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Whit Bissell is a Actor American born on 25 october 1909 at New York City (USA)

Whit Bissell

Whit Bissell
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Birth name Whitner Nutting Bissell
Nationality USA
Birth 25 october 1909 at New York City (USA)
Death 5 march 1996 (at 86 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Whitner Nutting Bissell (October 25, 1909 – March 5, 1996), better known as Whit Bissell, was an American character actor.

Biography

Bissell was married three times and had three daughters and a stepson, Brian Forster. Forster was the second actor to play the role of Chris Partridge on The Partridge Family TV series.

Wives: Jennifer Raine (24 November 1967 - 5 January 1993) (her death); Dilys Mary Shan Jukes (5 December 1954 - 11 January 1958) (her death) 1 child; Adrienne Marden (23 November 1938 - 1954) (divorced) two children.

Best films

Hud
Hud
(1963)
(Actor) The Time Machine
The Time Machine
(1960)
(Actor)

Usually with

Bud Westmore
Bud Westmore
(9 films)
Edith Head
Edith Head
(9 films)
Edmond O'Brien
Edmond O'Brien
(8 films)
John Sturges
John Sturges
(4 films)
John Frankenheimer
John Frankenheimer
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Whit Bissell (99 films)

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Actor

Casey's Shadow
Casey's Shadow (1978)
, 1h57
Directed by Martin Ritt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses
Actors Walter Matthau, Alexis Smith, Murray Hamilton, Robert Webber, Whit Bissell, Andrew Rubin
Roles Dr. Williamson
Rating61% 3.0507653.0507653.0507653.0507653.050765
Down on his luck Louisiana horse trainer Lloyd Bourdelle (Walter Matthau) dreams of winning the All American Futurity at Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico. Lloyd has three sons, Buddy, Randy and Casey. Buddy (Andrew Rubin) helps his father train horses, while Randy (Steve Burns) rides them in races. Lloyd takes Casey (Michael Hershewe) and Randy to a small bush track, to try to make some money by racing Casey's small pony, Gypsy. They find a match race with Mr Marsh (Robert Webber) and his daughter Kelly (Susan Myers), but play a trick on Marsh by tying a live chicken to Gypsy's saddle. Gypsy wins the race, but Marsh doesn't pay up, complaining that Lloyd cheated him by not having a rider on Gypsy. Lloyd laughs and remarks that the chicken is the best live jockey around. The races end and Lloyd takes Randy and Casey home.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine (1978)
, 1h35
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Actors John Beck, Priscilla Barnes, Whit Bissell, Rosemary DeCamp, R.G. Armstrong, John Zaremba
Roles Ralph Branly
Rating51% 2.563142.563142.563142.563142.56314
The film was a modernization of the Wells' story, making the Time Traveller a 1970s scientist working for a fictional US defense contractor, "the Mega Corporation". Dr. Neil Perry (John Beck), the Time Traveller, is described as one of Mega's most reliable contributors by his senior co-worker Branly (Whit Bissell, an alumnus of the 1960 adaptation). Perry's skill is demonstrated by his rapid reprogramming of an off-course missile, averting a disaster that could destroy Los Angeles. His reputation secures a grant of $20 million for his time machine project. Although nearing completion, the corporation wants Perry to put the project on hold so that he can head a military weapon development project. Perry accelerates work on the time machine, permitting him to test it before being forced to work on the new project.
Flood!
Flood! (1977)
, 1h40
Directed by Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Disaster, Action, Adventure
Themes Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Robert Culp, Martin Milner, Barbara Hershey, Richard Basehart, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall
Roles Dr. Ted Horne
Rating53% 2.657932.657932.657932.657932.65793
Après plusieurs semaines de pluie torentielle, les habitants soucieux de la sécurité de la petite ville de Brownsville demandent à leur maire d'ouvrir les vannes pour faire sortir le surplus d'eau du barrage mais ce dernier refuse. La construction cède et c'est la panique pour les quelques habitants qui vont devoir faire l'impossible pour survivre.
Soylent Green
Soylent Green (1973)
, 1h37
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Social science fiction, Crime
Themes Environmental films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Edward G. Robinson, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotten, Mike Henry
Roles Gov. Santini
Rating69% 3.499393.499393.499393.499393.49939
The 20th century's industrialization has left the world permanently overcrowded, polluted and stagnant by the turn of the 21st century. In 2022, with 40 million people in New York City alone, housing is dilapidated and overcrowded; homeless people fill the streets; about half are unemployed, the few "lucky" ones with jobs are only barely scraping by themselves, and food and working technology is scarce. Most of the population survives on rations produced by the Soylent Corporation, whose newest product is Soylent Green, a green wafer advertised to contain "high-energy plankton" from the world's oceans, more nutritious and palatable than its predecessors "Red" and "Yellow", but in short supply.
Pete 'n' Tillie
Pete 'n' Tillie (1972)
, 1h40
Directed by Martin Ritt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Page, Barry Nelson, René Auberjonois, Lee Montgomery
