John Abbott

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. In the early days of the Second World War, Abbott worked at the British Embassy in Stockholm. When the time came to leave, he had to by way of the United States. While in the U.S., he was offered a part in Hollywood in 1941 and ended up living there for the rest of his life. On American television between the 1950s and 1970s, Abbott had roles on a wide variety of series such as Kraft Television Theatre, Studio 57, Gunsmoke, Matinee Theatre, Bonanza, Thriller, Star Trek, Mannix, Iron Horse, and Bewitched. Although he was blacklisted during the Red Scare of the 1950s, a producer who wanted to hire him eventually succeeded in getting the actor removed from the list.In his final years, Abbott taught acting to students free of charge. Abbott died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from natural causes on 24 May 1996 at the age of 90.

Known For: Acting

Born: Stepney, London, England, UK, 1905-06-05

Died: 1996-05-24

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1936	The Conquest of the Air	Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier	42
2	1937	Street of Shadows		68
3	1937	Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel	Flower Seller	42
4	1937	Under Secret Orders	Armand	0
5	1938	This Man Is News	Hood with Foreign Accent	47
6	1939	The Saint in London	Count Stephen Duni	55
7	1939	The Great Commandment	Starving Beggar	42
8	1940	Ten Days in Paris	André	75
9	1941	The Shanghai Gesture	Poppy's Escort	63
10	1942	Joan of Paris	English Spy	65
11	1942	This Above All	Joe	67
12	1942	Rubber Racketeers	Dumbo	43
13	1942	Mrs. Miniver	Fred	71
14	1942	Get Hep to Love	Professor Radowsky	40
15	1942	Nightmare	Carl aka Charles	40
16	1943	London Blackout Murders	Jack Rawlings	50
17	1943	The Gorilla Man	Dr. Ferris	50
18	1943	They Got Me Covered	Gregory Vanesou	59
19	1943	Hangmen Also Die!	Hostage (scenes deleted)	69
20	1943	Mission to Moscow	Grinko (uncredited)	53
21	1943	Dangerous Blondes	Roland X. Smith (uncredited)	60
22	1943	The Cross of Lorraine	Baker	62
23	1943	Jane Eyre	Mason	69
24	1944	The Mask of Dimitrios	Mr. Pappas	70
25	1944	Once Upon a Time	Reporter (uncredited)	58
26	1944	Summer Storm	Lunin	53
27	1944	U-Boat Prisoner	Alfonse Lamont	60
28	1944	Secrets of Scotland Yard	Mortimer Cope	53
29	1944	Abroad with Two Yanks	Salesman	60
30	1944	Cry of the Werewolf	Peter Althius (uncredited)	46
31	1944	End of the Road	Chris Martin	52
32	1944	The Falcon in Hollywood	Martin S. Dwyer	60
33	1945	The Vampire's Ghost	Webb Fallon	52
34	1945	The Power of the Whistler	Kaspar Andropolous	58
35	1945	Honeymoon Ahead	Welles	60
36	1945	A Thousand and One Nights	Ali	57
37	1945	The Crime Doctor's Warning	Jimmy Gordon	55
38	1945	Pursuit to Algiers	Jodri	68
39	1945	Saratoga Trunk	Roscoe Bean	57
40	1946	The Notorious Lone Wolf	Lal Bara	55
41	1946	The Bandit of Sherwood Forest	Will Scarlet	49
42	1946	One More Tomorrow	Joseph Baronova	55
43	1946	Anna and the King of Siam	Phya Phrom	61
44	1946	Deception	Bertram Gribble	65
45	1947	Humoresque	Rozner	71
46	1947	Time Out of Mind	Max Leiberman	53
47	1947	The Web	Charles Murdock	70
48	1947	Adventure Island	Huish	47
49	1947	If Winter Comes	Mr. Twyning	66
50	1948	The Woman in White	Frederick Fairlie	55
51	1949	Madame Bovary	Mayor Tuvache	68
52	1950	Sideshow	Pierre	0
53	1951	Navy Bound	Pappa Cerrano	60
54	1951	Crosswinds	Sykes	59
55	1951	Thunder on the Hill	Abel Harmer	65
56	1952	The Merry Widow	Marshovian Ambassador	58
57	1952	Thunder in the East	Nitra Puta	54
58	1953	Rogue's March	Herbert Bielensen	58
59	1953	Sombrero	Don Daniel	42
60	1953	The Steel Lady	Mustafa el Melik	64
61	1955	The Miracle on 34th Street	Dr. Sawyer	52
62	1957	Public Pigeon No. 1	Dipso Dale Rutherford	60
63	1957	Omar Khayyam	Yusuf	50
64	1958	Gigi	Manuel	62
65	1963	Who's Minding the Store?	Mr. Orlandos	69
66	1965	The Greatest Story Ever Told	Aben	64
67	1966	Gambit	Emile	70
68	1967	The Jungle Book	Akela (voice)	73
69	1968	Three Guns for Texas	Banker Irwing	50
70	1969	2000 Years Later	Gregorius	60
71	1969	The Epic That Never Was	Himself – Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)	67
72	1973	The Cat Creature	Dr. Reinhart	50
73	1975	The Black Bird	Duquai	46
74	1976	Sherlock Holmes in New York	Heller	58
75	1978	Outside Chance	Coroner	20
76	1981	Blunt Instrument	Dr. Durrant	0
77	1982	Slapstick of Another Kind	Dr. Frankenstein	27
78	1983	Smorgasbord	Surgeon	58
79	1984	Quest		66
80	1987	A Hazard of Hearts	2nd Gambler	81
81	1998	The Commissioner	Commissioner's Laywer	57

