John Abbott
Born in Stepney, London, England, UK — Jun 05 1905• Died May 24 1996
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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 Ham…
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Perry Mason
Prof. Carlos Muntz
Star Trek
Ayleborn
Bewitched
Mannix
Have Gun, Will Travel
Winston Ainslee
The Beverly Hillbillies
Medical Center
Professor MacIntyre
The Rifleman
Matinee Theater
Burke's Law
Conrad Jaeger
Studio One
Travers
Get Smart
Lost in Space
Sesmar
Peter Gunn
Thriller
Kriss Milo ('The Mask of Medusa')
Adventures in Paradise
Murdock
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Gunsmoke
Professor Lute Bone
Laredo
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Dr. Ellias Swan
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mr. Munro
Land of the Giants
Prof. Gorak
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Dr. Albert Sawyer
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Professor Brent
The Rogues
Sir Egbert
The Detectives
Cavalcade of America
Col. Barton
Telephone Time
Flipper
Outlaws
Garrison's Gorillas
The Jungle Book
Akela (voice)
Profiles in Courage
Senator Wigfall
The Partners
The Islanders
Harwood Gones
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
The Cat
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Chang
Rango
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Aben
Cool Million
Sir Godwin Phipps-Cheston
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Mouth Organist
Timeslip
Wendy and Me
Gigi
Manuel
Mrs. Miniver
Fred
General Electric Theater
Professsor Meyerdal
Jane Eyre
Mason
Ichabod and Me
The Merry Widow
Marshovian Ambassador
The Web
Charles Murdock
Deception
Bertram Gribble
Humoresque
Rozner
The Mask of Dimitrios
Mr. Pappas
Gambit
Emile
Saratoga Trunk
Roscoe Bean
Navy Bound
Pappa Cerrano
Madame Bovary
Mayor Tuvache
Hangmen Also Die!
Hostage (scenes deleted)
Who's Minding the Store?
Mr. Orlandos
The Falcon in Hollywood
Martin S. Dwyer
The Commissioner
Commissioner's Laywer
Summer Storm
Lunin
Dangerous Blondes
Roland X. Smith (uncredited)
The Black Bird
Duquai
Thunder on the Hill
Abel Harmer
Slapstick of Another Kind
Dr. Frankenstein
Outside Chance
Coroner
One More Tomorrow
Joseph Baronova
A Thousand and One Nights
Ali
Anna and the King of Siam
Phya Phrom
Mission to Moscow
Grinko (uncredited)
The Cat Creature
Dr. Reinhart
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Heller
This Above All
Joe
The Power of the Whistler
Kaspar Andropolous
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
Will Scarlet
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Lal Bara
A Hazard of Hearts
2nd Gambler
Once Upon a Time
Reporter (uncredited)
Pursuit to Algiers
Jodri
End of the Road
Chris Martin
Joan of Paris
English Spy
Thunder in the East
Nitra Puta
The Crime Doctor's Warning
Jimmy Gordon
Cry of the Werewolf
Peter Althius
The Shanghai Gesture
Poppy's Escort
The Cross of Lorraine
Baker (uncredited)
The Steel Lady
Mustafa el Melik
Get Hep to Love
Professor Radowsky
If Winter Comes
Mr. Twyning
Adventure Island
Huish
Time Out of Mind
Max Leiberman
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Flower Seller
The Woman in White
Frederick Fairlie
Rubber Racketeers
Dumbo
Rogue's March
Herbert Bielensen
Omar Khayyam
Yusuf
The Saint in London
Count Stephen Duni
Crosswinds
Sykes
Ten Days in Paris
André
Abroad with Two Yanks
Salesman
Sombrero
Don Daniel
The Miracle on 34th Street
Dr. Sawyer
The Epic That Never Was
Himself – Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)
Nightmare
Carl aka Charles
The Conquest of the Air
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
The Vampire's Ghost
Webb Fallon
Three Guns for Texas
Banker Irwing
U-Boat Prisoner
Alfonse Lamont
Public Pigeon No. 1
Dipso Dale Rutherford
They Got Me Covered
Gregory Vanesou
The Great Commandment
Starving Beggar
London Blackout Murders
Jack Rawlings
This Man Is News
Hood with Foreign Accent
2000 Years Later
Gregorius
Sideshow
Pierre
The Gorilla Man
Dr. Ferris
Secrets of Scotland Yard
Mortimer Cope
Under Secret Orders
Armand
Smorgasbord
Surgeon
Quest
Blunt Instrument
Dr. Durrant
Honeymoon Ahead
Welles
Street of Shadows