- publicWebsite:
Visit - group Other Names:
John Lloyd Abbott, John Albert Chamberlain Kefford
description About
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.
Info
- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1905-06-05
- event Death Date 1996-05-24
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 6.8
- info Birth Place Stepney, London, England, UK
- visibility Views: 4 views
-
star User Ratings:
image Images
smart_display Movies and TV shows by John Abbott
6.4
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965-04-09
7
Street of Shadows
1937-04-13
6.5
Deception
1946-10-26
7.3
The Jungle Book
1967-10-18
5.8
Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976-10-18
7.1
Humoresque
1947-01-25
7
Mrs. Miniver
1942-07-03
7
Gambit
1966-12-21
7
The Mask of Dimitrios
1944-06-23
7
The Web
1947-06-04
4.3
Cry of the Werewolf
1944-08-17
2
Outside Chance
1978-12-02
5.8
The Power of the Whistler
1945-04-19
5.5
The Woman in White
1948-05-07
5.2
End of the Road
1944-11-10
6
The Falcon in Hollywood
1944-12-08
6.7
Madame Bovary
1949-08-25
6.4
Joan of Paris
1942-01-20
5.9
Crosswinds
1951-10-01
6.2
Gigi
1958-05-15
8.1
A Hazard of Hearts
1987-12-27
6.8
Pursuit to Algiers
1945-10-26
5.1
Summer Storm
1944-07-14
5
The Gorilla Man
1943-01-16
5.3
The Vampire's Ghost
1945-04-13
5.5
The Saint in London
1939-06-30
6.5
Thunder on the Hill
1951-10-17
5.5
The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946-02-14
6
Navy Bound
1951-03-04
0
Sideshow
1950-06-18
6
2000 Years Later
1969-03-11
6.6
If Winter Comes
1947-12-31
6.6
The Epic That Never Was
1969-09-19
5.8
The Merry Widow
1952-09-05
5.3
Secrets of Scotland Yard
1944-07-26
6
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944-08-04
4.4
Adventure Island
1947-08-13
5
Omar Khayyam
1957-08-23
5.8
Rogue's March
1953-02-13
5
London Blackout Murders
1943-01-15
6
Honeymoon Ahead
1945-05-11
5
Time Out of Mind
1947-05-03
7.5
Ten Days in Paris
1940-06-01
6
U-Boat Prisoner
1944-07-25
5.5
The Crime Doctor's Warning
1945-09-27
4.3
Rubber Racketeers
1942-06-26
5.8
Smorgasbord
1983-04-13
6.1
Anna and the King of Siam
1946-08-11
5.6
Saratoga Trunk
1945-11-21
6.9
Hangmen Also Die!
1943-04-15
6.4
The Steel Lady
1953-10-09
5
Three Guns for Texas
1968-10-31
5.5
One More Tomorrow
1946-05-24
5
The Cat Creature
1973-12-11
6.6
This Above All
1942-05-12
4.2
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1937-10-20
4.2
The Great Commandment
1939-10-02
6.2
The Cross of Lorraine
1943-11-12
6.9
Who's Minding the Store?
1963-11-28
2.7
Slapstick of Another Kind
1982-12-09
6.9
Jane Eyre
1943-12-24
4
Nightmare
1942-11-10
5.9
They Got Me Covered
1943-03-04
4.9
Thunder in the East
1952-12-04
6.2
The Shanghai Gesture
1941-12-25
4
Get Hep to Love
1942-10-02
5.6
A Thousand and One Nights
1945-07-20
6
Dangerous Blondes
1943-09-23
6
Public Pigeon No. 1
1957-05-17
5.8
Once Upon a Time
1944-06-29
4.7
This Man Is News
1938-09-16
4.2
Sombrero
1953-04-22
4.2
The Conquest of the Air
1936-12-01
5.2
Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29
4.6
The Black Bird
1975-12-25
6.5
Quest
1984-10-01
5.3
The Miracle on 34th Street
1955-12-14
4.9
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
1946-02-21
5.8
The Commissioner
1998-02-22
0
Under Secret Orders
1937-12-06
7.6
Garrison's Gorillas
1967-09-06
5.9
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959-09-29
8
Star Trek
1966-09-08
6
Burke's Law
1963-09-20
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962-09-26
6.7
Land of the Giants
1968-09-22
6.7
Mannix
1967-09-16
6.2
Flipper
1964-09-19
7.1
Lost in Space
1965-09-15
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
7.7
Perry Mason
1957-09-21
4.4
Studio One
1948-11-07
7.9
Bewitched
1964-09-17
5.5
General Electric Theater
1953-02-01
8
The Islanders
1960-10-02
7.9
Get Smart
1965-09-18
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24
6.4
Laredo
1965-09-16
7.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02
5
Ichabod and Me
1961-09-26
6.2
Outlaws
1960-09-26
7.4
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14
5
The Partners
1971-09-18
6.2
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978-11-08
6.3
Thriller
1960-09-13
6.5
Peter Gunn
1958-09-22
5
Cool Million
1972-10-28
5.7
Adventures in Paradise
1959-10-05
4.2
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955-10-05
5
Profiles in Courage
1964-11-08
3.3
Matinee Theater
1955-10-31
0
Wendy and Me
1964-09-14
7.4
Timeslip
1970-09-28
7.1
The Rifleman
1958-09-30
5.6
The Detectives
1959-10-16
3.5
Cavalcade of America
1952-10-01
0
Rango
1967-01-13
7.5
The Rogues
1964-09-13
6.4
Telephone Time
1956-04-08
6.3
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959-09-21
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962-09-26
5.5
General Electric Theater
1953-02-01
7.7
Perry Mason
1957-09-21
0
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958-09-26
6.1
Medical Center
1969-09-24