
Abner Biberman
Actor
Born: April 1, 1909 (68 years old)
Died: June 20, 1977
Place of birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Biography
Abner Warren Biberman (April 1, 1909 – June 20, 1977) was an American actor, director, and screenwriter. Ruthless-looking, he was in demand to portray a wide variety of heavies and foreign nationalities during the Golden Years of Hollywood. He later developed a successful career as a prolific director of episodic TV, spanning wide genres from Gilligan’s Island to Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series). Biberman was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, later moving to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He gained early acting experience as a student at the Tome School for Boys prep school. He also attended the University of Pennsylvania.
Filmography (52)
- His Girl Friday (1940, ★ 7.4)
- Winchester '73 (1950, ★ 7.3)
- The Roaring Twenties (1939, ★ 7.5)
- Viva Zapata! (1952, ★ 6.9)
- Another Thin Man (1939, ★ 7.1)
- Each Dawn I Die (1939, ★ 6.8)
- Ironside (1967, ★ 6.8)
- Hec Ramsey (1972, ★ 6.8)
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964, ★ 7.7)
- The Twilight Zone (1959, ★ 8.5)
- Gunga Din (1939, ★ 6.5)
- The Leopard Man (1943, ★ 6.5)
- Whispering Ghosts (1942, ★ 6.4)
- Dragon Seed (1944, ★ 6.6)
- Singapore Woman (1941, ★ 6.6)
- Knock on Wood (1954, ★ 6.7)
- Laredo (1965, ★ 6.3)
- Gunsmoke (1955, ★ 6.7)
- Gilligan's Island (1964, ★ 7.4)
- 77 Sunset Strip (1958, ★ 7)
- Maverick (1957, ★ 6.9)
- The Fugitive (1963, ★ 7.2)
- The Virginian (1962, ★ 6.4)
- Hawaii Five-O (1968, ★ 7.1)
- Run for Your Life (1965, ★ 7.2)
- 12 O'Clock High (1964, ★ 7.2)
- The Outer Limits (1963, ★ 7.8)
- Back to Bataan (1945, ★ 6)
- Lady of the Tropics (1939, ★ 6.1)
- The Rains Came (1939, ★ 5.9)