Personal Info
Birth date
1909-10-25 (115 Years)
Day of death
1996-03-05
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
Whitner Nutting Bissell
Whitner Bissell
Whitt Bissell
Whit Bissel
Whit Bissell
Biography
Whit Bissell (born Whitner Nutting Bissell) was an American character actor. His career in film and television spanned the years 1940 to 1984.
Filmography
Quincy, M.E.
7.5
Overview:
Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.Hogan's Heroes
7.5
Overview:
Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to July 4, 1971, on the CBS network. The show was set in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II. Bob Crane starred as Colonel Robert E. Hogan, coordinating an international crew of Allied prisoners running a Special Operations group from the camp. Werner Klemperer played Colonel Wilhelm Klink, the commandant of the camp, and John Banner was the inept sergeant-of-the-guard, Hans Schultz. The series was popular during its six-season run. In 2013, creators Bernard Fein through his estate and Albert S. Ruddy acquired the sequel and other separate rights to Hogan's Heroes from Mark Cuban through arbitration and a movie based on the show has been planned.I Dream of Jeannie
7.831
Overview:
While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".Have Gun, Will Travel
7.4
Overview:
Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
5.5
Overview:
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.Mannix
6.7
Overview:
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.The Donna Reed Show
6.2
Overview:
Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.Star Trek
8.015
Overview:
Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen led by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no man has gone before.Perry Mason
7.7
Overview:
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.The Rifleman
7
Overview:
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
6.579
Overview:
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
7.8
Overview:
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.Dr. Kildare
5.5
Overview:
The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.Marcus Welby, M.D.
6.5
Overview:
Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner and James Brolin as the younger doctor he often worked with, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell. The pilot, A Matter of Humanities, had aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969.The Real McCoys
5.6
Overview:
The Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto Productions", in association with Walter Brennan and Irving Pincus' "Westgate" company. The series aired for five seasons on the ABC-TV network from 1957 through 1962 and then for its final year on CBS from 1962 to 1963. The series, set in the San Fernando Valley of California, was filmed in Hollywood at Desilu studios.The F.B.I.
5.5
Overview:
The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.Hart to Hart
6.831
Overview:
Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives.Studio One
5
Overview:
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.Ben Casey
5.6
Overview:
Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Neurosurgeon Joseph Ransohoff was a medical consultant for the show and may have influenced the personality of the title character.Petticoat Junction
5.8
Overview:
The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.Ironside
6.8
Overview:
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.Route 66
6.3
Overview:
After discovering that his late father has gone through most of the family fortune, Tod Stiles hits the title trans-America highway in his Corvette in search of adventure with friend Buz Murdock, a survivor of New York's mean streets. The two work odd jobs as they meet and interact with colorful characters and find themselves plunged into one situation after another, some of them romantic, some of them very dangerous. Later, Linc Case, a Vietnam war hero trying to find himself, takes over as Tod's travel companion.Cannon
6.5
Overview:
Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two episodes of Barnaby Jones. Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.Climax!
