Whit Bissell

Whit Bissell

October 25, 1909 · 116 years old

Whit Bissell (born Whitner Nutting Bissell) was an American character actor. His career in film and television spanned the years 1940 to 1984.

Known For

32 titles
1
Soylent Green

Soylent Green

1973 · 1h 37m · Movie

A nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth.

7.0
2
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956 · 1h 20m · Movie

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

7.7
3
The Time Machine

The Time Machine

1960 · 1h 43m · Movie

A man's vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society.

7.5
4
Creature from the Black Lagoon

Creature from the Black Lagoon

1954 · 1h 19m · Movie

A strange prehistoric beast lurks in the depths of the Amazonian jungle. A group of scientists try to capture the animal and bring it back to civilization for study.

6.9
5
Hud

Hud

1963 · 1h 52m · Movie

Honest, hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon has a conflict with his unscrupulous, selfish, arrogant, egotistical son Hud, who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car crash.

7.8
6
Birdman of Alcatraz

Birdman of Alcatraz

1962 · 2h 27m · Movie

A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.

7.8
7
The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

1958 · 1h 36m · Movie

Two chained-together escaped convicts, one white and one black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.

7.6
8
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957 · 2h 2m · Movie

Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

7.1
9
Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May

1964 · 1h 58m · Movie

United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.

7.8
10
The Desperate Hours

The Desperate Hours

1955 · 1h 52m · Movie

Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household.

7.5
11
Warlock

Warlock

1959 · 2h 1m · Movie

A famous gunman becomes the marshal of Warlock to end a gang's rampages, but is met with some opposition by a former gang member turned deputy sheriff who wants to follow only legal methods.

7.1
12
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

1942 · 1h 8m · Movie

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must protect a Swiss inventor of an advanced bomb sight from falling into German hands.

6.5
13
He Walked by Night

He Walked by Night

1949 · 1h 19m · Movie

This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.

7.0
14
Raw Deal

Raw Deal

1948 · 1h 19m · Movie

Joe Sullivan (Dennis O'Keefe) has taken the rap for Rick (Raymond Burr), who double-crosses him with a flawed escape plan and other means intended to get rid of him.

7.2
15
5 Card Stud

5 Card Stud

1968 · 1h 43m · Movie

The players in an ongoing poker game are being mysteriously killed off, one by one.

6.4
16
A Double Life

A Double Life

1947 · 1h 44m · Movie

A celebrated actor struggles to distinguish his own life from that of his most recent stage role, Othello.

6.9
17
Side Street

Side Street

1950 · 1h 23m · Movie

A young man with a pregnant wife steals blackmail money for murder.

7.1
18
Never So Few

Never So Few

1959 · 2h 5m · Movie

During WW2, the American OSS mounts covert operations with the native Kachin against the Japanese army in the jungles of Burma.

5.8
19
No Name on the Bullet

No Name on the Bullet

1959 · 1h 17m · Movie

When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.

7.2
20
Riot in Cell Block 11

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954 · 1h 20m · Movie

Fed up with the inhumane prison living conditions, a general prison riot breaks out, leading to hostage-taking, a stand-off with the guards and eventual negotiations with the prison administration officials.

7.0
21
The Turning Point

The Turning Point

1952 · 1h 25m · Movie

Jerry McKibbon is a tough, no nonsense reporter, mentoring special prosecutor John Conroy in routing out corrupt officials in the city, which may even include Conroy's own police detective father as a suspect.

6.8
22
Pete 'n' Tillie

Pete 'n' Tillie

1972 · 1h 40m · Movie

Tillie Shlai is not looking forward to meeting yet another blind date. This one's name is Pete Seltzer. Pete and Tillie are not a match made in heaven; he uses wisecracking and constant flirtations with women to mask his own insec...

6.2
23
The Tall Stranger

The Tall Stranger

1957 · 1h 21m · Movie

Back from the Civil War, an ex-Yankee officer helps a wagon train of former Confederates to settle in a prosperous valley marred by cattle rustling and land grabbing feuds.

6.4
24
When Willie Comes Marching Home

When Willie Comes Marching Home

1950 · 1h 22m · Movie

Willie Kluggs enters the service with hopes of going overseas, but his uncanny marksmanship keeps him at home as a shooting instructor... much to his embarrassment.

6.4
25
Shack Out on 101

Shack Out on 101

1955 · 1h 20m · Movie

An isolated diner on California's 101 highway provides the backdrop of the story involving nuclear secrets, foreign spies and federal agents.

6.3
26
Red Mountain

Red Mountain

1951 · 1h 24m · Movie

In 1865 Confederate Capt. Sherwood is heading to Colorado where Confederate Gen. Quantrill is stirring up rebellion using various Indian Nations.

6.0
27
Casey's Shadow

Casey's Shadow

1978 · 1h 57m · Movie

Casey is a young boy in a family that trains racehorses. His best friend, a foal they call "Casey's Shadow", looks to be a loser, but comes out a champion.

6.1
28
The Family Secret

The Family Secret

1951 · 1h 25m · Movie

A lawyer faces a difficult decision when his son accidentally kills his best friend with no witnesses present, and a rift develops when his mother and father offer contradictory solutions to their son's dilemma.

6.1
29
Hoodlum Empire

Hoodlum Empire

1952 · 1h 38m · Movie

After WW2, ex-mobster war hero Joe Gray goes straight, to the dismay of his New York mob boss uncle who's afraid that his nephew will testify against his outfit before a Grand Jury.

5.9
30
Chicken Every Sunday

Chicken Every Sunday

1949 · 1h 34m · Movie

A rueful wife (circa 1910) recalls 20 years of her husband's financial fumbles, as she keeps a boarding house to support the family.

6.4
31
The Lincoln Conspiracy

The Lincoln Conspiracy

1977 · 1h 30m · Movie

Sunn Classics "speculative fiction" film proposing a theory that the killer of Abe Lincoln escaped to Canada instead of being tracked down and killed soon after the assassination.

5.9
32
Tales of Robin Hood

Tales of Robin Hood

1951 · 1h 0m · Movie

An outlaw and his band sally forth from their hideout in Sherwood Forest to do battle with the brutal Sheriff of Nottingham and his oppressive tax collectors, who are stripping the poor villagers of what little they have left.

5.4