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Whit Bissell
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Biography
Whit Bissell (born Whitner Nutting Bissell) was an American character actor. His career in film and television spanned the years 1940 to 1984.
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The Manchurian Candidate
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The Defiant Ones
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The Caine Mutiny
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The Magnificent Seven
As Chamlee
The Time Machine
As Walter Kemp
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
As Emergency Room Psychiatrist
Creature from the Black Lagoon
As Dr. Edwin Thompson
Hud
As Mr. Burris
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Storming the Deck
From the Bounty to the Caine, mutiny films have always been about more than shipboard insurrection. This chain charts how cinematic rebellions at sea reflect th...
7 films
The Writer's Fight
From Spartacus to the shadows of the blacklist, a chain of films that honours the courage of Hollywood's silenced screenwriters.
8 films
The Hypnotic Gaze
From Woody Allen's comic hypnosis to the chilling mechanics of control, this chain traces cinema's fascination with the mind's susceptibility.
8 films
The Weight of Command: Eight Faces of Authority
From courtroom to battlefield, from boardroom to the Oval Office, these eight performances explore the many masks of power and the human cost of wearing them.
8 films
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Hud
1963 · Mr. Burris
The Manchurian Candidate
1962 · Medical Officer
The Magnificent Seven
1960 · Chamlee
The Time Machine
1960 · Walter Kemp
The Defiant Ones
1958 · Lou Gans
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 · Emergency Room Psychiatrist
The Caine Mutiny
1954 · Lt. Comdr. Dickson M.D.
Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 · Dr. Edwin Thompson
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942 · London Bobbie (uncredited)