3.273
Overview:
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.The Incredible Hulk
7.242
Overview:
During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transformations, David Banner searches for a cure as he crosses the country, fugitive-style, with a dogged tabloid reporter on his trail.Hawaiian Eye
5.2
Overview:
Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they work both hotel security and are hired by others to look into various matters. They're helped by their trusty right-hand man Kazuo Kim who runs a taxi company and is always eager to help them.Maverick
6.8
Overview:
The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.The Outer Limits
7.8
Overview:
The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes with a plot twist at the end.Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
7.15
Overview:
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot was aired as the finale of the fourth season of The Andy Griffith Show on May 18, 1964. The show ran for five seasons and a total of 150 episodes. In 2006, CBS Home Entertainment began releasing the series on DVD. The final season was released in November 2008. The series was created by Aaron Ruben, who also produced the show with Sheldon Leonard and Ronald Jacobs. Filmed and set in California, it stars Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle, a naive but good-natured gas-station attendant from the town of Mayberry, North Carolina, who enlists in the United States Marine Corps. Frank Sutton plays Gomer's high-octane, short-fused Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter, and Ronnie Schell plays Gomer's friend Gilbert "Duke" Slater. Allan Melvin played in the recurring role of Gunnery Sergeant Carter's rival, Sergeant Charley Hacker. The series never discussed nor addressed the then-current Vietnam War, instead focusing on the relationship between Gomer and Sergeant Carter. The show retained high ratings throughout its run.Acting
1993Time Machine: The Journey Back as Walter Kemp
1991Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Prof. Frankenstein (archive footage)
1981Falcon Crest (1 Episode) as Mr. Hobson
1979Hart to Hart (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter as Dr. Henry Blodgett
1979The Night Rider as Richards
1979Ike (3 Episodes) as Admiral
1978The Time Machine as Ralph Branly
1978Donner Pass: The Road to Survival as Uncle Billy Graves
1978Casey's Shadow as Dr. Williamson
1977The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race as Simon Hollaway
1977Last of the Mohicans as Gen. Webb
1977The Incredible Hulk (2, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Prof. Williams
1977The Lincoln Conspiracy as Sen. John Conness
1977Flood! as Dr. Ted Horne
1976Quincy, M.E. (1 Episode) as Unknown
1976The Tony Randall Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1976The Bionic Woman (1 Episode) as Unknown
1975Psychic Killer as Dr. Paul Taylor
1975Matt Helm (1 Episode) as Rollins
1975The Swiss Family Robinson (1 Episode) as Unknown
1975Barbary Coast (1 Episode) as Unknown
1975Nick and Nora as Unknown
1974The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One as Senator McKellar
1974Harry O (1 Episode) as Unknown
1973Cry Rape as Judge Newcombe
1973Kojak (1 Episode) as Sentman
1973Soylent Green as Gov. Santini
1972Pete 'n' Tillie as Funeral Minister
1972Search (1 Episode) as Unknown
1972The Salzburg Connection as Jim Newhart
1972Justin Morgan Had a Horse as Mr. Mays
1971In Broad Daylight as Capt. Moss
1971A Tattered Web as Mr. Harland
1971Cannon (2 Episodes) as Billingsley
1971City Beneath the Sea as Prof. Holmes
1970The Andersonville Trial as Doctor Ford
1970Airport as Mr. Davidson
1970McCloud (1 Episode) as Unknown
1969Once You Kiss a Stranger... as Dr. David Haggis
1969Marcus Welby, M.D. (1 Episode) as Dr. Arnold Winnick
1968The Mod Squad (1 Episode) as Unknown
1968Here's Lucy (1 Episode) as Ted Driscoll
1968Land of the Giants (1 Episode) as Dr. Krane
1968The Name of the Game (1, 1 Episode) as Donald Merrick, Wainwright
1968The Outsider (1 Episode) as Unknown
19685 Card Stud as Dr. Cooper
1967Mannix (1 Episode) as Unknown
1967Judd for the Defense (1 Episode) as Unknown
1967Ironside (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1967A Covenant with Death as Bruce Donnelly
