Whit Bissell

Whit Bissell – This Guys is in Everything

Whit Bissell was born in New York City in 1909. Bissell’s father was a surgeon. Whit attended the Allen-Stevenson School and the Dalton School in New York City. Bissell attended the University of North Carolina.

Bissell worked in Broadway productions and served in the Army Air Force. He was also an actor in military productions while serving.

He traveled to Hollywood in the 1940s, and by the time he retired he had appeared in over 300 movies and TV series. Sometimes it seems like he is in every movie. Just there moving steadily along and never standing out. However, his performance was always solid. He may be best known for playing the mad scientist who turned Michael Landon into a monster in the 1957 cult classic film I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957). He was also in I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1967). Whit Bissell specialized in playing authority figures such as doctors, military officers, and other authority figures. One of his standout roles was as a lovesick convict in the harsh Film-Noir movie Brute Force (1947). He was familiar on television in “Bachelor Father” from 1957 to 1960 and “The Time Tunnel” from 1966 to 1967 where he played the commanding general. He was in only one “Star Trek” episode but it was “The Trouble with Tribbles” in 1967.

Whit Bissell served on the Screen Actors Guild board of directors for 18 years and represented the actor’s branch in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences board of governors. He died in 1996 from Parkinson’s disease.

Reviewed Whit Bissell Films

The Time Machine (1960) Classic Movie Review 144

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Seven Days in May (1964) Classic Movie Review 111

Yes, I know who Judas was. He was a man I worked for and admired until he disgraced the four The post Seven Days in May (1964) Classic Movie Review 111 appeared first on ClassicMovieRev.com.
The Caine Mutiny (1954) Classic Movie Review 110

If you wanna do anything about it, I’ll be outside. I’m a lot drunker than you are, so it’ll be The post The Caine Mutiny (1954) Classic Movie Review 110 appeared first on ClassicMovieRev.com.
The Hallelujah Trail (1965) Classic Movie Review 109

I don’t care how dirty you are, I will not have you ladies bathing in nude! Today’s movie is The The post The Hallelujah Trail (1965) Classic Movie Review 109 appeared first on ClassicMovieRev.com.
The Magnificent Seven (1960) Classic Movie Review 104

We’ll fight with guns if we have them. If we don’t, with machetes, axes, clubs, anything! – The Magnificent Seven The post The Magnificent Seven (1960) Classic Movie Review 104 appeared first on ClassicMovieRev.com.
Brute Force (1947) Classic Movie Review 93

Those gates only open three times. When you come in, when you’ve served your time, or when you’re dead! Today’s The post Brute Force (1947) Classic Movie Review 93 appeared first on ClassicMovieRev.com.
Whit Bissell – This Guys is in Everything

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Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Classic Movie Review 63

I can tell you something about this place. The boys around here call it “The Black Lagoon”; a paradise. Only The post Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Classic Movie Review 63 appeared first on ClassicMovieRev.com.
Warlock (1959) Classic Movie Review 31

And so they’ll come into town, and you’ll shoot them all down dog-dead in the street, is that it? Rough The post Warlock (1959) Classic Movie Review 31 appeared first on ClassicMovieRev.com.
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) Classic Movie Review 30

Twelve years I’ve known you, Stroud. Twelve years, sun up and sun down, I’ve had to look at that frozen The post Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) Classic Movie Review 30 appeared first on ClassicMovieRev.com.