John Abbott

Known For: Acting
Born: June 5, 1905
Place of Birth: Stepney, London, England, UK
Died: May 24, 1996

John Abbott

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 Shakespearean roles, including Claudius in a production of Hamlet at Elsinore Castle in Denmark with Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh and Alec Guinness. His first Broadway role was that of Count Mancini in He Who Gets Slapped in 1946. He also appeared on Broadway in Monserrat and The Waltz of the Toreadors. He made his film debut in Mademoiselle Docteur in 1937 and went on to act in scores of films in…

Filmography

The Commissioner

1998 · Commissioner's Laywer

A Hazard of Hearts

1987 · 2nd Gambler

Quest

1984

Smorgasbord

1983 · Surgeon

Slapstick of Another Kind

1982 · Dr. Frankenstein

Blunt Instrument

Blunt Instrument

1981 · Dr. Durrant

Outside Chance

1978 · Coroner

Edward and Mrs Simpson

1978 · Mouth Organist

Sherlock Holmes in New York

1976 · Heller

The Black Bird

1975 · Duquai

The Cat Creature

1973 · Dr. Reinhart

Cool Million

1972 · Sir Godwin Phipps-Cheston

The Partners

1971

Timeslip

1970

Paul Temple

1969 · Floor Manager

Medical Center

1969 · Professor MacIntyre

The Epic That Never Was

1969 · Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)

2000 Years Later

1969 · Gregorius

Three Guns for Texas

1968 · Banker Irwing

Land of the Giants

1968 · Prof. Gorak

The Jungle Book

1967 · Akela (voice)

Mannix

1967

Garrison's Gorillas

1967

Rango

1967

Gambit

1966 · Emile

Star Trek

1966 · Ayleborn

Get Smart

1965 · Mondo

Laredo

1965

Lost in Space

1965 · Sesmar

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965 · Aben

Profiles in Courage

Profiles in Courage

1964 · Senator Wigfall

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964 · Dr. Ellias Swan

Flipper

1964

Bewitched

1964

Wendy and Me

1964

The Rogues

1964 · Sir Egbert

Who's Minding the Store?

1963 · Mr. Orlandos

Burke's Law

1963 · Conrad Jaeger

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962 · , Sir Trevor Gielgud Burton-Guiness

Ichabod and Me

1961

The Islanders

1960 · Harwood Gones

Outlaws

1960

Thriller

1960 · Kriss Milo ('The Mask of Medusa')

The Detectives

1959

Adventures in Paradise

1959 · Murdock

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

1959

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959 · Professor Brent

77 Sunset Strip

1958 · Dr. Felstrand

The Rifleman

1958

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

1958 · The Cat

Peter Gunn

1958

Gigi

1958 · Manuel

Perry Mason

1957 · Prof. Carlos Muntz, Dr. Durwood Tobey

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957 · Winston Ainslee

Omar Khayyam

1957 · Yusuf

Public Pigeon No. 1

1957 · Dipso Dale Rutherford

Telephone Time

1956 · Jutchenko

The Miracle on 34th Street

1955 · Dr. Sawyer

Matinee Theater

1955

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955 · Dr. Albert Sawyer

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · Mr. Munro

Gunsmoke

1955 · Professor Lute Bone, Eddie

The Steel Lady

1953 · Mustafa el Melik

Sombrero

1953 · Don Daniel

Rogue's March

1953 · Herbert Bielensen

General Electric Theater

1953 · Professsor Meyerdal, Nathan

Thunder in the East

1952 · Nitra Puta

Cavalcade of America

1952 · Col. Barton

The Merry Widow

1952 · Marshovian Ambassador

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Chang

Thunder on the Hill

1951 · Abel Harmer

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

Crosswinds

1951 · Sykes

Navy Bound

1951 · Pappa Cerrano

Sideshow

1950 · Pierre

Madame Bovary

1949 · Mayor Tuvache

Studio One

1948 · Travers

The Woman in White

1948 · Frederick Fairlie

If Winter Comes

1947 · Mr. Twyning

Adventure Island

1947 · Huish

The Web

1947 · Charles Murdock

Time Out of Mind

1947 · Max Leiberman

Humoresque

1947 · Rozner

Deception

1946 · Bertram Gribble

Anna and the King of Siam

1946 · Phya Phrom

One More Tomorrow

1946 · Joseph Baronova

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

1946 · Will Scarlet

The Notorious Lone Wolf

1946 · Lal Bara

Saratoga Trunk

1945 · Roscoe Bean

Pursuit to Algiers

1945 · Jodri

The Crime Doctor's Warning

1945 · Jimmy Gordon

A Thousand and One Nights

1945 · Ali

Honeymoon Ahead

1945 · Welles

The Power of the Whistler

1945 · Kaspar Andropolous

The Vampire's Ghost

1945 · Webb Fallon

The Falcon in Hollywood

1944 · Martin S. Dwyer

End of the Road

1944 · Chris Martin

Cry of the Werewolf

1944 · Peter Althius

Abroad with Two Yanks

1944 · Salesman

Secrets of Scotland Yard

1944 · Mortimer Cope

U-Boat Prisoner

1944 · Alfonse Lamont

Summer Storm

1944 · Lunin

Once Upon a Time

1944 · Reporter (uncredited)

The Mask of Dimitrios

1944 · Mr. Pappas

Jane Eyre

1943 · Mason

The Cross of Lorraine

1943 · Baker (uncredited)

Dangerous Blondes

1943 · Roland X. Smith (uncredited)

Mission to Moscow

1943 · Grinko (uncredited)

Hangmen Also Die!

1943 · Hostage (scenes deleted)

They Got Me Covered

1943 · Gregory Vanesou

The Gorilla Man

1943 · Dr. Ferris

London Blackout Murders

1943 · Jack Rawlings

Nightmare

1942 · Carl aka Charles

Get Hep to Love

1942 · Professor Radowsky

Mrs. Miniver

1942 · Fred

Rubber Racketeers

1942 · Dumbo

This Above All

1942 · Joe

Joan of Paris

1942 · English Spy

The Shanghai Gesture

1941 · Poppy's Escort

Ten Days in Paris

1940 · André

The Great Commandment

1939 · Starving Beggar, Starving Begger (uncredited)

The Saint in London

1939 · Count Stephen Duni

This Man Is News

1938 · Hood with Foreign Accent

Under Secret Orders

1937 · Armand

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

1937 · Flower Seller

Street of Shadows

1937

The Conquest of the Air

1931 · Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier

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