John Abbott
1905-06-05 ( 119 years old ) in Stepney, London, England, UK

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.

Movies

The Commissioner 1998-02-22
A Hazard of Hearts 1987-12-27
Quest 1984-10-01
Smorgasbord 1983-04-13
Slapstick of Another Kind 1982-12-09
Outside Chance 1978-12-02
Sherlock Holmes in New York 1976-10-18
The Black Bird 1975-12-25
The Cat Creature 1973-12-11
The Epic That Never Was 1969-09-19
2000 Years Later 1969-03-11
Three Guns for Texas 1968-10-31
The Jungle Book 1967-10-18
Gambit 1966-12-21
The Greatest Story Ever Told 1965-04-09
Who's Minding the Store? 1963-11-28
Gigi 1958-05-15
Omar Khayyam 1957-08-23
Public Pigeon No. 1 1957-05-17
The Miracle on 34th Street 1955-12-14
The Steel Lady 1953-10-09
Sombrero 1953-04-22
Rogue's March 1953-02-13
Thunder in the East 1952-12-04
The Merry Widow 1952-09-05
Thunder on the Hill 1951-10-17
Crosswinds 1951-10-01
Navy Bound 1951-03-04
Sideshow 1950-06-18
Madame Bovary 1949-08-25
The Woman in White 1948-05-07
If Winter Comes 1947-12-31
Adventure Island 1947-08-13
The Web 1947-06-04
Time Out of Mind 1947-05-03
Humoresque 1947-01-25
Deception 1946-10-26
Anna and the King of Siam 1946-08-11
One More Tomorrow 1946-05-24
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest 1946-02-21
The Notorious Lone Wolf 1946-02-14
Saratoga Trunk 1945-11-21
Pursuit to Algiers 1945-10-26
The Crime Doctor's Warning 1945-09-27
A Thousand and One Nights 1945-07-20
Honeymoon Ahead 1945-05-11
The Power of the Whistler 1945-04-19
The Vampire's Ghost 1945-04-13
The Falcon in Hollywood 1944-12-08
End of the Road 1944-11-10
Cry of the Werewolf 1944-08-17
Abroad with Two Yanks 1944-08-04
Secrets of Scotland Yard 1944-07-26
U-Boat Prisoner 1944-07-25
Summer Storm 1944-07-14
Once Upon a Time 1944-06-29
The Mask of Dimitrios 1944-06-23
Jane Eyre 1943-12-24
The Cross of Lorraine 1943-11-12
Dangerous Blondes 1943-09-23
Mission to Moscow 1943-04-29
Hangmen Also Die! 1943-04-15
They Got Me Covered 1943-03-04
The Gorilla Man 1943-01-16
London Blackout Murders 1943-01-15
Nightmare 1942-11-10
Get Hep to Love 1942-10-02
Mrs. Miniver 1942-07-03
Rubber Racketeers 1942-06-26
This Above All 1942-05-12
Joan of Paris 1942-01-20
The Shanghai Gesture 1941-12-25
Ten Days in Paris 1940-06-01
The Great Commandment 1939-10-02
The Saint in London 1939-06-30
This Man Is News 1938-09-16
Under Secret Orders 1937-12-06
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel 1937-10-20
Street of Shadows 1937-04-13
The Conquest of the Air 1936-12-01

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