A wide-ranging character actor with Broadway experience, Bissell entered films in 1943 with "Holy Matrimony" and went on to appear in over 80 more. specializing as ineffectual types and high-strung professionals. He is perhaps best remembered for his role as the scientist who turned Michael Landon into a wolfman in "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" (1957).
Education
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University of North Carolina, North Carolina, BA
Milestones
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1943 Film debut "Holy Matrimony"
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1954 Co-starred in "Creature From the Black Lagoon"
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1957 Played recurring roles on "Bachelor Father"
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1957 Featured in both "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein" and "I Was a Teenage Werewolf"
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1974 Played William Seward in TV-miniseries "Sandburg's Lincoln" (NBC)
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1978 Final film appearance, "Casey's Shadow"
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1979 Final TV-movie "The Night Rider"
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Appeared on TV shows like "Fireside Theater", "The Web", "You Are There" in the 1950s
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Co-starred on "The Time Tunnel" (ABC)