Whit Bissell: movies and TV shows
Whit Bissell has 253 credits in the archive: 120 films and 133 TV series, from 1940 to 1993. Highest rated: Barbary Coast (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1940 – 1993 · busiest year: 1957 (23 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Lurry | TV | 7.9 | 83 |
| 1993 | Time Machine: The Journey Back | Walter Kemp | Film | 7.0 | 83 |
| 1991 | Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Prof. Frankenstein (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 81 |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest | Mr. Hobson | TV | 5.6 | 71 |
| 1981 | Darkroom | Arthur | TV | 7.2 | 71 |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | TV | 6.8 | 69 | |
| 1979 | Ike | Admiral | TV | 7.3 | 69 |
| 1979 | The Night Rider | Richards | Film | 5.3 | 69 |
| 1979 | Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter | Dr. Henry Blodgett | Film | 9.4 | 69 |
| 1978 | The Time Machine | Ralph Branly | Film | 5.0 | 68 |
| 1978 | Casey's Shadow | Dr. Williamson | Film | 6.4 | 68 |
| 1978 | Donner Pass: The Road to Survival | Uncle Billy Graves | Film | 9.0 | 68 |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk | TV | 7.2 | 67 | |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk | Prof. Williams | TV | 7.2 | 67 |
| 1977 | Flood! | Dr. Ted Horne | Film | 5.1 | 67 |
| 1977 | Last of the Mohicans | Gen. Webb | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 1977 | The Lincoln Conspiracy | Sen. John Conness | Film | 6.0 | 67 |
| 1977 | The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race | Simon Hollaway | Film | 6.0 | 67 |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | TV | 7.5 | 66 | |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman | TV | 7.0 | 66 | |
| 1976 | The Tony Randall Show | TV | 6.4 | 66 | |
| 1976 | Archie | Hiram Lodge | Film | — | 66 |
| 1975 | Matt Helm | Rollins | TV | 7.8 | 65 |
| 1975 | Barbary Coast | TV | 8.3 | 65 | |
| 1975 | The Swiss Family Robinson | TV | 6.4 | 65 | |
| 1975 | Nick and Nora | Film | — | 65 | |
| 1975 | Psychic Killer | Dr. Paul Taylor | Film | 5.3 | 65 |
| 1974 | Harry O | TV | 5.2 | 64 | |
| 1974 | The Manhunter | Mr. Beale | TV | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1974 | Lincoln | William Seward | TV | 8.0 | 64 |
| 1974 | The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One | Senator McKellar | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 1973 | Kojak | Sentman | TV | 7.2 | 63 |
| 1973 | Soylent Green | Gov. Santini | Film | 6.9 | 63 |
| 1973 | Cry Rape | Judge Newcombe | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1972 | Search | St. Clair | TV | 7.1 | 62 |
| 1972 | Pete 'n' Tillie | Funeral Minister | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 1972 | The Salzburg Connection | Jim Newhart | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 1972 | Justin Morgan Had a Horse | Mr. Mays | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1971 | Cannon | Billingsley | TV | 6.7 | 61 |
| 1971 | In Broad Daylight | Capt. Moss | Film | 5.8 | 61 |
| 1971 | A Tattered Web | Mr. Harland | Film | 5.6 | 61 |
| 1971 | City Beneath the Sea | Prof. Holmes | Film | 4.5 | 61 |
| 1970 | McCloud | TV | 7.2 | 60 | |
| 1970 | Airport | Mr. Davidson | Film | 6.5 | 60 |
| 1970 | The Andersonville Trial | Doctor Ford | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. Arnold Winnick | TV | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1969 | Once You Kiss a Stranger... | Dr. David Haggis | Film | 4.6 | 59 |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Donald Merrick | TV | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Wainwright | TV | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy | Ted Driscoll | TV | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1968 | Land of the Giants | Dr. Krane | TV | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief | James Jenkins | TV | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1968 | The Outsider | TV | 6.0 | 58 | |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | TV | 6.1 | 58 | |
| 1968 | 5 Card Stud | Dr. Cooper | Film | 6.2 | 58 |
| 1967 | Ironside | TV | 6.9 | 57 | |
| 1967 | Mannix | TV | 6.8 | 57 | |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Col. Harris | TV | 6.9 | 57 |
| 1967 | Judd, for the Defense | TV | 7.7 | 57 | |
| 1967 | A Covenant with Death | Bruce Donnelly | Film | 4.8 | 57 |
| 1966 | Star Trek | Lurry | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1966 | The Time Tunnel | General Heywood Kirk | TV | 7.6 | 56 |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | TV | 6.5 | 56 | |
| 1966 | Jericho | TV | 7.3 | 56 | |
| 1965 | Hogan's Heroes | Gen. Kammler | TV | 7.6 | 55 |
