Whit Bissell came to Hollywood in the 1940s, and by the time he retired
he had appeared in more than 200 movies and scores of TV series. He is
best known for playing the evil scientist who turned Michael Landon into a
half beast in the 1957 cult classic film Der Tod hat schwarze Krallen (1957). Bissell specialized
in playing doctors, military officers and other authority figures. On
television he was a regular on Bachelor Father (1957) and Time Tunnel (1966). He also served on
the Screen Actors Guild board of directors for 18 years and represented
the actors branch in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
board of governors.
