John Abbott
Actor
Born June 5, 1905 in Stepney, London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
The Commissioner
Commissioner's Laywer
A Hazard of Hearts
2nd Gambler
Quest
Smorgasbord
Surgeon
Slapstick of Another Kind
Dr. Frankenstein
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Mouth Organist
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Heller
The Black Bird
Duquai
The Cat Creature
Dr. Reinhart
Cool Million
Sir Godwin Phipps-Cheston
Timeslip
Paul Temple
Floor Manager
Medical Center
Professor MacIntyre
The Epic That Never Was
Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)
2000 Years Later
Gregorius
Three Guns for Texas
Banker Irwing
Land of the Giants
Prof. Gorak
The Jungle Book
Akela (voice)
Mannix
Garrison's Gorillas
Rango
Gambit
Emile
Star Trek
Ayleborn
Get Smart
Mondo
Laredo
Lost in Space
Sesmar
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Aben
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Dr. Ellias Swan
Flipper
Bewitched
Wendy and Me
The Rogues
Sir Egbert
Who's Minding the Store?
Mr. Orlandos
Burke's Law
Conrad Jaeger
The Beverly Hillbillies
Ichabod and Me
The Islanders
Harwood Gones
Outlaws
Thriller
Kriss Milo ('The Mask of Medusa')
The Detectives
Adventures in Paradise
Murdock
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Professor Brent
77 Sunset Strip
Dr. Felstrand
The Rifleman
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
The Cat
Peter Gunn
Gigi
Manuel
Perry Mason
Prof. Carlos Muntz
Have Gun, Will Travel
Winston Ainslee
Omar Khayyam
Yusuf
Public Pigeon No. 1
Dipso Dale Rutherford
Telephone Time
Jutchenko
The Miracle on 34th Street
Dr. Sawyer
Matinee Theater
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Dr. Albert Sawyer
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mr. Munro
Gunsmoke
Professor Lute Bone
The Steel Lady
Mustafa el Melik
Sombrero
Don Daniel
Rogue's March
Herbert Bielensen
General Electric Theater
Professsor Meyerdal
Thunder in the East
Nitra Puta
Cavalcade of America
Col. Barton
The Merry Widow
Marshovian Ambassador
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Chang
Thunder on the Hill
Abel Harmer
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Crosswinds
Sykes
Navy Bound
Pappa Cerrano
Sideshow
Pierre
Madame Bovary
Mayor Tuvache
Studio One
Travers
The Woman in White
Frederick Fairlie
If Winter Comes
Mr. Twyning
Adventure Island
Huish
The Web
Charles Murdock
Time Out of Mind
Max Leiberman
Humoresque
Rozner
Deception
Bertram Gribble
Anna and the King of Siam
Phya Phrom
One More Tomorrow
Joseph Baronova
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
Will Scarlet
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Lal Bara
Saratoga Trunk
Roscoe Bean
Pursuit to Algiers
Jodri
The Crime Doctor's Warning
Jimmy Gordon
A Thousand and One Nights
Ali
Honeymoon Ahead
Welles
The Power of the Whistler
Kaspar Andropolous
The Vampire's Ghost
Webb Fallon
The Falcon in Hollywood
Martin S. Dwyer
End of the Road
Chris Martin
Cry of the Werewolf
Peter Althius
Abroad with Two Yanks
Salesman
Secrets of Scotland Yard
Mortimer Cope
U-Boat Prisoner
Alfonse Lamont
Summer Storm
Lunin
Once Upon a Time
Reporter (uncredited)
The Mask of Dimitrios
Mr. Pappas
Jane Eyre
Mason
The Cross of Lorraine
Baker (uncredited)
Dangerous Blondes
Roland X. Smith (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
Grinko (uncredited)
Hangmen Also Die!
Hostage (scenes deleted)
They Got Me Covered
Gregory Vanesou
The Gorilla Man
Dr. Ferris
London Blackout Murders
Jack Rawlings
Nightmare
Carl aka Charles
Get Hep to Love
Professor Radowsky
Mrs. Miniver
Fred
Rubber Racketeers
Dumbo
This Above All
Joe
Joan of Paris
English Spy
The Shanghai Gesture
Poppy's Escort
Ten Days in Paris
André
The Great Commandment
Starving Beggar
The Saint in London
Count Stephen Duni
This Man Is News
Hood with Foreign Accent
Under Secret Orders
Armand
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Flower Seller
Street of Shadows
The Conquest of the Air
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier