Philip Abbott
Born	March 21, 1923 Lincoln, Nebraska USA
Died	February 23, 1998 (aged 74) Tarzana, California USA
Occupation	Film, television actor
Spouse(s)	Jane Dufrayne

Philip Abbott (March 21, 1923, Lincoln, Nebraska - February 23, 1998, Tarzana, California) was an American character actor and occasional voice actor.

Abbott was a secondary lead in several films of the 1950s and 1960s. Miracle of the White Stallions (1963). He made more than one hundred guest appearances on various television programs from 1952-1995, including NBC's The Eleventh Hour, a medical drama about psychiatry, and the CBS anthology The Lloyd Bridges Show. In 1965, he appeared in Dennis Weaver's NBC sitcom, Kentucky Jones, in the episode "The Music Kids Make".

Abbott is best remembered as Assistant Director Arthur Ward on the TV series The F.B.I. Abbott died in 1998 from cancer.

[edit] Partial filmography

• Bachelor Party (1957) as Arnold (film debut)
• Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) as Dr. George Scudder
• Those Callaways (1965) as Dell Fraser
• Savannah Smiles (1982) as Chief Pruitt

[edit] Selected television appearances

• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars episode Make Way for Teddy (1952)
• You Are There episode The Signing of the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) (1953)
• The Man Behind the Badge episode The Case of the Strategic Air Command (1954)
• Producers' Showcase 2 episodes Dateline (1954) & Yellow Jack (1955)
• The F.B.I. (1965-73) (TV-Series)

[edit] External links

• Philip Abbott at the Internet Movie Database
• Philip Abbott at Allmovie
• Philip Abbott at Find a Grave

Persondata
NAME	Abbott, Philip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 21, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lincoln, Nebraska USA
DATE OF DEATH	1998-2-23
PLACE OF DEATH	Tarzana, California USA

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