John Abbott acteur
- Toutes les séries télévisées connues 46
- Total des films connus 80
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 Drydens 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 the next 30 years. Among his film credits are Mission to Moscow, Jane Eyre, A Thousand and One Nights, Humoresque, and The Greatest Story Ever Told. His television appearances in that time were even more numerous, beginning with pioneering broadcasts by the BBC before the Second World War.In the early days of the Second World War, Abbott worked at the British Embassy in Stockholm. When the time came to leave, he had to by way of the United States. While in the U.S., he was offered a part in Hollywood in 1941 and ended up living there for the rest of his life.On American television between the 1950s and 1970s, Abbott had roles on a wide variety of series such as Kraft Television Theatre, Studio 57, Gunsmoke, Matinee Theatre, Bonanza, Thriller, Star Trek, Mannix, Iron Horse, and Bewitched. Although he was blacklisted during the Red Scare of the 1950s, a producer who wanted to hire him eventually succeeded in getting the actor removed from the list.In his final years, Abbott taught acting to students free of charge.Abbott died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from natural causes on 24 May 1996 at the age of 90.
Film 1937
Bertram Gribble
Film 1946
Akela (voice)
Film 1967
Fred
Film 1942
Mr. Pappas
Film 1944
Peter Althius (uncredited)
Film 1944
Coroner
Film 1978
Kaspar Andropolous
Film 1945
Frederick Fairlie
Film 1948
Chris Martin
Film 1944
English Spy
Film 1942
Sykes
Film 1951
Jodri
Film 1945
Lunin
Film 1944
Dr. Ferris
Film 1943
Webb Fallon
Film 1945
Count Stephen Duni
Film 1939
Lal Bara
Film 1946
Pappa Cerrano
Film 1951
Pierre
Film 1950
Gregorius
Film 1969
Mr. Twyning
Film 1947
Himself - Ms. Robson's Host
Film 1969
Mortimer Cope
Film 1944
Salesman
Film 1944
Huish
Film 1947
Yusuf
Film 1957
Herbert Bielensen
Film 1953
Jack Rawlings
Film 1943
Welles
Film 1945
André
Film 1940
Alfonse Lamont
Film 1944
Jimmy Gordon
Film 1945
Dumbo
Film 1942
Surgeon
Film 1983
Phya Phrom
Film 1946
Roscoe Bean
Film 1945
Hostage (scenes deleted)
Film 1943
Mustafa el Melik
Film 1953
Banker Irwing
Film 1968
Dr. Reinhart
Film 1973
Joe
Film 1942
Flower Seller
Film 1937
Starving Beggar
Film 1939
Baker
Film 1943
Mr. Orlandos
Film 1963
Dr. Frankenstein
Film 1982
Carl aka Charles
Film 1942
Gregory Vanesou
Film 1943
Nitra Puta
Film 1952
Poppy's Escort
Film 1941
Roland X. Smith (uncredited)
Film 1943
Dipso Dale Rutherford
Film 1957
Reporter (uncredited)
Film 1944
Hood with Foreign Accent
Film 1938
Don Daniel
Film 1953
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
Film 1936
Grinko (uncredited)
Film 1943
Film 1984
Dr. Sawyer
Film 1955
Will Scarlet
Film 1946
Commissioner's Laywer
Film 1998
Armand
Film 1937
Tv 1967
Tv 1959
Ayleborn
Tv 1966
Conrad Jaeger
Tv 1963
Tv 1962
Prof. Gorak
Tv 1968
Tv 1967
Tv 1964
Sesmar
Tv 1965
Professor Lute Bone
Tv 1955
Prof. Carlos Muntz
Tv 1957
Travers
Tv 1948
Tv 1964
Professsor Meyerdal
Tv 1953
Harwood Gones
Tv 1960
Tv 1965
Chang
Tv 1951
Tv 1965
Mr. Munro
Tv 1955
Tv 1961
Tv 1960
Tv 1957
Tv 1971
Mouth Organist
Tv 1978
Kriss Milo ('The Mask of Medusa')
Tv 1960
Tv 1958
Murdock
Tv 1959
Tv 1955
Senator Wigfall
Tv 1964
Tv 1955
Tv 1964
Tv 1970
Tv 1958
Tv 1959
Col. Barton
Tv 1952
Sir Egbert
Tv 1964
Tv 1967
Tv 1956
Professor Brent
Tv 1959
Eddie
Tv 1955
Sir Trevor Gielgud Burton-Guiness
Tv 1962
Nathan
Tv 1953
Dr. Durwood Tobey
Tv 1957
The Cat
Tv 1958
Professor MacIntyre
Tv 1969
Sir Godwin Phipps-Cheston
Tv 1972
