John Abbott
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.
Fotos
Películas (81)
The Commissioner
1998 · Commissioner's Laywer
A Hazard of Hearts
1987 · 2nd Gambler
Quest
1984
Smorgasbord
1983 · Surgeon
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982 · Dr. Frankenstein
Blunt Instrument
1981 · Dr. Durrant
Outside Chance
1978 · Coroner
Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976 · Heller
The Black Bird
1975 · Duquai
The Cat Creature
1973 · Dr. Reinhart
The Epic That Never Was
1969 · Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)
2000 Years Later
1969 · Gregorius
Three Guns for Texas
1968 · Banker Irwing
The Jungle Book
1967 · Akela (voice)
Gambit
1966 · Emile
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 · Aben
Who's Minding the Store?
1963 · Mr. Orlandos
Gigi
1958 · Manuel
Omar Khayyam
1957 · Yusuf
Public Pigeon No. 1
1957 · Dipso Dale Rutherford
The Miracle on 34th Street
1955 · Dr. Sawyer
The Steel Lady
1953 · Mustafa el Melik
Sombrero
1953 · Don Daniel
Rogue's March
1953 · Herbert Bielensen
Thunder in the East
1952 · Nitra Puta
The Merry Widow
1952 · Marshovian Ambassador
Thunder on the Hill
1951 · Abel Harmer
Crosswinds
1951 · Sykes
Navy Bound
1951 · Pappa Cerrano
Sideshow
1950 · Pierre
Madame Bovary
1949 · Mayor Tuvache
The Woman in White
1948 · Frederick Fairlie
If Winter Comes
1947 · Mr. Twyning
Adventure Island
1947 · Huish
The Web
1947 · Charles Murdock
Time Out of Mind
1947 · Max Leiberman
Humoresque
1947 · Rozner
Deception
1946 · Bertram Gribble
Anna and the King of Siam
1946 · Phya Phrom
One More Tomorrow
1946 · Joseph Baronova
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
1946 · Will Scarlet
The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946 · Lal Bara
Saratoga Trunk
1945 · Roscoe Bean
Pursuit to Algiers
1945 · Jodri
The Crime Doctor's Warning
1945 · Jimmy Gordon
A Thousand and One Nights
1945 · Ali
Honeymoon Ahead
1945 · Welles
The Power of the Whistler
1945 · Kaspar Andropolous
The Vampire's Ghost
1945 · Webb Fallon
The Falcon in Hollywood
1944 · Martin S. Dwyer
End of the Road
1944 · Chris Martin
Cry of the Werewolf
1944 · Peter Althius
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944 · Salesman
Secrets of Scotland Yard
1944 · Mortimer Cope
U-Boat Prisoner
1944 · Alfonse Lamont
Summer Storm
1944 · Lunin
Once Upon a Time
1944 · Reporter (uncredited)
The Mask of Dimitrios
1944 · Mr. Pappas
Jane Eyre
1943 · Mason
The Cross of Lorraine
1943 · Baker (uncredited)
Dangerous Blondes
1943 · Roland X. Smith (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
1943 · Grinko (uncredited)
Hangmen Also Die!
1943 · Hostage (scenes deleted)
They Got Me Covered
1943 · Gregory Vanesou
The Gorilla Man
1943 · Dr. Ferris
London Blackout Murders
1943 · Jack Rawlings
Nightmare
1942 · Carl aka Charles
Get Hep to Love
1942 · Professor Radowsky
Mrs. Miniver
1942 · Fred
Rubber Racketeers
1942 · Dumbo
This Above All
1942 · Joe
Joan of Paris
1942 · English Spy
The Shanghai Gesture
1941 · Poppy's Escort
Ten Days in Paris
1940 · André
The Great Commandment
1939 · Starving Beggar, Starving Begger (uncredited)
The Saint in London
1939 · Count Stephen Duni
This Man Is News
1938 · Hood with Foreign Accent
Under Secret Orders
1937 · Armand
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1937 · Flower Seller
Street of Shadows
1937
The Conquest of the Air
1931 · Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
Series (47)
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978 · Mouth Organist
Cool Million
1972 · Sir Godwin Phipps-Cheston
The Partners
1971
Timeslip
1970
Paul Temple
1969 · Floor Manager
Medical Center
1969 · Professor MacIntyre
Land of the Giants
1968 · Prof. Gorak
Mannix
1967
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
Rango
1967
Star Trek
1966 · Ayleborn
Get Smart
1965 · Mondo
Laredo
1965
Lost in Space
1965 · Sesmar
Profiles in Courage
1964 · Senator Wigfall
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Dr. Ellias Swan
Flipper
1964
Bewitched
1964
Wendy and Me
1964
The Rogues
1964 · Sir Egbert
Burke's Law
1963 · Conrad Jaeger
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Sir Trevor Gielgud Burton-Guiness
Ichabod and Me
1961
Maigret
1960 · Extra in Film Sequences (uncredited)
The Islanders
1960 · Harwood Gones
Outlaws
1960
Thriller
1960 · Kriss Milo ('The Mask of Medusa')
The Detectives
1959
Adventures in Paradise
1959 · Murdock
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959 · Professor Brent
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Dr. Felstrand
The Rifleman
1958
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958 · The Cat
Peter Gunn
1958
Perry Mason
1957 · Prof. Carlos Muntz, Dr. Durwood Tobey
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Winston Ainslee
Telephone Time
1956 · Jutchenko
Matinee Theater
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Dr. Albert Sawyer
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Mr. Munro
Gunsmoke
1955 · Professor Lute Bone, Eddie
General Electric Theater
1953 · Professsor Meyerdal, Nathan
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Col. Barton
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Chang
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Studio One
1948 · Travers