Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/25/1909
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Whit Bissell
Biography
Known For
Soylent Green
as Gov. Santini
Sealed Cargo
as Schuster
Johnny Tremain
as Josiah Quincy
Convicted
as States Attorney Owens (uncredited)
The Magnificent Seven
as Chamlee
Winged Victory
as Lt. Hudson
Red Mountain
as Miles
Warlock
as Petrix
Tokyo Joe
as Capt. Winnow (uncredited)
Lost Continent
as Stanley Briggs
Brute Force
as Tom Lister
Perfect Strangers
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Cluny Brown
as Archie
No Name on the Bullet
as Pierce
The Caine Mutiny
as Lt. Comdr. Dickson M.D.
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
as Dr. Alfred Brandon
Wyoming Mail
as Sam
Side Street
as Harold Simpson (chief teller)
Cry Rape
as Judge Newcombe
Flood!
as Dr. Ted Horne
Career Timeline
1979
1978
1977
1975
1974
1972
1971
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
Profiles in Courage
as Myles
Profiles in Courage
as Woodrow Wilson
Where Love Has Gone
as Professor Bell
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Role unknown
Daniel Boone
as Stogie the Trapper
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Prof. Harvey Glomm
Advance to the Rear
as Capt. Queeg
Seven Days in May
as Sen. Frederick Prentice
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Gus Hickman
The Great Adventure
as Benjamin Silliman
Glynis
Role unknown
Petticoat Junction
as Ralph Denton
Mr. Novak
as Karl Bellini
Burke's Law
as Dr. Freestone
The Fugitive
as John Gibson
The Outer Limits
as Commanding General
Arrest and Trial
Role unknown
Hud
as Mr. Burris
Spencer's Mountain
as Dr. Campbell
The Dakotas
Role unknown
1962
1961
1960
1959
Never So Few
as Capt. Alofson - Psychiatrist
The Detectives
Role unknown
Hawaiian Eye
Role unknown
Hawaiian Eye
as Arthur Dane
Philip Marlowe
Role unknown
Bourbon Street Beat
Role unknown
Johnny Ringo
as Sheriff Arson
Men Into Space
Role unknown
Lock-Up
Role unknown
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Henry
Tightrope
Role unknown
Warlock
as Petrix
The Black Orchid
as Harmon
No Name on the Bullet
as Pierce
One Step Beyond
as Capt. Will Fielding
Rawhide
Role unknown
Rawhide
as Doc Taggert
1958
Monster on the Campus
as Dr. Oliver Cole
Lawman
Role unknown
The Rifleman
Role unknown
The Texan
Role unknown
The Donna Reed Show
Role unknown
Peter Gunn
Role unknown
The Defiant Ones
as Lou Gans
Destination Nightmare
as Dr. Will Madison
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Role unknown
Sea Hunt
Role unknown
The Veil
Role unknown
1957
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
as Prof. Frankenstein
The Tall Stranger
as Adam Judson
Zorro
Role unknown
Trackdown
Role unknown
The Real McCoys
Role unknown
Alcoa Theatre
as Chris Wallis
The Wayward Girl
as Ira Molson
Maverick
Role unknown
Perry Mason
as Larry Sands
Perry Mason
as Max Pompey
Perry Mason
as Laurence Barlow
Perry Mason
as Dennison Groody
The Thin Man
Role unknown
M Squad
as Tommy Hatch
Wagon Train
as Albert Sykes
Have Gun, Will Travel
Role unknown
I Was a Teenage Werewolf
as Dr. Alfred Brandon
Johnny Tremain
as Josiah Quincy
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as 'Tombstone Epitaph' Editor John P. Clum
Code 3
Role unknown
Panic!
Role unknown
The Comedian
as Otis Elwell
The Young Stranger
as Grubbs
1956
Man from Del Rio
as Breezy Morgan
Rendezvous in Black
Role unknown
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Role unknown
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Major Ralph McConnell
Playhouse 90
as Elwell
State Trooper
Role unknown
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Role unknown
Dakota Incident
as Mark Chester
The Proud Ones
as Mr. Sam Bolton
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Emergency Room Psychiatrist
1955
At Gunpoint
as Clem Clark
Shack Out on 101
as Eddie
Trial
as Sam Wiltse
The Desperate Hours
as FBI Agent Carson
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Role unknown
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mr. Bliss
Cheyenne
Role unknown
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Role unknown
The Naked Street
as Dist. Atty. Blaker
Not as a Stranger
as Dr. Dietrich
The Millionaire
as James Mahoney
1954
The Atomic Kid
as Dr. Edgar Pangborn
Target Earth
as Tom
Three Hours to Kill
as Deke
Climax!
as Mr. Grubbs
Climax!
as Whitfield Cook
Studio 57
Role unknown
The Shanghai Story
as Paul Grant
The Caine Mutiny
as Lt. Comdr. Dickson M.D.
Public Defender
as Peter Stone
Creature from the Black Lagoon
as Dr. Edwin Thompson
Riot in Cell Block 11
as Guard Snader
It Should Happen to You
as Robert Grau
1953
1952
1951
1950
Wyoming Mail
as Sam
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Sid Bennet
Lux Video Theatre
as Rev. Trumbull
A Life of Her Own
as Rental Agent (uncredited)
Convicted
as States Attorney Owens (uncredited)
Side Street
as Harold Simpson (chief teller)
Perfect Strangers
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
When Willie Comes Marching Home
as Lt. M.J. Hanley - Psychiatrist (uncredited)