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John Abbott‌

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Birthday

calendar1905-06-05

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John Abbott

Stepney, London, England, UK

John Abbott

Stepney, London, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1905-06-05

Popularity

star3.6

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told‌
star6.4
calendar 1965

Street of Shadows

Street of Shadows‌
star7.0
calendar 1937

Deception

Deception‌
star6.5
calendar 1946

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book‌
star7.3
calendar 1967

Sherlock Holmes in New York

Sherlock Holmes in New York‌
star5.8
calendar 1976

Humoresque

Humoresque‌
star7.1
calendar 1947

Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver‌
star7.0
calendar 1942

The Mask of Dimitrios

The Mask of Dimitrios‌
star7.0
calendar 1944

Gambit

Gambit‌
star7.0
calendar 1966

The Web

The Web‌
star7.0
calendar 1947

Cry of the Werewolf

Cry of the Werewolf‌
star4.3
calendar 1944

Outside Chance

Outside Chance‌
star2.0
calendar 1978

The Power of the Whistler

The Power of the Whistler‌
star5.8
calendar 1945

The Woman in White

The Woman in White‌
star5.5
calendar 1948

End of the Road

End of the Road‌
star5.2
calendar 1944

The Falcon in Hollywood

The Falcon in Hollywood‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary‌
star6.7
calendar 1949

Joan of Paris

Joan of Paris‌
star6.4
calendar 1942

Crosswinds

Crosswinds‌
star5.9
calendar 1951

Gigi

Gigi‌
star6.2
calendar 1958

A Hazard of Hearts

A Hazard of Hearts‌
star8.1
calendar 1987

Pursuit to Algiers

Pursuit to Algiers‌
star6.8
calendar 1945

Summer Storm

Summer Storm‌
star5.1
calendar 1944

The Gorilla Man

The Gorilla Man‌
star5.0
calendar 1943

The Vampire's Ghost

The Vampire's Ghost‌
star5.2
calendar 1945

The Saint in London

The Saint in London‌
star5.5
calendar 1939

Thunder on the Hill

Thunder on the Hill‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

The Notorious Lone Wolf

The Notorious Lone Wolf‌
star5.5
calendar 1946

Navy Bound

Navy Bound‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

Sideshow

Sideshow‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

2000 Years Later

2000 Years Later‌
star6.0
calendar 1969

If Winter Comes

If Winter Comes‌
star6.6
calendar 1947

The Epic That Never Was

The Epic That Never Was‌
star6.6
calendar 1969

The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow‌
star5.8
calendar 1952

Secrets of Scotland Yard

Secrets of Scotland Yard‌
star5.3
calendar 1944

Abroad with Two Yanks

Abroad with Two Yanks‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

Adventure Island

Adventure Island‌
star4.4
calendar 1947

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam‌
star5.0
calendar 1957

Rogue's March

Rogue's March‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

Honeymoon Ahead

Honeymoon Ahead‌
star6.0
calendar 1945

London Blackout Murders

London Blackout Murders‌
star5.0
calendar 1943

Time Out of Mind

Time Out of Mind‌
star5.0
calendar 1947

Ten Days in Paris

Ten Days in Paris‌
star7.5
calendar 1940

U-Boat Prisoner

U-Boat Prisoner‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

The Crime Doctor's Warning

The Crime Doctor's Warning‌
star5.5
calendar 1945

Rubber Racketeers

Rubber Racketeers‌
star4.3
calendar 1942

Smorgasbord

Smorgasbord‌
star5.8
calendar 1983

Anna and the King of Siam

Anna and the King of Siam‌
star6.1
calendar 1946

Saratoga Trunk

Saratoga Trunk‌
star5.6
calendar 1945

Hangmen Also Die!

