Emerging from a New York City upbringing and drama-English studies with the Carolina Playmakers, Whitner Nutting Bissell forged a career as a character actor. After early Broadway work such as the Air Force production Winged Victory, he entered film with Holy Matrimony (1943) and soon became a familiar face in low-budget sci-fi and horror, playing a mad scientist in I Was a Teenage Werewolf and it… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for The Magnificent Seven 1960 Star Trek 1966 Soylent Green 1973 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 Series ★ 7.8 I Dream of Jeannie 1965
Horace Series ★ 7.8 Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955
Mr. Bliss ★ 7.5 Birdman of Alcatraz 1962
Dr. Ellis Series ★ 7.7 The Time Tunnel 1966
General Heywood Kirk Series ★ 7.8 The Outer Limits 1963
Commanding General Series ★ 7.6 Zorro 1957
Series ★ 7.7 Perry Mason 1957
Larry Sands Series ★ 7.5 Hogan's Heroes 1965
Gen. Kammler ★ 7.4 Seven Days in May 1964
Sen. Frederick Prentice Series ★ 7.2 The Incredible Hulk 1977
Series ★ 7.9 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962
Adam Driscoll ★ 7.3 Brute Force 1947
Tom Lister Series ★ 7.5 Quincy, M.E. 1976
Series ★ 7.3 Kojak 1973
Sentman ★ 7.2 The Sea Hawk 1940
Gate Guard at Palace Entrance ★ 7.1 The Desperate Hours 1955
FBI Agent Carson ★ 7.2 Cluny Brown 1946
Archie Series ★ 7 The Bionic Woman 1976
Series ★ 7.3 Rawhide 1959
★ 7.1 It Should Happen to You 1954
Robert Grau ★ 7.1 Riot in Cell Block 11 1954
Guard Snader Series ★ 7.3 Have Gun, Will Travel 1957
Series ★ 7.2 McCloud 1970
Series ★ 7.1 The Rifleman 1958
Series ★ 6.9 Hart to Hart 1979
Series ★ 7.1 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 1964
Series ★ 7.2 It Takes a Thief 1968
James Jenkins ★ 6.9 Destination Tokyo 1943
Yo Yo (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Warlock 1959
Petrix Series ★ 6.9 Mannix 1967
Series ★ 7 Daniel Boone 1964
Stogie the Trapper Series ★ 6.8 The Invaders 1967
Col. Harris Series ★ 6.8 Land of the Giants 1968
Dr. Krane Series ★ 6.8 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 1955
Series ★ 6.7 Here's Lucy 1968
Ted Driscoll Series ★ 6.7 Route 66 1960
Series ★ 6.7 Sea Hunt 1958
Series ★ 6.7 Father Knows Best 1954
Sinclair Bruder ★ 6.7 Red Mountain 1951
Miles ★ 6.7 Raw Deal 1948
Murderer ★ 6.7 Somewhere in the Night 1946
John (uncredited) Series ★ 6.7 Cannon 1971
Billingsley ★ 6.7 Spencer's Mountain 1963
Dr. Campbell ★ 6.7 He Walked by Night 1949
Paul Reeves Series ★ 6.6 Marcus Welby, M.D. 1969
Dr. Arnold Winnick Series ★ 6.6 Peter Gunn 1958
Series ★ 6.6 Wagon Train 1957
Albert Sykes Series ★ 6.5 The Donna Reed Show 1958
★ 6.5 The Tall Stranger 1957
Adam Judson ★ 6.5 Sealed Cargo 1951
Schuster ★ 6.5 Man from Del Rio 1956
Breezy Morgan Series ★ 6.5 The Virginian 1962
Burns ★ 6.6 No Name on the Bullet 1959
Pierce ★ 6.5 The Proud Ones 1956
Mr. Sam Bolton ★ 6.5 Side Street 1950
Harold Simpson (chief teller) ★ 6.2 The Naked Street 1955
Dist. Atty. Blaker ★ 6.3 The Black Orchid 1959
Harmon ★ 6.1 Where Love Has Gone 1964
Professor Bell Series ★ 6.2 Cheyenne 1955
★ 6 Shack Out on 101 1955
Eddie ★ 6.2 The Killer That Stalked New York 1950
Sid Bennet ★ 6.2 Convicted 1950
States Attorney Owens (uncredited) ★ 6.2 The Turning Point 1952
Buck (uncredited) Series ★ 6.1 The Mod Squad 1968
★ 6.1 The Sea of Grass 1947
Ted - the Clerk (uncredited) ★ 6.4 The Red Badge of Courage 1951
Wounded Officer (uncredited) ★ 5.9 The Horn Blows at Midnight 1945
Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited) ★ 6.1 Johnny Tremain 1957
Josiah Quincy ★ 6.5 Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 1942
London Bobbie (uncredited) ★ 5.8 Pete 'n' Tillie 1972
Funeral Minister ★ 6.4 A Double Life 1947
Dr. Stauffer ★ 6.2 Tokyo Joe 1949
Capt. Winnow (uncredited) ★ 6 Target Earth 1954
Tom ★ 6.2 Not as a Stranger 1955
Dr. Dietrich Series ★ 5.6 The F.B.I. 1965
Carter ★ 6.1 Monster on the Campus 1958
Dr. Oliver Cole ★ 6.3 5 Card Stud 1968
Dr. Cooper ★ 5.2 A Life of Her Own 1950
Rental Agent (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Airport 1970
Mr. Davidson Series ★ 5.9 Petticoat Junction 1963
Ralph Denton ★ 5.6 I Was a Teenage Frankenstein 1957
Prof. Frankenstein ★ 5.1 Psychic Killer 1975
Dr. Paul Taylor ★ 6.1 The Hallelujah Trail 1965
Hobbs ★ 5.5 Never So Few 1959
Capt. Alofson, Psychiatrist ★ 4.8 I Was a Teenage Werewolf 1957
Dr. Alfred Brandon ★ 3.6 Lost Continent 1951
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