John Abbott
- Recitazione
- 5 giugno 1905 · Stepney, London, England, UK
- 24 maggio 1996
Biografia
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 Dryden's 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.
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Filmografia
- The Commissioner · Commissioner's Laywer
- Passione sotto la cenere · 2nd Gambler
- Quest
- Qua la mano picchiatello!.. · Surgeon
- Comiche dell'altro mondo · Dr. Frankenstein
- Blunt Instrument · Dr. Durrant
- Outside Chance · Coroner
- Edward and Mrs Simpson · Mouth Organist
- Sherlock Holmes a New York · Heller
- L'uccello tutto nero · Duquai
- The Cat Creature · Dr. Reinhart
- Cool Million · Sir Godwin Phipps-Cheston
- The Partners
- Timeslip
- Paul Temple · Floor Manager
- Medical Center · Professor MacIntyre
- The Epic That Never Was · Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)
- 2000 Years Later · Gregorius
- Three Guns for Texas · Banker Irwing
- La terra dei giganti · Prof. Gorak
- Il libro della giungla · Akela (Voce)
- Mannix
- Garrison's Gorillas
- Rango
- Gambit - Grande furto al Semiramis · Emile
- Star Trek · Ayleborn
- Get Smart · Mondo
- Laredo
- Lost in Space · Sesmar
- La più grande storia mai raccontata · Aben
- Profiles in Courage · Senator Wigfall
- Organizzazione U.N.C.L.E. · Dr. Ellias Swan
- Flipper
- Vita da strega
- Wendy and Me
- The Rogues · Sir Egbert
- Dove vai sono guai! · Mr. Orlandos
- La legge di Burke · Conrad Jaeger
- The Beverly Hillbillies · Sir Trevor Gielgud Burton-Guiness
- Ichabod and Me
- Maigret · Extra in Film Sequences (uncredited)
- The Islanders · Harwood Gones
- Outlaws
- Thriller · Kriss Milo ('The Mask of Medusa')
- The Detectives
- Avventure in paradiso · Murdock
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
- The DuPont Show with June Allyson · Professor Brent
- Indirizzo permanente · Dr. Felstrand
- The Rifleman
- The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen · The Cat
- Peter Gunn
- Gigi · Manuel
- Perry Mason · Prof. Carlos Muntz, Dr. Durwood Tobey
- Have Gun, Will Travel · Winston Ainslee
- Le avventure e gli amori di Omar Khayyam · Yusuf
- Public Pigeon No. 1 · Dipso Dale Rutherford
- Telephone Time · Jutchenko
- The Miracle on 34th Street · Dr. Sawyer
- Matinee Theater
- The 20th Century Fox Hour · Dr. Albert Sawyer
- Alfred Hitchcock presenta · Mr. Munro
- Gunsmoke · Professor Lute Bone, Eddie
- Il segreto del Sahara · Mustafa el Melik
- Sombrero · Don Daniel
- Rogue's March · Herbert Bielensen
- General Electric Theater · Professsor Meyerdal, Nathan
- Bagliori ad oriente · Nitra Puta
- Cavalcade of America · Col. Barton
- La vedova allegra · Marshovian Ambassador
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · Chang
- La campana del convento · Abel Harmer
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
- Crosswinds · Sykes
- Navy Bound · Pappa Cerrano
- Sideshow · Pierre
- Madame Bovary · Mayor Tuvache
- Studio One · Travers
- The Woman in White · Frederick Fairlie
- Peccatori senza peccato · Mr. Twyning