Hangmen Also Die!‌
star6.9
calendar 1943

The Steel Lady

The Steel Lady‌
star6.4
calendar 1953

Three Guns for Texas

Three Guns for Texas‌
star5.0
calendar 1968

One More Tomorrow

One More Tomorrow‌
star5.5
calendar 1946

The Cat Creature

The Cat Creature‌
star5.0
calendar 1973

They Got Me Covered

They Got Me Covered‌
star5.9
calendar 1943

The Shanghai Gesture

The Shanghai Gesture‌
star6.2
calendar 1941

A Thousand and One Nights

A Thousand and One Nights‌
star5.6
calendar 1945

Thunder in the East

Thunder in the East‌
star4.9
calendar 1952

Mission to Moscow

Mission to Moscow‌
star5.2
calendar 1943

The Black Bird

The Black Bird‌
star4.6
calendar 1975

The Conquest of the Air

The Conquest of the Air‌
star4.2
calendar 1936

Who's Minding the Store?

Who's Minding the Store?‌
star6.9
calendar 1963

This Above All

This Above All‌
star6.6
calendar 1942

Nightmare

Nightmare‌
star4.0
calendar 1942

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre‌
star6.9
calendar 1943

This Man Is News

This Man Is News‌
star4.7
calendar 1938

The Cross of Lorraine

The Cross of Lorraine‌
star6.2
calendar 1943

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel‌
star4.2
calendar 1937

The Great Commandment

The Great Commandment‌
star4.2
calendar 1939

Sombrero

Sombrero‌
star4.2
calendar 1953

Dangerous Blondes

Dangerous Blondes‌
star6.0
calendar 1943

Get Hep to Love

Get Hep to Love‌
star4.0
calendar 1942

Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time‌
star5.8
calendar 1944

Public Pigeon No. 1

Public Pigeon No. 1‌
star6.0
calendar 1957

Slapstick of Another Kind

Slapstick of Another Kind‌
star2.7
calendar 1982

Quest

Quest‌
star6.5
calendar 1984

The Miracle on 34th Street

The Miracle on 34th Street‌
star5.3
calendar 1955

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest‌
star4.9
calendar 1946

The Commissioner

The Commissioner‌
star5.8
calendar 1998

Under Secret Orders

Under Secret Orders‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Tv Credits

Garrison's Gorillas

Garrison's Gorillas‌
star7.5
calendar 1967

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis‌
star5.9
calendar 1959

Star Trek

Star Trek‌
star8.0
calendar 1966

Burke's Law

Burke's Law‌
star6.0
calendar 1963

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies‌
star6.9
calendar 1962

Land of the Giants

Land of the Giants‌
star6.6
calendar 1968

Mannix

Mannix‌
star6.7
calendar 1967

Flipper

Flipper‌
star6.2
calendar 1964

Lost in Space

Lost in Space‌
star7.1
calendar 1965

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.7
calendar 1948

Bewitched

Bewitched‌
star7.9
calendar 1964

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star6.0
calendar 1953

The Islanders

The Islanders‌
star8.0
calendar 1960

Get Smart

Get Smart‌
star7.9
calendar 1965

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.7
calendar 1951

Laredo

Laredo‌
star6.3
calendar 1965

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Ichabod and Me

Ichabod and Me‌
star5.0
calendar 1961

Outlaws

Outlaws‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel‌
star7.4
calendar 1957

The Partners

The Partners‌
star5.0
calendar 1971

Edward and Mrs Simpson

Edward and Mrs Simpson‌
star6.2
calendar 1978

Thriller

Thriller‌
star6.4
calendar 1960

Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn‌
star6.5
calendar 1958

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise‌
star5.7
calendar 1959

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour‌
star5.2
calendar 1955

Profiles in Courage

Profiles in Courage‌
star5.0
calendar 1964

Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater‌
star4.6
calendar 1955

Wendy and Me

Wendy and Me‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

Timeslip

Timeslip‌
star7.4
calendar 1970

The Rifleman

The Rifleman‌
star7.0
calendar 1958

The Detectives

The Detectives‌
star5.6
calendar 1959

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America‌
star3.5
calendar 1952

Rango

Rango‌
star0.0
calendar 1967

The Rogues

The Rogues‌
star7.5
calendar 1964

Telephone Time

Telephone Time‌
star6.3
calendar 1956

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

The DuPont Show with June Allyson‌
star6.3
calendar 1959

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies‌
star6.9
calendar 1962

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star6.0
calendar 1953

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

Medical Center

Medical Center‌
star6.1
calendar 1969

Cool Million

Cool Million‌
star5.0
calendar 1972