John Abbott: movies and TV shows
John Abbott has 132 credits in the archive: 82 films and 50 TV series, from 1931 to 1998. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1931 – 1998 · busiest year: 1944 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The Commissioner | Commissioner's Laywer | Film | 6.0 | 93 |
| 1987 | A Hazard of Hearts | 2nd Gambler | Film | 7.8 | 82 |
| 1984 | Quest | Film | 6.8 | 79 | |
| 1983 | Smorgasbord | Surgeon | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 1982 | Slapstick of Another Kind | Dr. Frankenstein | Film | 3.0 | 77 |
| 1981 | Blunt Instrument | Dr. Durrant | Film | 8.0 | 76 |
| 1978 | Edward and Mrs Simpson | Mouth Organist | TV | 6.8 | 73 |
| 1978 | Outside Chance | Coroner | Film | 5.0 | 73 |
| 1976 | Sherlock Holmes in New York | Heller | Film | 6.0 | 71 |
| 1975 | The Black Bird | Duquai | Film | 5.0 | 70 |
| 1973 | The Cat Creature | Dr. Reinhart | Film | 5.4 | 68 |
| 1972 | Cool Million | Sir Godwin Phipps-Cheston | TV | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1971 | The Partners | TV | 6.5 | 66 | |
| 1970 | Timeslip | TV | 7.7 | 65 | |
| 1969 | Medical Center | Professor MacIntyre | TV | 6.4 | 64 |
| 1969 | Paul Temple | Floor Manager | TV | 7.3 | 64 |
| 1969 | 2000 Years Later | Gregorius | Film | 7.5 | 64 |
| 1969 | The Epic That Never Was | Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 64 |
| 1968 | Land of the Giants | Prof. Gorak | TV | 6.8 | 63 |
| 1968 | Three Guns for Texas | Banker Irwing | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 1967 | Mannix | TV | 6.8 | 62 | |
| 1967 | The Jungle Book | Akela (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 62 |
| 1967 | Garrison's Gorillas | TV | 8.1 | 62 | |
| 1967 | Rango | TV | — | 62 | |
| 1966 | Star Trek | Ayleborn | TV | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1966 | Gambit | Emile | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1965 | Get Smart | Mondo | TV | 7.9 | 60 |
| 1965 | Lost in Space | Sesmar | TV | 7.2 | 60 |
| 1965 | Laredo | TV | 6.4 | 60 | |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Aben | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 1964 | Bewitched | TV | 7.9 | 59 | |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Dr. Ellias Swan | TV | 7.1 | 59 |
| 1964 | Flipper | TV | 6.2 | 59 | |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage | Senator Wigfall | TV | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1964 | The Rogues | Sir Egbert | TV | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1964 | Wendy and Me | TV | 8.0 | 59 | |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Conrad Jaeger | TV | 6.3 | 58 |
| 1963 | Who's Minding the Store? | Mr. Orlandos | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies | TV | 6.9 | 57 | |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies | Sir Trevor Gielgud Burton-Guiness | TV | 6.9 | 57 |
| 1961 | Ichabod and Me | TV | 6.0 | 56 | |
| 1960 | Thriller | Kriss Milo ('The Mask of Medusa') | TV | 6.7 | 55 |
| 1960 | Outlaws | TV | 6.7 | 55 | |
| 1960 | The Islanders | Harwood Gones | TV | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise | Murdock | TV | 6.1 | 54 |
| 1959 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | TV | 6.3 | 54 | |
| 1959 | The Detectives | TV | 6.7 | 54 | |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Professor Brent | TV | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | TV | 7.1 | 53 | |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn | TV | 6.6 | 53 | |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Dr. Felstrand | TV | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1958 | The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen | The Cat | TV | 9.0 | 53 |
| 1958 | Gigi | Manuel | Film | 6.2 | 53 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Prof. Carlos Muntz | TV | 7.7 | 52 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Dr. Durwood Tobey | TV | 7.7 | 52 |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Winston Ainslee | TV | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1957 | Omar Khayyam | Yusuf | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1957 | Public Pigeon No. 1 | Dipso Dale Rutherford | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1956 | Telephone Time | Jutchenko | TV | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | TV | 5.3 | 50 | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Professor Lute Bone | TV | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Eddie | TV | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mr. Munro | TV | 7.8 | 50 |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Dr. Albert Sawyer | TV | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1955 | The Miracle on 34th Street | Dr. Sawyer | Film | 5.7 | 50 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Professsor Meyerdal | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Nathan | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1953 | The Steel Lady | Mustafa el Melik | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1953 | Rogue's March | Herbert Bielensen | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1953 | Sombrero | Don Daniel | Film | 4.2 | 48 |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Col. Barton | TV | 4.6 | 47 |