1967The Invaders (1 Episode) as Col. Harris
1966Jericho (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966Felony Squad (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966The Time Tunnel (30 Episodes) as General Heywood Kirk
1966Star Trek (1 Episode) as Lurry
1965The F.B.I. (1 Episode) as Carter
1965I Dream of Jeannie (1 Episode) as Horace
1965The Loner (1 Episode) as Ab Nichols
1965Camp Runamuck (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965Hogan's Heroes (1 Episode) as Gen. Kammler
1965Laredo (1 Episode) as Unknown
1965Fluffy as Dr. Braden
1965The Hallelujah Trail as Hobbs
1965The Final Hour as Whit Parsons
1964Profiles in Courage (1, 1 Episode) as Myles, Woodrow Wilson
1964Where Love Has Gone as Professor Bell
1964Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1 Episode) as Unknown
1964Daniel Boone (1 Episode) as Stogie the Trapper
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1 Episode) as Prof. Harvey Glomm
1964Advance to the Rear as Capt. Queeg
1964Seven Days in May as Sen. Frederick Prentice
1963Kraft Suspense Theatre (1 Episode) as Gus Hickman
1963The Great Adventure (1 Episode) as Benjamin Silliman
1963Glynis (1 Episode) as Unknown
1963Petticoat Junction (1 Episode) as Ralph Denton
1963Mr. Novak (1 Episode) as Karl Bellini
1963Burke's Law (1 Episode) as Dr. Freestone
1963The Fugitive (1 Episode) as John Gibson
1963The Outer Limits (1 Episode) as Commanding General
1963Arrest and Trial (1 Episode) as Unknown
1963Hud as Mr. Burris
1963Spencer's Mountain as Dr. Campbell
1963The Dakotas (1 Episode) as Unknown
1962The Manchurian Candidate as Medical Officer
1962Going My Way (1 Episode) as Unknown
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1 Episode) as Adam Driscoll
1962The Virginian (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Burns, Andrew Cass, Whit Parsons
1962Birdman of Alcatraz as Dr. Ellis
1962Third of a Man as Maxwell
1962Exercise No. One as Unknown
1961Straightaway (1 Episode) as Unknown
1961Ben Casey (1 Episode) as Unknown
1961Bus Stop (1 Episode) as Unknown
1961Dr. Kildare (2 Episodes) as Dr. Kenneth Kline
1960Daniel Boone: And Chase the Buffalo as Gov. Tryon
1960The Roaring 20's (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960The Magnificent Seven as Chamlee
1960Route 66 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960Surfside 6 (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1960Insight (1 Episode) as Basil Bonneau
1960Guestward, Ho! (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960The Brothers Brannagan (1 Episode) as Sanford
1960The Time Machine as Walter Kemp
1959Never So Few as Capt. Alofson - Psychiatrist
1959The Detectives (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Hawaiian Eye (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Philip Marlowe (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Bourbon Street Beat (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Johnny Ringo (1 Episode) as Sheriff Arson
1959Men Into Space (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Lock-Up (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1 Episode) as Henry
1959Tightrope (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Warlock as Petrix
1959The Black Orchid as Harmon
1959No Name on the Bullet as Pierce
1959One Step Beyond (1 Episode) as Capt. Will Fielding
1959Rawhide (0, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Doc Taggert
1958Monster on the Campus as Dr. Oliver Cole
1958Lawman (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958The Rifleman (4 Episodes) as Unknown
1958The Texan (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958The Donna Reed Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Peter Gunn (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958The Defiant Ones as Lou Gans
1958Destination Nightmare as Dr. Will Madison
1958Shirley Temple's Storybook (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Sea Hunt (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1958The Veil (1 Episode) as Unknown
1957I Was a Teenage Frankenstein as Prof. Frankenstein
1957The Tall Stranger as Adam Judson
1957Zorro (1 Episode) as Unknown
1957Trackdown (1 Episode) as Unknown
1957The Real McCoys (1 Episode) as Unknown