| 1965 | I Dream of Jeannie | Horace | TV | 7.8 | 55 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Carter | TV | 5.6 | 55 |
| 1965 | Laredo | TV | 6.4 | 55 | |
| 1965 | The Loner | Ab Nichols | TV | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1965 | Camp Runamuck | TV | 7.3 | 55 | |
| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail | Hobbs | Film | 6.1 | 55 |
| 1965 | The Final Hour | Whit Parsons | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1965 | Fluffy | Dr. Braden | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Stogie the Trapper | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1964 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | TV | 7.1 | 54 | |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Prof. Harvey Glomm | TV | 7.1 | 54 |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage | Myles | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage | Woodrow Wilson | TV | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1964 | Seven Days in May | Sen. Frederick Prentice | Film | 7.3 | 54 |
| 1964 | Advance to the Rear | Capt. Queeg | Film | 5.2 | 54 |
| 1964 | Where Love Has Gone | Professor Bell | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | John Gibson | TV | 7.3 | 53 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Dr. Freestone | TV | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction | Ralph Denton | TV | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Commanding General | TV | 7.8 | 53 |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Karl Bellini | TV | 7.3 | 53 |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Gus Hickman | TV | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | TV | 8.3 | 53 | |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure | Benjamin Silliman | TV | 10.0 | 53 |
| 1963 | The Dakotas | TV | 6.5 | 53 | |
| 1963 | Hud | Mr. Burris | Film | 7.2 | 53 |
| 1963 | Glynis | TV | 10.0 | 53 | |
| 1963 | Spencer's Mountain | Dr. Campbell | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Adam Driscoll | TV | 7.8 | 52 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Burns | TV | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Andrew Cass | TV | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Whit Parsons | TV | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1962 | Going My Way | TV | 6.5 | 52 | |
| 1962 | The Manchurian Candidate | Medical Officer | Film | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1962 | Birdman of Alcatraz | Dr. Ellis | Film | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1962 | Third of a Man | Maxwell | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1962 | Exercise No. One | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Kenneth Kline | TV | 5.7 | 51 |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | TV | 5.9 | 51 | |
| 1961 | Bus Stop | TV | 10.0 | 51 | |
| 1961 | Straightaway | TV | 9.0 | 51 | |
| 1960 | Route 66 | TV | 6.7 | 50 | |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | TV | 6.3 | 50 | |
| 1960 | The Magnificent Seven | Chamlee | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1960 | The Roaring 20's | TV | — | 50 | |
| 1960 | Guestward, Ho! | TV | 6.5 | 50 | |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West | Harmony Bell | TV | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1960 | The Time Machine | Walter Kemp | Film | 7.4 | 50 |
| 1960 | The Brothers Brannagan | Sanford | TV | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1960 | Daniel Boone: And Chase the Buffalo | Gov. Tryon | Film | — | 50 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | TV | 7.2 | 49 | |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Doc Taggert | TV | 7.2 | 49 |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond | Capt. Will Fielding | TV | 5.7 | 49 |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | TV | 5.6 | 49 | |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | Arthur Dane | TV | 5.6 | 49 |
| 1959 | The Detectives | TV | 6.7 | 49 | |
| 1959 | Lock-Up | TV | 6.4 | 49 | |
| 1959 | Johnny Ringo | Sheriff Arson | TV | 5.9 | 49 |
| 1959 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | Henry | TV | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1959 | Tightrope | TV | 6.3 | 49 | |
| 1959 | Bourbon Street Beat | TV | 6.0 | 49 | |
| 1959 | Philip Marlowe | TV | 7.5 | 49 | |
| 1959 | Men Into Space | TV | 7.4 | 49 | |
| 1959 | Warlock | Petrix | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1959 | No Name on the Bullet | Pierce | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1959 | Never So Few | Capt. Alofson, Psychiatrist | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 1959 | The Black Orchid | Harmon | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | TV | 7.1 | 48 | |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show | TV | 6.5 | 48 | |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn | TV | 6.6 | 48 | |
