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1984
Smorgasbord

as Surgeon

1985
The Cat Creature

as Dr. Reinhart

1973
The Epic That Never Was

as Himself - Ms. Robson's Host

1969
Gambit

as Emile

1966
Who's Minding the Store?

as Mr. Orlandos

1963
Gigi

as Manuel

1958
The Miracle on 34th Street

as Dr. Sawyer

1955
The Steel Lady

as Mustafa el Melik

1953
Sombrero

as Don Daniel

1953
Rogue's March

as Herbert Bielensen

1953
Thunder in the East

as Nitra Puta

1953
The Merry Widow

as Ambassador

1952
Crosswinds

as Sykes

1951
Sideshow

as Pierre

1950
Madame Bovary

as Mayor Tuvache

1949
The Woman in White

as Frederick Fairlie

1948
The Web

as Charles Murdock

1947
Deception

as Bertram Gribble

1946
Anna and the King of Siam

as Phya Phrom

1946
The Notorious Lone Wolf

as Lal Bara

1946
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

as Will Scarlet

1946
The Power of the Whistler

as Kaspar Andropolous

1945
Saratoga Trunk

as Roscoe Bean

1945
Pursuit to Algiers

as Jodri

1945
The Crime Doctor's Warning

as Jimmy Gordon

1945
The Vampire's Ghost

as Webb Fallon

1945
Cry of the Werewolf

as Peter Althius (uncredited)

1944
The Falcon in Hollywood

as Martin S. Dwyer

1944
John Abbott John Abbott

Birthday

1905-06-05

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

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.
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