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Studio One	Travers	50
2	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Chang	86
3	1952	Cavalcade of America	Col. Barton	35
4	1953	General Electric Theater	Professsor Meyerdal	63
5	1953	General Electric Theater	Nathan	63
6	1955	Gunsmoke	Professor Lute Bone	66
7	1955	Gunsmoke	Eddie	66
8	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Mr. Munro	77
9	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour		54
10	1955	Matinee Theater		50
11	1956	Telephone Time		63
12	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel		74
13	1957	Perry Mason	Prof. Carlos Muntz	77
14	1957	Perry Mason	Dr. Durwood Tobey	77
15	1958	Peter Gunn		65
16	1958	The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen	The Cat	0
17	1958	The Rifleman		70
18	1959	The DuPont Show with June Allyson	Professor Brent	63
19	1959	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis		58
20	1959	Adventures in Paradise	Murdock	57
21	1959	The Detectives		56
22	1960	Thriller	Kriss Milo ('The Mask of Medusa')	64
23	1960	Outlaws		62
24	1960	The Islanders	Harwood Gones	80
25	1961	Ichabod and Me		50
26	1962	The Beverly Hillbillies		69
27	1962	The Beverly Hillbillies	Sir Trevor Gielgud Burton-Guiness	69
28	1963	Burke's Law	Conrad Jaeger	60
29	1964	The Rogues	Sir Egbert	72
30	1964	Wendy and Me		0
31	1964	Bewitched		79
32	1964	Flipper		61
33	1964	Profiles in Courage	Senator Wigfall	50
34	1965	Lost in Space	Sesmar	71
35	1965	Laredo		63
36	1965	Get Smart		79
37	1966	Star Trek	Ayleborn	80
38	1967	Rango		0
39	1967	Garrison's Gorillas		78
40	1967	Mannix		67
41	1968	Land of the Giants	Prof. Gorak	67
42	1969	Medical Center	Professor MacIntyre	61
43	1970	Timeslip		74
44	1971	The Partners		50
45	1972	Cool Million	Sir Godwin Phipps-Cheston	50
46	1978	Edward and Mrs Simpson	Mouth Organist	62

John Abbott

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