| 1958 | Lawman | TV | 5.8 | 48 | |
| 1958 | The Texan | TV | 6.0 | 48 | |
| 1958 | Sea Hunt | TV | 6.7 | 48 | |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | TV | 6.5 | 48 | |
| 1958 | The Veil | TV | 7.8 | 48 | |
| 1958 | The Defiant Ones | Lou Gans | Film | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1958 | Monster on the Campus | Dr. Oliver Cole | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1958 | Destination Nightmare | Dr. Will Madison | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Larry Sands | TV | 7.7 | 47 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Max Pompey | TV | 7.7 | 47 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Laurence Barlow | TV | 7.7 | 47 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Dennison Groody | TV | 7.7 | 47 |
| 1957 | The Real McCoys | TV | 5.9 | 47 | |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Albert Sykes | TV | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1957 | Maverick | TV | 6.9 | 47 | |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | TV | 7.3 | 47 | |
| 1957 | Zorro | TV | 7.5 | 47 | |
| 1957 | M Squad | Tommy Hatch | TV | 5.4 | 47 |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre | Chris Wallis | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1957 | Trackdown | TV | 6.9 | 47 | |
| 1957 | The Thin Man | TV | 7.6 | 47 | |
| 1957 | Panic! | TV | 8.0 | 47 | |
| 1957 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | 'Tombstone Epitaph' Editor John P. Clum | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1957 | The Comedian | Otis Elwell | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1957 | The Tall Stranger | Adam Judson | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1957 | I Was a Teenage Werewolf | Dr. Alfred Brandon | Film | 4.8 | 47 |
| 1957 | The Young Stranger | Grubbs | Film | 5.9 | 47 |
| 1957 | Code 3 | TV | 6.5 | 47 | |
| 1957 | I Was a Teenage Frankenstein | Prof. Frankenstein | Film | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1957 | Johnny Tremain | Josiah Quincy | Film | 6.1 | 47 |
| 1957 | The Wayward Girl | Ira Molson | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | TV | 6.2 | 46 | |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Major Ralph McConnell | TV | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1956 | State Trooper | TV | 5.7 | 46 | |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Elwell | TV | 7.6 | 46 |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | TV | 5.3 | 46 | |
| 1956 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Emergency Room Psychiatrist | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1956 | Dakota Incident | Mark Chester | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1956 | The Proud Ones | Mr. Sam Bolton | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1956 | Man from Del Rio | Breezy Morgan | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1956 | Rendezvous in Black | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | TV | 6.1 | 45 | |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | TV | 6.8 | 45 | |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | James Mahoney | TV | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mr. Bliss | TV | 7.8 | 45 |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | TV | 6.0 | 45 | |
| 1955 | Trial | Sam Wiltse | Film | 6.9 | 45 |
| 1955 | The Desperate Hours | FBI Agent Carson | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1955 | Not as a Stranger | Dr. Dietrich | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1955 | The Naked Street | Dist. Atty. Blaker | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1955 | Shack Out on 101 | Eddie | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1955 | At Gunpoint | Clem Clark | Film | 6.7 | 45 |
| 1955 | The Miracle on 34th Street | Dr. Pierce | Film | 5.7 | 45 |
| 1954 | Father Knows Best | Sinclair Bruder | TV | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Mr. Grubbs | TV | 3.8 | 44 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Whitfield Cook | TV | 3.8 | 44 |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | TV | 7.5 | 44 | |
| 1954 | Public Defender | Peter Stone | TV | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1954 | Creature from the Black Lagoon | Dr. Edwin Thompson | Film | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1954 | The Caine Mutiny | Lt. Comdr. Dickson M.D. | Film | 7.2 | 44 |
| 1954 | It Should Happen to You | Robert Grau | Film | 7.1 | 44 |
