Whit Bissell

Whit Bissell

October 25, 1909 · 117 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

40 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
It Should Happen to You

It Should Happen to You

1954 · 1h 26m · Movie

When a young woman with dreams of fame rents a billboard to advertise herself, her life changes overnight.

7.2
16
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
17
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
18
Side Street

Side Street

1950 · 1h 23m · Movie

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

7.1
19
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
20
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
21
Tokyo Joe

Tokyo Joe

1949 · 1h 28m · Movie

An American returns to Tokyo try to pick up threads of his pre-WW2 life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.

6.3
22
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
23
Johnny Tremain

Johnny Tremain

1957 · 1h 20m · Movie

Johnny Tremain is drawn into the Revolutionary War, and becomes a patriot fighting to free the colonies from England. Along the way he learns about life and about himself.

6.4
24
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
25
A Life of Her Own

A Life of Her Own

1950 · 1h 48m · Movie

A girl from Kansas arrives in New York City to become a model. Her further success brings her before moral choice.

6.3
26
The Black Orchid

The Black Orchid

1959 · 1h 36m · Movie

Anthony Quinn and Sophia Loren star as longtime widower Frank and recently widowed Rose, lonely hearts who discover something special in The Black Orchid, a sensitive comedy romance directed by Martin Ritt (Norma Rae, Murphy's Rom...

6.4
27
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
28
Psychic Killer

Psychic Killer

1975 · 1h 29m · Movie

A former mental patient uses astral projection to destroy the people he believes have wronged him.

5.5
29
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
30
Man from Del Rio

Man from Del Rio

1956 · 1h 22m · Movie

A fast Mexican-American gunman kills a few notorious gunfighters and is hired to replace Mesa's dead sheriff but a crooked saloon-keeper wants him on his payroll or out-of-the-way.

6.4
31
That Lady in Ermine

That Lady in Ermine

1948 · 1h 29m · Movie

That Lady in Ermine tells two parallel stories, both taking place in the small Mittel-European duchy of Bergamo, with one set in the 19th century and the other in the 16th.

5.8
32
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
33
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
34
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
35
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
36
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