Roles Funeral Minister
Rating61% 3.096653.096653.096653.096653.09665
Pete Seltzer (Matthau) is introduced to Tillie Schlaine (Burnett) at a party. Her friends Gertrude and Bert are the hosts and attempting to fix her up.
The Salzburg Connection
The Salzburg Connection (1972)
, 1h30
Directed by Lee H. Katzin
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Spy films
Actors Barry Newman, Anna Karina, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Karen Jensen, Wolfgang Preiss, Helmut Schmid
Roles Jim Newhart
Rating53% 2.662792.662792.662792.662792.66279
After a chest is brought up from the bottom of a lake, the diver, Richard Bryant, is found dead. Bill Mathison, an American photographer apparently on vacation in Austria, meets the dead man's widow, Anna, as well as an American woman, Elissa Lang, and together they end up fighting for their lives as well as the possession of long-lost, incriminating documents linking certain individuals to the Nazi Party.
City Beneath the Sea
City Beneath the Sea (1971)
, 1h38
Directed by Irwin Allen
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films set in the future
Actors Stuart Whitman, Rosemary Forsyth, Robert Colbert, Burr DeBenning, Robert Wagner, Richard Basehart
Roles Prof. Holmes
Rating51% 2.5559152.5559152.5559152.5559152.555915
Au 21e siècle, la population de la cité sous-marine Pacifica principalement composée de scienfitiques doit recevoir une cargaison d'or provenant de la réserve de Fort Knox. L'ancien dirigeant de cette colonie est de retour à cette occasion. Il planifie son vol alors que la cité est sous la menace d'un astéroïde venant de l'espace.
Airport
Airport (1970)
, 2h17
Directed by Henry Hathaway, George Seaton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes
Roles Mr. Davidson
Rating65% 3.2981653.2981653.2981653.2981653.298165
Chicago is paralyzed by a snowstorm affecting Lincoln International Airport. A Trans Global Airlines (TGA) Boeing 707 flight crew misjudge their turn off of Runway 29 on to the taxiway, becoming stuck in the snow and closing Runway 29, forcing airport manager Mel Bakersfield (Burt Lancaster) to work overtime. This causes tension with his wife, Cindy (Dana Wynter). Divorce is looming as he nurtures a closer relationship with a co-worker, TGA customer relations agent Tanya Livingston (Jean Seberg). Bakersfield's brother-in-law, Vernon Demarest (Dean Martin), is a TGA captain scheduled to be the checkride captain for TGA to evaluate Captain Anson Harris (Barry Nelson) during TGA's Flight 2 to Rome. Flight 2 is aboard TGA's flagship service craft, a Boeing 707 known as The Golden Argosy. Although Demarest is married to Bakersfield's sister, Sarah (Barbara Hale), he is secretly having an affair with Gwen Meighen (Jacqueline Bisset), chief stewardess on Flight 2, who informs him before the flight that she is pregnant with his child.
Once You Kiss a Stranger...
Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969)
, 1h46
Directed by Robert Sparr
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Paul Burke, Carol Lynley, Martha Hyer, Peter Lind Hayes, Philip Carey, Stephen McNally
Roles Dr. David Haggis
Rating54% 2.70712.70712.70712.70712.7071
Jerry is a professional golfer. When a woman named Diana recognizes how much Jerry hates a rival player, Mike, she offers to commit murder if Jerry will do likewise for her.
5 Card Stud
5 Card Stud (1968)
, 1h43
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Western
Actors Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Inger Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Yaphet Kotto, Katherine Justice
Roles Dr. Cooper
Rating63% 3.1978553.1978553.1978553.1978553.197855
In 1880, a gambler in the small town of Rincon, just outside of Denver, Colorado, is caught cheating at a five-card stud poker game. The players led by the volatile Nick Evers take the cheating gambler to hang him. One of the players, Van Morgan, tries to prevent the others from administering frontier justice, but is unable to stop the man's lynching. Morgan leaves town, but later returns when he hears that a couple of the other players from that ill-fated game have become victims of grisly murders.
A Covenant with Death
A Covenant with Death (1967)
, 1h37
Directed by Lamont Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors George Maharis, Laura Devon, Katy Jurado, Gene Hackman, Earl Holliman, Arthur O'Connell
Roles Bruce Donnelly
Rating59% 2.9940852.9940852.9940852.9940852.994085
A convicted murderer kills his hangman. Then it is discovered that he actually didn't commit the murder he was convicted for.
The Hallelujah Trail
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
, 2h45
Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton, Pamela Tiffin, Donald Pleasence, Brian Keith
Roles Hobbs
Rating63% 3.195513.195513.195513.195513.19551
1867, la disette d'alcool menace la cité de Denver, Colorado. Chaque habitant de la ville pense que l’hiver sera rude et risque d'empêcher l'arrivée d'un convoi de quarante fourgons avec six cents barils de whisky et de champagne. Les Sioux guettent, le long de la piste Hallelujah, le convoi en provenance de Julesburg, tandis que les dames de la Ligue de Tempérance, avec à leur tête Cora Templeton Massingale, entendent s'opposer à l'arrivée de l'alcool. À la tête du convoi, se trouve Frank Wallingham sous la protection du détachement de cavalerie du capitaine Paul Slater.