John Abbott
Birthday
1905/06/05
Day of death
1996/05/24 (91 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Stepney, London, England, UK
Also know as
John Lloyd Abbott, John Albert Chamberlain Kefford
Biography
John Albert Chamberlain Kefford was an English character actor professionally known as John Abbott. His memorable roles include the invalid Frederick Fairlie in the 1948 film The Woman in White and the pacifist Ayelborne in the Star Trek episode "Errand of Mercy". as well as a Shakespearean actor. In 1934, he began his career in show business when he made his professional stage debut in a revival of Dryden's Aureng-zebe with Sybil Thorndike. He then joined the Old Vic Company and appeared in Sh...Read more
Acting
(1965) The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Aben
(1937) Street of Shadows
as ---
(1946) Deception
as Bertram Gribble
(1967) The Jungle Book
as Akela (voice)
(1976) Sherlock Holmes in New York
as Heller
(1947) Humoresque
as Rozner
(1942) Mrs. Miniver
as Fred
(1966) Gambit
as Emile
(1944) The Mask of Dimitrios
as Mr. Pappas
(1947) The Web
as Charles Murdock
(1944) Cry of the Werewolf
as Peter Althius (uncredited)
(1978) Outside Chance
as Coroner
(1945) The Power of the Whistler
as Kaspar Andropolous
(1948) The Woman in White
as Frederick Fairlie
(1944) End of the Road
as Chris Martin
(1944) The Falcon in Hollywood
as Martin S. Dwyer
(1949) Madame Bovary
as Mayor Tuvache
(1942) Joan of Paris
as English Spy
(1951) Crosswinds
as Sykes
(1958) Gigi
as Manuel
(1987) A Hazard of Hearts
as 2nd Gambler
(1945) Pursuit to Algiers
as Jodri
(1944) Summer Storm
as Lunin
(1943) The Gorilla Man
as Dr. Ferris
(1945) The Vampire's Ghost
as Webb Fallon
(1939) The Saint in London
as Count Stephen Duni
(1951) Thunder on the Hill
as Abel Harmer
(1946) The Notorious Lone Wolf
as Lal Bara
(1951) Navy Bound
as Pappa Cerrano
(1950) Sideshow
as Pierre
(1969) 2000 Years Later
as Gregorius
(1947) If Winter Comes
as Mr. Twyning
(1969) The Epic That Never Was
as Himself - Ms. Robson's Host
(1952) The Merry Widow
as Marshovian Ambassador
(1944) Secrets of Scotland Yard
as Mortimer Cope
(1944) Abroad with Two Yanks
as Salesman
(1947) Adventure Island
as Huish
(1957) Omar Khayyam
as Yusuf
(1953) Rogue's March
as Herbert Bielensen
(1943) London Blackout Murders
as Jack Rawlings
(1945) Honeymoon Ahead
as Welles
(1947) Time Out of Mind
as Max Leiberman
(1940) Ten Days in Paris
as André
(1944) U-Boat Prisoner
as Alfonse Lamont
(1945) The Crime Doctor's Warning
as Jimmy Gordon
(1942) Rubber Racketeers
as Dumbo
(1983) Smorgasbord
as Surgeon
(1946) Anna and the King of Siam
as Phya Phrom
(1945) Saratoga Trunk
as Roscoe Bean
(1943) Hangmen Also Die!
as Hostage (scenes deleted)
(1953) The Steel Lady
as Mustafa el Melik
(1968) Three Guns for Texas
as Banker Irwing
(1946) One More Tomorrow
as Joseph Baronova
(1973) The Cat Creature
as Dr. Reinhart
(1942) This Above All
as Joe
(1937) Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
as Flower Seller
(1939) The Great Commandment
as Starving Beggar
(1943) The Cross of Lorraine
as Baker
(1963) Who's Minding the Store?
as Mr. Orlandos
(1982) Slapstick of Another Kind
as Dr. Frankenstein
(1943) Jane Eyre
as Mason
(1942) Nightmare
as Carl aka Charles
(1943) They Got Me Covered
as Gregory Vanesou
(1952) Thunder in the East
as Nitra Puta
(1941) The Shanghai Gesture
as Poppy's Escort
(1942) Get Hep to Love
as Professor Radowsky
(1945) A Thousand and One Nights
as Ali
(1943) Dangerous Blondes
as Roland X. Smith (uncredited)
(1957) Public Pigeon No. 1
as Dipso Dale Rutherford
(1944) Once Upon a Time
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1938) This Man Is News
as Hood with Foreign Accent
(1953) Sombrero
as Don Daniel
(1936) The Conquest of the Air
as Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
(1943) Mission to Moscow
as Grinko (uncredited)
(1975) The Black Bird
as Duquai
(1984) Quest
as ---
(1955) The Miracle on 34th Street
as Dr. Sawyer
(1946) The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
as Will Scarlet
(1998) The Commissioner
as Commissioner's Laywer
(1937) Under Secret Orders
as Armand
(1967) Garrison's Gorillas
as ---
(1959) The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as ---
(1966) Star Trek
as Ayleborn
(1963) Burke's Law
as Conrad Jaeger
(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies
as ---
(1968) Land of the Giants
as Prof. Gorak
(1967) Mannix
as ---
(1964) Flipper
as ---
(1965) Lost in Space
as Sesmar
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Professor Lute Bone
(1957) Perry Mason
as Prof. Carlos Muntz
(1948) Studio One
as Travers
(1964) Bewitched
as ---
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Professsor Meyerdal
(1960) The Islanders
as Harwood Gones
(1965) Get Smart
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Chang
(1965) Laredo
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mr. Munro
(1961) Ichabod and Me
as ---
(1960) Outlaws
as ---
(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as ---
(1971) The Partners
as ---
(1978) Edward and Mrs Simpson
as Mouth Organist
(1960) Thriller
as Kriss Milo ('The Mask of Medusa')
(1958) Peter Gunn
as ---
(1959) Adventures in Paradise
as Murdock
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as ---
(1964) Profiles in Courage
as Senator Wigfall
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1964) Wendy and Me
as ---
(1970) Timeslip
as ---
(1958) The Rifleman
as ---
(1959) The Detectives
as ---
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as Col. Barton
(1964) The Rogues
as Sir Egbert
(1967) Rango
as ---
(1956) Telephone Time
as ---
(1959) The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Professor Brent
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Eddie
(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies
as Sir Trevor Gielgud Burton-Guiness
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Nathan
(1957) Perry Mason
as Dr. Durwood Tobey
(1958) The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
as The Cat
(1969) Medical Center
as Professor MacIntyre
(1972) Cool Million
as Sir Godwin Phipps-Cheston