John Abbott

Actor

About

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Birth Place

London, England, GB

Born

June 05, 1905

Died

May 24, 1996

Biography

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John Abbott was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In 1949, he appeared on Broadway in "Montserrat." In 1934, he joined the Old Vic Company. In 1957, he co-starred in "The Waltz of the Toreadors" on Broadway. Abbott started his acting career landing roles in such films as the spy thriller "Nightmare" (1942) with Diana Barrymore, the Michèle Morgan drama "Joan of Paris" (19...

Filmography

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The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995)

Four Weddings and A Funeral (1994)

Polite Verger (4th Wedding)

Treasure Island (1990)

Lady Jane (1986)

Slapstick Of Another Kind (1984)

Used Cars (1980)

Photos & Videos

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Cry Of The Werewolf (1944) -- (Movie Clip) She Struck Her Husband Down

Cry Of The Werewolf (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Fresh Fire On The Grate

Notes

While with the Old Vic Company he played Claudius in "Hamlet" with Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, and Alec Guinness

Biography

John Abbott was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In 1949, he appeared on Broadway in "Montserrat." In 1934, he joined the Old Vic Company. In 1957, he co-starred in "The Waltz of the Toreadors" on Broadway. Abbott started his acting career landing roles in such films as the spy thriller "Nightmare" (1942) with Diana Barrymore, the Michèle Morgan drama "Joan of Paris" (1942) and "Mission to Moscow" (1943) with Walter Huston. He also appeared in "They Got Me Covered" (1943), "Dangerous Blondes" (1943) with Allyn Joslyn and the Tom Conway mystery "The Falcon in Hollywood" (1944). He continued to act in productions like "The Notorious Lone Wolf" (1946) with Gerald Mohr, the adventure "The Bandit of Sherwood Forest" (1946) with Cornel Wilde and "Time Out of Mind" (1947). He also appeared in the Ella Raines thriller "The Web" (1947). Abbott was most recently credited in "Touching Evil II" (PBS, 1999-2000). Abbott had a number of different projects under his belt in the sixties through the nineties, including "The Jungle Book" (1967) starring Phil Harris, "Used Cars" (1980) and "Slapstick of Another Kind" (1984) starring Jerry Lewis. His credits also expanded to "Revenge of Billy the Kid" with Michael Balfour (1991) and "Four Weddings and A Funeral" (1994). Abbott passed away in May 1996 at the age of 91.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995)

Four Weddings and A Funeral (1994)

Polite Verger (4th Wedding)

Treasure Island (1990)

Lady Jane (1986)

Slapstick Of Another Kind (1984)

Used Cars (1980)

Outside Chance (1978)

Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)

The Black Bird (1975)

Chevalier Du Quai

The Cat Creature (1973)

2000 Years Later (1969)

Three Guns for Texas (1968)

The Jungle Book (1967)

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

Who's Minding the Store? (1963)

Omar Khayyam (1957)

Public Pigeon No. 1 (1957)

Dipso Dave Rutherford

Sombrero (1953)

Rogue's March (1953)

Herbert Bielensen

The Steel Lady (1953)

Mustapha El Melek

Thunder in the East (1953)

The Merry Widow (1952)

Marshovian ambassador

Crosswinds (1951)

Algernon "Mousey" Sykes

Thunder on the Hill (1951)

Navy Bound (1951)

Sideshow (1950)

Madame Bovary (1949)

If Winter Comes (1948)

The Woman in White (1948)

Frederick Fairlie

Humoresque (1947)

Time Out of Mind (1947)

Charles Murdock

Adventure Island (1947)

One More Tomorrow (1946)

Joseph Baronova

Anna and the King of Siam (1946)

Saratoga Trunk (1946)

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946)

The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946)

Deception (1946)

Bertram Gribble

A Thousand and One Nights (1945)

Pursuit to Algiers (1945)

Honeymoon Ahead (1945)

The Crime Doctor's Warning (1945)

The Power of the Whistler (1945)

Kasper Andropolos

The Vampire's Ghost (1945)

The Cross of Lorraine (1944)

Abroad with Two Yanks (1944)

The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)

Summer Storm (1944)

Cry of the Werewolf (1944)

Secrets of Scotland Yard (1944)

End of the Road (1944)

U-Boat Prisoner (1944)

The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)

Jane Eyre (1944)

Once Upon a Time (1944)

The Gorilla Man (1943)

London Blackout Murders (1943)

Jack Rawlings, previously known as Dr. Vernon

Dangerous Blondes (1943)

They Got Me Covered (1943)

[Gregory] Vanescu

Mission to Moscow (1943)

Joan of Paris (1942)

Get Hep to Love (1942)

Nightmare (1942)

Mrs. Miniver (1942)

Rubber Racketeers (1942)

This Above All (1942)

Conquest Of The Air (1940)