1957Alcoa Theatre (1 Episode) as Chris Wallis
1957The Wayward Girl as Ira Molson
1957Maverick (1 Episode) as Unknown
1957Perry Mason (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Larry Sands, Max Pompey, Laurence Barlow, Dennison Groody
1957The Thin Man (1 Episode) as Unknown
1957M Squad (1 Episode) as Tommy Hatch
1957Have Gun, Will Travel (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1957I Was a Teenage Werewolf as Dr. Alfred Brandon
1957Johnny Tremain as Josiah Quincy
1957Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as 'Tombstone Epitaph' Editor John P. Clum
1957Code 3 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1957Panic! (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1957The Comedian as Otis Elwell
1957The Young Stranger as Grubbs
1956Man from Del Rio as Breezy Morgan
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Major Ralph McConnell
1956Playhouse 90 (1 Episode) as Elwell
1956State Trooper (1 Episode) as Unknown
1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1 Episode) as Unknown
1956Dakota Incident as Mark Chester
1956The Proud Ones as Mr. Sam Bolton
1956Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Emergency Room Psychiatrist
1955At Gunpoint as Clem Clark
1955Shack Out on 101 as Eddie
1955Trial as Sam Wiltse
1955The Desperate Hours as FBI Agent Carson
1955The 20th Century Fox Hour (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 Episode) as Mr. Bliss
1955Cheyenne (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955The Naked Street as Dist. Atty. Blaker
1955Not as a Stranger as Dr. Dietrich
1955The Millionaire (1 Episode) as James Mahoney
1954The Atomic Kid as Dr. Edgar Pangborn
1954Target Earth as Tom
1954Three Hours to Kill as Deke
1954Climax! (1, 1 Episode) as Mr. Grubbs, Whitfield Cook
1954Studio 57 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1954The Shanghai Story as Paul Grant
1954The Caine Mutiny as Lt. Comdr. Dickson M.D.
1954Creature from the Black Lagoon as Dr. Edwin Thompson
1954Riot in Cell Block 11 as Guard Snader
1954It Should Happen to You as Robert Grau
1953City Detective (1 Episode) as Unknown
1953Devil's Canyon as Virgil Gates
1953A Tale of Two Cities as Host
1953General Electric Theater (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Paul Wells, Dolph, Joseph Goebbels, Czadek
1952The Turning Point as Buck (uncredited)
1952The Sellout as Wilfred Jackson
1952Hoodlum Empire as Pickpocket
1952Boots Malone as Lou Dyer
1951Tales of Robin Hood as Will
1951Red Mountain as Miles
1951The Family Secret as Joe Elsner
1951The Red Badge of Courage as Wounded Officer (uncredited)
1951Lost Continent as Stanley Briggs
1951Night Into Morning as Monument Salesman (uncredited)
1951Sealed Cargo as Schuster
1950Wyoming Mail as Sam
1950The Killer That Stalked New York as Sid Bennet
1950Lux Video Theatre (1 Episode) as Rev. Trumbull
1950A Life of Her Own as Rental Agent (uncredited)
1950Convicted as States Attorney Owens (uncredited)
1950Side Street as Harold Simpson (chief teller)
1950Perfect Strangers as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
1950When Willie Comes Marching Home as Lt. M.J. Hanley - Psychiatrist (uncredited)
1949Tokyo Joe as Capt. Winnow (uncredited)
1949Anna Lucasta as Stanley
1949The Crime Doctor's Diary as Pete Bellem
1949He Walked by Night as Paul Reeves
1949Chicken Every Sunday as Robby
1948Studio One (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Prof. Geoffrey Crawford, Denton, Unknown
1948That Lady in Ermine as Giulio
1948Canon City as Heilman
1948Raw Deal as Murderer
1948Another Part of the Forest as Jugger
1947The Senator Was Indiscreet as Robert Oakes
1947A Double Life as Dr. Stauffer
1947Brute Force as Tom Lister
1947The Sea of Grass as Ted - the Clerk (uncredited)
1946It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog as Chester Frye (uncredited)
1946Somewhere in the Night as John (uncredited)
1946Cluny Brown as Archie
1945The Horn Blows at Midnight as Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited)
1944Winged Victory as Lt. Hudson
1943Destination Tokyo as Yo Yo (uncredited)
1943Holy Matrimony as Harry Leek (uncredited)
1942Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon as London Bobbie (uncredited)
1940The Sea Hawk as Gate Guard at Palace Entrance