Donald Bisset
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Died10 August 1995 (aged 84)
London, England
Occupations
- Actor
- author
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| Born | Donald Harold Gunn Bisset 30 August 1910 |
| Died | 10 August 1995 (aged 84) London, England |
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Donald Bisset (30 August 1910 – 10 August 1995), was an English actor.[1][2]
He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama[3] and made his first London appearance, in A Bride for the Unicorn, at the Westminster Theatre in July 1936.[4]
He also wrote numerous stories for children, which he mostly illustrated himself.[5][6] They have been translated into 16 languages.[7]
- Murder in the Cathedral (1951) – First Priest
- Noose for a Lady (1953) – Superintendent Shelford
- The Brain Machine (1955) – Major Gifford, hospital superintendent
- Little Red Monkey (1955) – Editor Harris
- Up the Creek (1958) – Farm Labourer
- Broth of a Boy (1959) – Newcome
- The Headless Ghost (1959) – Guide
- Friends and Neighbours (1959) – Porter
- A Touch of Larceny (1959) – Club Member
- The Battle of the Sexes (1960) – Tobacconist
- Hide and Seek (1964) – Stranger on Platform
- Eye of the Devil (1966) – Rennard
- Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967) – Flood
- Two a Penny (1967) – Dr Berman
- Carry On Again Doctor (1969) – Patient (uncredited)
- See No Evil (1971) – Doctor
- For the Love of Ada (1972) – Mr Chapman
- Clinic Exclusive (1972) – Chauffeur
- Nearest and Dearest (1972) – Vicar
- The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976) – Gentleman of the Hunt (uncredited)
- Escape from the Dark (1976)
- Warlords of Atlantis (1978) – Professor Aitken
- The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) – Renfrew
- Ragtime (1981) – J P Morgan
- Little Dorrit (1987) – Enthusiastic Weighty Gentleman
