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John Abbott
Actor
Born June 5, 1905 in London, England, UK
John was a commercial artist when he substituted for a sick friend in an amateur production. This was seen by the actress Sybil Thorndike who recognized his potential. After repertory work at Watford and Crewe, he was invited to join London's Old Vic in 1936 by Tyrone Guthrie and appeared in 'Love's Labours Lost' and 'Twelfth Night'. In 1937, he was in the production of 'Hamlet' that was performed at Elsinore with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. He made his film debut in 1937 in The Conquest of the Air (1931) and in a early BBC television production of 'The Harmfulness of Tobacco'. At the outbreak of war, he was attached to the British Embassy in Stockholm where he was in coding and decoding. In 1941, he was in California and about to return to England when he was offered a role in The Shanghai Gesture (1941), which was the prelude to a long film career that included Mrs. Miniver (1942), Jane Eyre (1943), Madame Bovary (1949), Gigi (1958), and Gambit (1966). In 1946, he made his Broadway debut in 'He Who Gets Slapped', which was followed by 'Montsarrat' (1948) and 'The Waltz of the Toreadors' (1957), among others. He was also prolific in television work, appearing in episodes such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) ("First Class Honeymoon", 1962), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) ("The Birds and the Bees Affair", 1966), and Bewitched (1964) (as Leonardo da Vinci in "Samantha's da Vinci Dilemma", 1967).
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Adventure Island
Gigi (1958)
The Jungle Book (w/ Bonus Content)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1
Star Trek: The Original Series - Fan Favorites, Volume 1
The Rifleman
Perry Mason Season 1
Get Smart: Season 1
Thriller - Hosted By Boris Karloff, "Return Of Andrew Bentley"
Peter Gunn
Maigret: The Classic BBC Series (English Subtitles) - Season 1
The Munsters Season 1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E: The Complete First Season
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Filmography
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1983
Cracking Up (1983)
1982
Slapstick Of Another Kind
1971
McMillan & Wife, Season 1
1969
2000 Years Later
1968
Land of the Giants Season 1
1967
Mannix Season 1
The Jungle Book (w/ Bonus Content)
1966
Gambit
Star Trek: The Original Series - Fan Favorites, Volume 1
1965
I Spy
Get Smart: Season 1
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Lost In Space Season 1
1964
Elizabeth Montgomery Bewitched season-1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E: The Complete First Season
The Munsters Season 1
My Living Doll
1963
Who's Minding the Store?
1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
1960
Thriller - Hosted By Boris Karloff, "Return Of Andrew Bentley"
Maigret: The Classic BBC Series (English Subtitles) - Season 1
1959
The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis: Season One
Lorne Greene's Holiday Special - A Bonanza Of Christmas Cheer
1958
The Rifleman
Gigi (1958)
Shirley Temple's Storybook: House Of Seven Gables (in Color)
Peter Gunn
1957
Public Pigeon # 1 - Red Skelton In A Comedy TV Episode Of Climax!
Omar Khayyam
Perry Mason Season 1
1955
Gunsmoke aka Marshal Dillon
Miracle On 34th Street - The Classic Christmas Story
Norah Jones - Front Row Center
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1
1953
The Steel Lady
A Child is Born - A Christmas Story Presented By Ronald Reagan
1952
Cavalcade of America
Thunder in the East
1951
CROSSWINDS
Thunder on the Hill
1949
Madame Bovary
1948
Two Sharp Knives
1947
Adventure Island
The Web
If Winter Comes
1946
Humoresque (1946)
Deception
Anna and the King of Siam
1945
Saratoga Trunk
A Thousand And One Nights
1944
The Mask Of Dimitrios
Once upon a Time
1943
They Got Me Covered
The Cross of Lorraine
Hangmen Also Die!
Jane Eyre
1942
Joan of Paris
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
This Above All
1937
The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
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Connections
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Vincente Minnelli
Gladys Cooper
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