The Saint in London (1939)

Count Stephen Duni

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Beyond Bedlam (1994)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Beyond Bedlam (1994)

General Assistant

Revenge of Billy the Kid (1991)

Production Runner

Cast (Special)

The Plymouth Express (1992)

Stella Adler: Awake and Dream (1989)

Cinematography (Special)

Cirque du Soleil: Alegria (2001)

Camera Operator

Life Events

1934

Joined the Old Vic Company

1934

Professional debut in "Aureng-Zebe," with Sybil Thorndike

1937

Film debut in "Mademoiselle Docteur"

1946

Appeared in "Anna and the King of Siam" and "Humoresque"

1946

Broadway debut in the role of Count Mancini in "He Who Gets Slapped"

1949

Appeared on Broadway in "Montserrat"

1952

Featured in "The Merry Widow"

1957

Co-starred in "The Waltz of the Toreadors" on Broadway

1958

Appeared in "Gigi"

1964

Appeared in "The Greatest Story Ever Told"

Videos

Cry Of The Werewolf (1944) -- (Movie Clip) She Struck Her Husband Down Joining the terrific commentary (voicing over historical footage) by tour guide John Abbott at a New Orleans occult museum, we get a look at top-billed Nina Foch in a painting, then we meet the janitor and the proprietor (Ivan Triesault, Fritz Leiber), then visit the real Nina, a gypsy princess, attended by Blanche Yurka, early in Cry Of The Werewolf, 1944.

Cry Of The Werewolf (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Fresh Fire On The Grate Due to voodoo messages suggesting he might be on the verge of a discovery, Dr. Morris (Fritz Leiber) has entered a secret chamber at his New Orleans occult museum, leaving tour guide Peter (John Abbott) with the cat, while his assistant (Osa Massen) collects his son (Stephen Crane), whom he summoned home from a research trip, from the airport, in director Henry Levin's Cry Of The Werewolf, 1944.

Gambit (1966) -- (Movie Clip) Will She Cooperate? In the opening we followed Michael Caine, as English Harry, into a Hong Kong club where Shirley MacLaine performs in the revue, and now after the show he reveals to friend Emile (John Abbott) the scheme, and we meet Roger C. Carmel as obsequious Ram, in director Ronald Neame’s Gambit, 1966.

Gambit (1967) -- (Movie Clip) I Had To Have Her We don’t know at this point that we’re seeing the caper only as it plays out in the imagination of thief Harry (Michael Caine), in which Arab potentate Shabandar (Herbert Lom) is wholly entranced by the resemblance of Shirley MacLaine, as taxi-dancer Nicole, to his late wife, in Gambit, 1966.

Gambit (1966) -- (Movie Clip) You Weren't Being Tricky Enough Thief Harry (Michael Caine), now in the dicier real-life version of his imagined heist, in fictional Dammuz with troublesome Nicole (Shirley MacLaine, whom he recruited because she’s a dead-ringer for a rich Arab’s deceased wife), trying to find find another accomplice, and forced to evade goons, in director Ronald Neame’s Gambit, 1966.

Merry Widow, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) What Charity Do You Represent? 1900, New York, diplomats from impoverished Marshovia (John Abbott, Dave Willock) have been turned away (by secretary Una Merkel) at the home of Crystal Radek (Lana Turner), new widow of the late emigrant industrialist, who arrives in time for their pitch, in MGM’s The Merry Widow, 1952.

Woman in White, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Indescribable Torture Drawing teacher Hartright (Gig Young) meets the fussy, widowed master of the house Frederick Fairlie (John Abbott), in an early scene from director Peter Godfrey's The Woman in White, 1948.

Mask Of Dimitrios, The (1944) -- (Movie Clip) That Stout Gentleman First appearance of Sydney Greenstreet (who'll play "Peters"), at the Istanbul hotel where novelist Leyden (Peter Lorree) is arranging to visit Athens to learn more about the elusive title character, a Greek librarian (John Abbott) helping, in Jean Negulesco's The Mask Of Dimitrios, 1944.

Cry Of The Werewolf (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Perhaps The Most Horrible At the Latour Museum in New Orleans, guide Peter (John Abbott) walks customers through vampires, voodoo and what he calls "werewolf-ism," winding up with a portrait of the as-yet unseen star, Nina Foch, early in Cry Of The Werewolf, 1944.

Shanghai Gesture, The -- (Movie Clip) He's Not Your Brother "Mother" Gin Sling (Ona Munson) at her club, introduces herself to new customers Poppy, a.k.a. Victoria (Gene Tierney), and her escort (John Abbott), early in Josef von Sternberg's The Shanghai Gesture, 1942.

Family

Ivy Skeates

Sister

Survived him.

Bibliography

Notes

While with the Old Vic Company he played Claudius in "Hamlet" with Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, and Alec Guinness

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