| 1952 | The Merry Widow | Marshovian Ambassador | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1952 | Thunder in the East | Nitra Puta | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Chang | TV | 8.8 | 46 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | TV | 7.2 | 46 | |
| 1951 | Thunder on the Hill | Abel Harmer | Film | 6.4 | 46 |
| 1951 | Crosswinds | Sykes | Film | 5.9 | 46 |
| 1951 | Navy Bound | Pappa Cerrano | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1950 | Sideshow | Pierre | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1949 | Madame Bovary | Mayor Tuvache | Film | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Travers | TV | 5.4 | 43 |
| 1948 | The Woman in White | Frederick Fairlie | Film | 5.7 | 43 |
| 1947 | Humoresque | Rozner | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1947 | The Web | Charles Murdock | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1947 | Adventure Island | Huish | Film | 5.5 | 42 |
| 1947 | If Winter Comes | Mr. Twyning | Film | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1947 | Time Out of Mind | Max Leiberman | Film | 5.6 | 42 |
| 1946 | Anna and the King of Siam | Phya Phrom | Film | 6.2 | 41 |
| 1946 | The Bandit of Sherwood Forest | Will Scarlet | Film | 5.3 | 41 |
| 1946 | The Notorious Lone Wolf | Lal Bara | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1946 | One More Tomorrow | Joseph Baronova | Film | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1946 | Deception | Bertram Gribble | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1945 | Pursuit to Algiers | Jodri | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1945 | A Thousand and One Nights | Ali | Film | 6.1 | 40 |
| 1945 | Saratoga Trunk | Roscoe Bean | Film | 6.1 | 40 |
| 1945 | The Crime Doctor's Warning | Jimmy Gordon | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1945 | The Vampire's Ghost | Webb Fallon | Film | 5.5 | 40 |
| 1945 | The Power of the Whistler | Kaspar Andropolous | Film | 5.9 | 40 |
| 1945 | Honeymoon Ahead | Welles | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1944 | The Mask of Dimitrios | Mr. Pappas | Film | 7.1 | 39 |
| 1944 | Once Upon a Time | Reporter (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 39 |
| 1944 | Summer Storm | Lunin | Film | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1944 | End of the Road | Chris Martin | Film | 5.8 | 39 |
| 1944 | U-Boat Prisoner | Alfonse Lamont | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1944 | Abroad with Two Yanks | Salesman | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1944 | Cry of the Werewolf | Peter Althius | Film | 4.8 | 39 |
| 1944 | Secrets of Scotland Yard | Mortimer Cope | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1944 | The Falcon in Hollywood | Martin S. Dwyer | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1943 | Jane Eyre | Mason | Film | 6.9 | 38 |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die! | Hostage (scenes deleted) | Film | 6.9 | 38 |
| 1943 | The Cross of Lorraine | Baker (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1943 | They Got Me Covered | Gregory Vanesou | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1943 | Dangerous Blondes | Roland X. Smith (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1943 | Mission to Moscow | Grinko (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1943 | London Blackout Murders | Jack Rawlings | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1943 | The Gorilla Man | Dr. Ferris | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1942 | Mrs. Miniver | Fred | Film | 7.1 | 37 |
| 1942 | This Above All | Joe | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1942 | Rubber Racketeers | Dumbo | Film | 5.5 | 37 |
| 1942 | Get Hep to Love | Professor Radowsky | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1942 | Joan of Paris | English Spy | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1942 | Nightmare | Carl aka Charles | Film | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1941 | The Shanghai Gesture | Poppy's Escort | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1940 | Ten Days in Paris | André | Film | 7.8 | 35 |
| 1939 | The Saint in London | Count Stephen Duni | Film | 5.9 | 34 |
| 1939 | The Great Commandment | Starving Beggar | Film | 5.0 | 34 |
| 1939 | The Great Commandment | Starving Begger (uncredited) | Film | 5.0 | 34 |
| 1938 | This Man Is News | Hood with Foreign Accent | Film | 5.3 | 33 |
| 1937 | Street of Shadows | Film | 6.9 | 32 | |
| 1937 | Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel | Flower Seller | Film | 4.4 | 32 |
| 1937 | Under Secret Orders | Armand | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1931 | The Conquest of the Air | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier | Film | 5.4 | 26 |