
(1954) Three Hours to Kill
as Deke
(1970) The Andersonville Trial
as Doctor Ford
(1954) The Caine Mutiny
as Lt. Comdr. Dickson M.D.
(1947) The Sea of Grass
as Ted - the Clerk (uncredited)
(1951) The Red Badge of Courage
as Wounded Officer (uncredited)
(1959) The Black Orchid
as Harmon
(1940) The Sea Hawk
as Gate Guard at Palace Entrance
(1975) Psychic Killer
as Dr. Paul Taylor
(1958) Destination Nightmare
as Dr. Will Madison
(1965) The Final Hour
as Whit Parsons
(1946) It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
as Chester Frye (uncredited)
(1965) The Hallelujah Trail
as Hobbs
(1951) Tales of Robin Hood
as Will
(1952) Boots Malone
as Lou Dyer
(1972) Pete 'n' Tillie
as Funeral Minister
(1950) When Willie Comes Marching Home
as Lt. M.J. Hanley - Psychiatrist (uncredited)
(1972) The Salzburg Connection
as Jim Newhart
(1962) The Manchurian Candidate
as Medical Officer
(1993) Time Machine: The Journey Back
as Walter Kemp
(1955) Not as a Stranger
as Dr. Dietrich
(1949) Tokyo Joe
as Capt. Winnow
(1977) Last of the Mohicans
as Gen. Webb
(1950) A Life of Her Own
as Rental Agent (uncredited)
(1950) Convicted
as States Attorney Owens (uncredited)
(1953) A Tale of Two Cities
as Host
(1948) Another Part of the Forest
as Jugger
(1943) Holy Matrimony
as Harry Leek (uncredited)
(1971) In Broad Daylight
as Capt. Moss
(1973) Cry Rape
as Judge Newcombe
(1971) A Tattered Web
as Mr. Harland
(1956) The Proud Ones
as Mr. Sam Bolton
(1957) The Wayward Girl
as Ira Molson
(1972) Justin Morgan Had a Horse
as Mr. Mays
(1951) Sealed Cargo
as Schuster
(1946) Cluny Brown
as Archie
(1943) Destination Tokyo
as Yo Yo (uncredited)
(1977) Flood!
as Dr. Ted Horne
(1951) Night Into Morning
as Monument Salesman (uncredited)
(1977) The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race
as Simon Hollaway
(1960) Daniel Boone: And Chase the Buffalo
as Gov. Tryon
(1981) Falcon Crest
as Mr. Hobson
(1966) The Time Tunnel
as General Heywood Kirk
(1963) The Great Adventure
as Benjamin Silliman
(1966) Star Trek
as Lurry
(1963) Burke's Law
as Dr. Freestone
(1955) Cheyenne
as ---
(1957) Trackdown
as ---
(1959) Bourbon Street Beat
as ---
(1968) Here's Lucy
as Ted Driscoll
(1977) The Incredible Hulk
as ---
(1963) Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Gus Hickman
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Carter
(1965) I Dream of Jeannie
as Horace
(1976) The Bionic Woman
as ---
(1976) Quincy, M.E.
as ---
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1964) Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as ---
(1969) Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Dr. Arnold Winnick
(1968) Land of the Giants
as Dr. Krane
(1963) Petticoat Junction
as Ralph Denton
(1967) Mannix
as ---
(1960) Surfside 6
as ---
(1968) The Mod Squad
as ---
(1973) Kojak
as Sentman
(1965) Camp Runamuck
as ---
(1979) Hart to Hart
as ---
(1957) Perry Mason
as Larry Sands
(1963) Arrest and Trial
as ---
(1948) Studio One
as Prof. Geoffrey Crawford
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Paul Wells
(1959) Hawaiian Eye
as ---
(1971) Cannon
as Billingsley
(1957) Zorro
as ---
(1963) Glynis
as ---
(1967) Ironside
as ---
(1958) Sea Hunt
as ---
(1965) Laredo
as ---
(1975) The Swiss Family Robinson
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mr. Bliss
(1961) Straightaway
as ---
(1959) Philip Marlowe
as ---
(1962) Going My Way
as ---
(1961) Bus Stop
as ---
(1966) Felony Squad
as ---
(1974) Harry O
as ---
(1959) Rawhide
as ---
(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as ---
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Stogie the Trapper
(1963) The Fugitive
as John Gibson
(1955) The Millionaire
as James Mahoney
(1962) The Virginian
as Burns
(1972) Search
as ---
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Rev. Trumbull
(1958) Peter Gunn
as ---
(1970) McCloud
as ---
(1955) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as ---
(1957) The Thin Man
as ---
(1957) Alcoa Theatre
as Chris Wallis
(1959) One Step Beyond
as Capt. Will Fielding
(1954) Climax!
as Mr. Grubbs
(1959) Men Into Space
as ---
(1957) The Real McCoys
as ---
(1957) M Squad
as Tommy Hatch
(1965) The Loner
as Ab Nichols
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as ---
(1967) Judd for the Defense
as ---
(1958) The Donna Reed Show
as ---
(1964) Profiles in Courage
as Myles
(1956) The Adventures of Jim Bowie
as ---
(1960) Guestward, Ho!
as ---
(1958) The Veil
as ---
(1959) Lock-Up
as ---
(1958) The Rifleman
as ---
(1963) The Dakotas
as ---
(1958) Lawman
as ---
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1975) Barbary Coast
as ---
(1963) Mr. Novak
as Karl Bellini
(1958) The Texan
as ---
(1959) The Detectives
as ---
(1976) The Tony Randall Show
as ---
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as ---
(1959) Johnny Ringo
as Sheriff Arson
(1959) Tightrope
as ---
(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Kenneth Kline
(1953) City Detective
as ---
(1956) State Trooper
as ---
(1963) The Outer Limits
as Commanding General
(1957) Panic!
as ---
(1966) Jericho
as ---
(1959) The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Henry
(1960) The Roaring 20's
as ---
(1964) The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Prof. Harvey Glomm
(1957) Code 3
as ---
(1968) The Outsider
as ---
(1954) Studio 57
as ---
(1957) Maverick
as ---
(1975) Matt Helm
as Rollins
(1965) Hogan's Heroes
as Gen. Kammler
(1960) Insight
as Basil Bonneau
(1962) The Virginian
as Andrew Cass
(1962) The Virginian
as Whit Parsons
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Dolph
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Joseph Goebbels
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Czadek
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Major Ralph McConnell
(1979) Ike
as Admiral
(1956) Playhouse 90
as Elwell
(1957) Perry Mason
as Max Pompey
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Donald Merrick
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Wainwright
(1957) Perry Mason
as Laurence Barlow
(1964) Profiles in Courage
as Woodrow Wilson
(1957) Perry Mason
as Dennison Groody
(1948) Studio One
as Denton
(1948) Studio One
as ---
(1954) Climax!
as Whitfield Cook
(1960) The Brothers Brannagan
as Sanford
(1967) The Invaders
as Col. Harris
(1977) The Incredible Hulk
as Prof. Williams
(1962) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Adam Driscoll
(1959) Rawhide
as Doc Taggert
(1958) Shirley Temple's Storybook
as ---