John Abbott

actor • soundtrack

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. ...

Born: June 5, 1905 in Stepney, London, England, UK

Died: May 24, 1996 (age 90)

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Known For

6.7

The Jungle Book

Movies & TV Credits

126 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
The Commissioner Movie	5.9	Actor	Commissioner's Laywer	1998
A Hazard of Hearts Movie	6.5	Actor	2nd Gambler	1987
Quest Short Film	6.5	Actor	—	1984
Smorgasbord Movie	5.5	Actor	Surgeon	1983
Slapstick of Another Kind Movie	2.3	Actor	Dr. Frankenstein	1982
Blunt Instrument Movie	—	Actor	Dr. Durrant	1981
Outside Chance Movie	4.8	Actor	Coroner	1978
Edward & Mrs. Simpson Limited Series	7.3	Actor	Mouth Organist(1 Episode)	1978
Sherlock Holmes in New York Movie	5.8	Actor	Heller	1976
The Black Bird Movie	5.1	Actor	Duquai	1975
The Cat Creature Movie	5.5	Actor	Dr. Reinhart	1973
Cool Million TV Show	7.2	Actor	Sir Godwin Phipps-Cheston(1 Episode)	1972
The Partners TV Show	7.2	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1971
Timeslip TV Show	7.6	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1970
2000 Years Later Movie	7.2	Actor	Gregorius	1969
Medical Center TV Show	6.9	Actor	Professor MacIntyre(1 Episode)	1969
Three Guns for Texas Movie	5.5	Actor	Banker Irwing	1968
Land of the Giants TV Show	7.2	Actor	Prof. Gorak(1 Episode)	1968
The Jungle Book Movie	7.7	Actor	Akela (voice)	1967
Garrison's Gorillas TV Show	7.5	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1967
Mannix TV Show	7.2	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1967
Rango TV Show	6.9	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1967
Gambit Movie	7.1	Actor	Emile	1966
Star Trek TV Show	8.3	Actor	Ayleborn(1 Episode)	1966
The Greatest Story Ever Told Movie	6.5	Actor	Aben	1965
Laredo TV Show	7.3	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1965
Lost in Space TV Show	7.1	Actor	Sesmar(1 Episode)	1965
Get Smart TV Show	8.0	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1965
The Epic That Never Was Movie	7.4	Actor	Himself – Ms. Robson's Host (uncredited)	1965
Profiles in Courage TV Show	8.2	Actor	Senator Wigfall(1 Episode)	1964
Flipper TV Show	6.1	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1964
Bewitched TV Show	7.7	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1964
Wendy and Me TV Show	7.9	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1964
The Rogues TV Show	7.8	Actor	Sir Egbert(1 Episode)	1964
Who's Minding the Store? Movie	6.9	Actor	Mr. Orlandos	1963
Burke's Law TV Show	7.1	Actor	Conrad Jaeger(1 Episode)	1963
The Beverly Hillbillies TV Show	7.1	Actor	Sir Trevor Gielgud Burton-Guiness(1 Episode)	1962
Ichabod and Me TV Show	7.6	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1961
The Islanders TV Show	6.6	Actor	Harwood Gones(1 Episode)	1960
Outlaws TV Show	7.1	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1960
Thriller TV Show	8.0	Actor	Kriss Milo ('The Mask of Medusa')(1 Episode)	1960
The Detectives TV Show	7.2	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis TV Show	7.5	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1959
Adventures in Paradise TV Show	7.9	Actor	Murdock(1 Episode)	1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson TV Show	7.0	Actor	Professor Brent(1 Episode)	1959
Gigi Movie	6.7	Actor	Manuel	1958
Peter Gunn TV Show	7.8	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1958
The Rifleman TV Show	8.1	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1958
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen TV Show	7.5	Actor	The Cat(1 Episode)	1958
Public Pigeon No. 1 Movie	6.5	Actor	Dipso Dale Rutherford	1957
Omar Khayyam Movie	5.6	Actor	Yusuf	1957
Perry Mason TV Show	8.1	Actor	Dr. Durwood Tobey(1 Episode)	1957
Have Gun - Will Travel TV Show	8.2	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1957
Perry Mason TV Show	8.1	Actor	Prof. Carlos Muntz(1 Episode)	1957
Telephone Time TV Show	6.6	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1956
The Miracle on 34th Street Movie	5.9	Actor	Dr. Sawyer	1955
