John Abbott

Personal Info

Birthday

June 5, 1905

Day of Death

1996-05-24

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

Stepney, London, England, UK

Also Known As

John Lloyd Abbott

John Albert Chamberlain Kefford

John Abbott

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.

Known For

Star Trek

Perry Mason

The Beverly Hillbillies

Studio One

Medical Center

Adventures in Paradise

Thriller

Lost in Space

Filmography

1998
The Commissioner
as Commissioner's Laywer
1987
A Hazard of Hearts
as 2nd Gambler
1983
Smorgasbord
as Surgeon
1982
Slapstick of Another Kind
as Dr. Frankenstein
1981
Blunt Instrument
as Dr. Durrant
1978
Outside Chance
as Coroner
1976
Sherlock Holmes in New York
as Heller
1975
The Black Bird
as Duquai
1973
The Cat Creature
as Dr. Reinhart
1969
The Epic That Never Was
as Himself – Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)
2000 Years Later
as Gregorius
1968
Three Guns for Texas
as Banker Irwing
1967
The Jungle Book
as Akela (voice)
1966
Gambit
as Emile
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Aben
1963
Who's Minding the Store?
as Mr. Orlandos
1958
Gigi
as Manuel
1957
Omar Khayyam
as Yusuf
Public Pigeon No. 1
as Dipso Dale Rutherford
1955
The Miracle on 34th Street
as Dr. Sawyer
1953
The Steel Lady
as Mustafa el Melik
Sombrero
as Don Daniel
Rogue's March
as Herbert Bielensen
1952
Thunder in the East
as Nitra Puta
The Merry Widow
as Marshovian Ambassador
1951
Thunder on the Hill
as Abel Harmer
Crosswinds
as Sykes
Navy Bound
as Pappa Cerrano
1950
Sideshow
as Pierre
1949
Madame Bovary
as Mayor Tuvache
1948
The Woman in White
as Frederick Fairlie
1947
If Winter Comes
as Mr. Twyning
Adventure Island
as Huish
The Web
as Charles Murdock
Time Out of Mind
as Max Leiberman
Humoresque
as Rozner
1946
Deception
as Bertram Gribble
Anna and the King of Siam
as Phya Phrom
One More Tomorrow
as Joseph Baronova
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
as Will Scarlet
The Notorious Lone Wolf
as Lal Bara
1945
Saratoga Trunk
as Roscoe Bean
Pursuit to Algiers
as Jodri
The Crime Doctor's Warning
as Jimmy Gordon
A Thousand and One Nights
as Ali
Honeymoon Ahead
as Welles
The Power of the Whistler
as Kaspar Andropolous
The Vampire's Ghost
as Webb Fallon
1944
The Falcon in Hollywood
as Martin S. Dwyer
End of the Road
as Chris Martin
Cry of the Werewolf
as Peter Althius (uncredited)
Abroad with Two Yanks
as Salesman
Secrets of Scotland Yard
as Mortimer Cope
U-Boat Prisoner
as Alfonse Lamont
Summer Storm
as Lunin
Once Upon a Time
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Mask of Dimitrios
as Mr. Pappas
1943
Jane Eyre
as Mason
The Cross of Lorraine
as Baker
Dangerous Blondes
as Roland X. Smith (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
as Grinko (uncredited)
Hangmen Also Die!
as Hostage (scenes deleted)
They Got Me Covered
as Gregory Vanesou
The Gorilla Man
as Dr. Ferris
London Blackout Murders
as Jack Rawlings
1942
Nightmare
as Carl aka Charles
Get Hep to Love
as Professor Radowsky
Mrs. Miniver
as Fred
Rubber Racketeers
as Dumbo
This Above All
as Joe
Joan of Paris
as English Spy
1941
The Shanghai Gesture
as Poppy's Escort
1940
Ten Days in Paris
as André
1939
The Great Commandment
as Starving Beggar
The Saint in London
as Count Stephen Duni
1938
This Man Is News
as Hood with Foreign Accent
1937
Under Secret Orders
as Armand
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
as Flower Seller
1931
The Conquest of the Air
as Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier