Whit Bissell

A wide-ranging character actor with Broadway experience, Bissell entered films in 1943 with "Holy Matrimony" and went on to appear in over 80 more. Specializing as ineffectual types and high-strung professionals. He is perhaps best remembered for his role as the scientist who turned Michael Landon into a wolfman in "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" (1957).

The Bionic Woman · S3, E11

The Over-the-Hill Spy

In order to catch an elderly Soviet spy, OSI must reactivate an agent made bitter by being forced into retirement.
Sea Hunt · S2, E39

The Raft

Mike risks his life to detonate liquid nitro in order to protect shipping lanes.
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp · S4, E20

The Muleskinner

An old friend of Earp's arrives, finds one of his employees stealing from his saddle and punishes the man harshly until Earp intervenes. Earp tries to show his friend the right way to serve justice, but more transgressions provoke the man's anger.
Sea Hunt · S1, E1

Sixty Feet Below

The pilot is still alive inside the sunken wreckage of a jet plane.

Whit Bissell

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