| 1954 | Three Hours to Kill | Deke | Film | 5.1 | 44 |
| 1954 | The Shanghai Story | Paul Grant | Film | 5.1 | 44 |
| 1954 | Riot in Cell Block 11 | Guard Snader | Film | 7.1 | 44 |
| 1954 | The Atomic Kid | Dr. Edgar Pangborn | Film | 5.0 | 44 |
| 1954 | Target Earth | Tom | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1953 | City Detective | TV | 7.5 | 43 | |
| 1953 | You Are There | John Adams | TV | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Paul Wells | TV | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Dolph | TV | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Joseph Goebbels | TV | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Czadek | TV | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1953 | Devil's Canyon | Virgil Gates | Film | 5.0 | 43 |
| 1953 | A Tale of Two Cities | Host | Film | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1952 | Hoodlum Empire | Pickpocket | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1952 | The Sellout | Wilfred Jackson | Film | 5.4 | 42 |
| 1952 | The Turning Point | Buck (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1952 | Boots Malone | Lou Dyer | Film | 8.1 | 42 |
| 1951 | The Red Badge of Courage | Wounded Officer (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1951 | Red Mountain | Miles | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1951 | Night Into Morning | Monument Salesman (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1951 | Tales of Robin Hood | Will | Film | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1951 | Lost Continent | Stanley Briggs | Film | 3.6 | 41 |
| 1951 | Sealed Cargo | Schuster | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1951 | The Family Secret | Joe Elsner | Film | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Rev. Trumbull | TV | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1950 | Convicted | States Attorney Owens (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1950 | A Life of Her Own | Rental Agent (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 40 |
| 1950 | Wyoming Mail | Sam | Film | 5.2 | 40 |
| 1950 | Perfect Strangers | Defense Attorney (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1950 | When Willie Comes Marching Home | Lt. M.J. Hanley - Psychiatrist (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 40 |
| 1950 | Side Street | Harold Simpson (chief teller) | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1950 | The Killer That Stalked New York | Sid Bennet | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1949 | He Walked by Night | Paul Reeves | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1949 | The Crime Doctor's Diary | Pete Bellem | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1949 | Tokyo Joe | Capt. Winnow (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 39 |
| 1949 | Anna Lucasta | Stanley | Film | 4.2 | 39 |
| 1949 | Chicken Every Sunday | Robby | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Prof. Geoffrey Crawford | TV | 5.4 | 38 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Denton | TV | 5.4 | 38 |
| 1948 | Studio One | TV | 5.4 | 38 | |
| 1948 | Raw Deal | Murderer | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1948 | Another Part of the Forest | Jugger | Film | 7.8 | 38 |
| 1948 | That Lady in Ermine | Giulio | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1948 | Canon City | Heilman | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1947 | Brute Force | Tom Lister | Film | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass | Ted - the Clerk (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1947 | A Double Life | Dr. Stauffer | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1947 | The Senator Was Indiscreet | Robert Oakes | Film | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1946 | Cluny Brown | Archie | Film | 7.2 | 36 |
| 1946 | Somewhere in the Night | John (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1946 | It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog | Chester Frye (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 36 |
| 1945 | The Horn Blows at Midnight | Heavenly Piccolo Player (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 35 |
| 1944 | Winged Victory | Lt. Hudson | Film | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1943 | Destination Tokyo | Yo Yo (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 33 |
| 1943 | Holy Matrimony | Harry Leek (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1942 | Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon | London Bobbie (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1940 | The Sea Hawk | Gate Guard at Palace Entrance | Film | 7.2 | 30 |