John Abbott

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.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	8.333
Birthday	1905-06-05
Place of Birth	Stepney, London, England, UK
Also Known As	John Lloyd Abbott, John Albert Chamberlain Kefford,

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Time Out of Mind

Deception

The Jungle Book

Humoresque

Sherlock Holmes in New York

Mrs. Miniver

Gambit

The Mask of Dimitrios

Cry of the Werewolf

The Web

The Power of the Whistler

The Woman in White

End of the Road

The Falcon in Hollywood

Madame Bovary

Joan of Paris

Gigi

Crosswinds

A Hazard of Hearts

Pursuit to Algiers

Summer Storm

The Gorilla Man

The Vampire's Ghost

The Saint in London

Thunder on the Hill

The Notorious Lone Wolf

Sideshow

2000 Years Later

If Winter Comes

The Epic That Never Was

The Merry Widow

Secrets of Scotland Yard

Abroad with Two Yanks

Adventure Island

Omar Khayyam

Rogue's March

Honeymoon Ahead

Ten Days in Paris

Smorgasbord

U-Boat Prisoner

London Blackout Murders

Rubber Racketeers

The Crime Doctor's Warning

Anna and the King of Siam

Saratoga Trunk

Hangmen Also Die!

The Steel Lady

Three Guns for Texas

One More Tomorrow

The Cat Creature

This Man Is News

A Thousand and One Nights

Get Hep to Love

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

The Shanghai Gesture

Sombrero

Who's Minding the Store?

They Got Me Covered

The Cross of Lorraine

Public Pigeon No. 1

Slapstick (Of Another Kind)

Dangerous Blondes

The Conquest of the Air

Thunder in the East

The Black Bird

Mission to Moscow

The Great Commandment

This Above All

Once Upon a Time

Jane Eyre

Nightmare

Quest

The Miracle on 34th Street

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

The Commissioner

Under Secret Orders

Street of Shadows

Outside Chance

Navy Bound