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John Abbott

John Abbott

Actor · Born 1905-06-05 · Stepney, London, England, UK

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Biography

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 …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Jungle Book (1967) — Akela (voice)
  2. Star Trek (1966) — Ayleborn
  3. Bewitched (1964)
  4. Get Smart (1965) — Mondo
  5. Gigi (1958) — Manuel
  6. Mrs. Miniver (1942) — Fred
  7. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Mr. Munro
  8. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) — Aben
  9. Gambit (1966) — Emile
  10. Jane Eyre (1943) — Mason
  11. Hangmen Also Die! (1943) — Hostage (scenes deleted)
  12. Perry Mason (1957) — Prof. Carlos Muntz
  13. The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
  14. Lost in Space (1965) — Sesmar
  15. Gunsmoke (1955) — Professor Lute Bone
  16. Who's Minding the Store? (1963) — Mr. Orlandos
  17. Pursuit to Algiers (1945) — Jodri
  18. The Shanghai Gesture (1941) — Poppy's Escort
  19. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) — Dr. Ellias Swan
  20. Humoresque (1947) — Rozner
  21. Madame Bovary (1949) — Mayor Tuvache
  22. The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) — Mr. Pappas
  23. Flipper (1964)
  24. Mannix (1967)
  25. The Rifleman (1958)
  26. Deception (1946) — Bertram Gribble
  27. Land of the Giants (1968) — Prof. Gorak
  28. The Web (1947) — Charles Murdock
  29. Have Gun, Will Travel (1957) — Winston Ainslee
  30. Anna and the King of Siam (1946) — Phya Phrom
  31. Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976) — Heller
  32. Thunder on the Hill (1951) — Abel Harmer
  33. 77 Sunset Strip (1958) — Dr. Felstrand
  34. Cry of the Werewolf (1944) — Peter Althius
  35. A Hazard of Hearts (1987) — 2nd Gambler
  36. The Cross of Lorraine (1943) — Baker (uncredited)
  37. Peter Gunn (1958)
  38. Slapstick of Another Kind (1982) — Dr. Frankenstein
  39. The Woman in White (1948) — Frederick Fairlie
  40. Quest (1984)