The 20th Century-Fox Hour TV Show	6.8	Actor	—(1 Episode)	1955
Gunsmoke TV Show	7.9	Actor	Eddie(1 Episode)	1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Show	8.4	Actor	Mr. Munro(1 Episode)	1955
Matinee Theatre TV Show	6.5	Actor	—(5 Episodes)	1955
Gunsmoke TV Show	7.9	Actor	Professor Lute Bone(1 Episode)	1955
The Steel Lady Movie	6.3	Actor	Mustafa el Melik	1953
Rogue's March Movie	5.8	Actor	Herbert Bielensen	1953
Sombrero Movie	5.1	Actor	Don Daniel	1953
General Electric Theater TV Show	6.5	Actor	Nathan(1 Episode)	1953
General Electric Theater TV Show	6.5	Actor	Professsor Meyerdal(1 Episode)	1953
The Merry Widow Movie	5.5	Actor	Marshovian Ambassador	1952
Thunder in the East Movie	6.1	Actor	Nitra Puta	1952
Cavalcade of America TV Show	6.9	Actor	Col. Barton(1 Episode)	1952
Crosswinds Movie	5.7	Actor	Sykes	1951
Thunder on the Hill Movie	6.7	Actor	Abel Harmer	1951
Navy Bound Movie	5.5	Actor	Pappa Cerrano	1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame TV Show	7.9	Actor	Chang(1 Episode)	1951
Sideshow Movie	6.3	Actor	Pierre	1950
Madame Bovary Movie	6.8	Actor	Mayor Tuvache	1949
The Woman in White Movie	6.4	Actor	Frederick Fairlie	1948
Studio One TV Show	7.3	Actor	Travers(1 Episode)	1948
Adventure Island Movie	4.5	Actor	Huish	1947
The Web Movie	7.0	Actor	Charles Murdock	1947
Time Out of Mind Movie	5.8	Actor	Max Leiberman	1947
If Winter Comes Movie	6.2	Actor	Mr. Twyning	1947
Humoresque Movie	7.4	Actor	Rozner	1947
Deception Movie	6.8	Actor	Bertram Gribble	1946
Anna and the King of Siam Movie	6.8	Actor	Phya Phrom	1946
One More Tomorrow Movie	6.3	Actor	Joseph Baronova	1946
The Notorious Lone Wolf Movie	5.3	Actor	Lal Bara	1946
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest Movie	5.6	Actor	Will Scarlet	1946
Saratoga Trunk Movie	6.1	Actor	Roscoe Bean	1945
Pursuit to Algiers Movie	6.8	Actor	Jodri	1945
The Vampire's Ghost Movie	5.7	Actor	Webb Fallon	1945
The Power of the Whistler Movie	6.1	Actor	Kaspar Andropolous	1945
Honeymoon Ahead Movie	6.3	Actor	Welles	1945
A Thousand and One Nights Movie	5.8	Actor	Ali	1945
The Crime Doctor's Warning Movie	6.0	Actor	Jimmy Gordon	1945
Once Upon a Time Movie	5.9	Actor	Reporter (uncredited)	1944
Abroad with Two Yanks Movie	6.3	Actor	Salesman	1944
Cry of the Werewolf Movie	5.1	Actor	Peter Althius (uncredited)	1944
End of the Road Movie	5.9	Actor	Chris Martin	1944
U-Boat Prisoner Movie	5.9	Actor	Alfonse Lamont	1944
Secrets of Scotland Yard Movie	6.5	Actor	Mortimer Cope	1944
The Falcon in Hollywood Movie	6.3	Actor	Martin S. Dwyer	1944
Summer Storm Movie	6.4	Actor	Lunin	1944
The Mask of Dimitrios Movie	7.3	Actor	Mr. Pappas	1944
Dangerous Blondes Movie	6.4	Actor	Roland X. Smith (uncredited)	1943
The Cross of Lorraine Movie	6.4	Actor	Baker	1943
The Gorilla Man Movie	4.9	Actor	Dr. Ferris	1943
They Got Me Covered Movie	6.3	Actor	Gregory Vanesou	1943
Jane Eyre Movie	7.4	Actor	Mason	1943
Mission to Moscow Movie	5.2	Actor	Grinko (uncredited)	1943
Hangmen Also Die! Movie	7.2	Actor	Hostage (scenes deleted)	1943
London Blackout Murders Movie	5.6	Actor	Jack Rawlings	1943
Nightmare Movie	6.1	Actor	Carl aka Charles	1942
Mrs. Miniver Movie	7.5	Actor	Fred	1942
This Above All Movie	6.4	Actor	Joe	1942
Rubber Racketeers Movie	5.4	Actor	Dumbo	1942
Get Hep to Love Movie	7.1	Actor	Professor Radowsky	1942
Joan of Paris Movie	6.6	Actor	English Spy	1942
The Shanghai Gesture Movie	6.6	Actor	Poppy's Escort	1941
Ten Days in Paris Movie	6.5	Actor	André	1940
The Great Commandment Movie	5.8	Actor	Starving Beggar	1939
The Saint in London Movie	6.2	Actor	Count Stephen Duni	1939
This Man Is News Movie	6.3	Actor	Hood with Foreign Accent	1938
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel Movie	5.4	Actor	Flower Seller	1937
Street of Shadows Movie	6.4	Actor	—	1937
Under Secret Orders Movie	5.9	Actor	Armand	1937
The Conquest of the Air Movie	6.1	Actor	Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier	1936

John Abbott

Known For

Gigi

Mrs. Miniver

The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Jungle Book

Movies & TV Credits