Name
Abner Biberman
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1909-04-01
Deathday
1977-06-20 (68 years old)
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.
Known For
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Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his pa...
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Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a sh...
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After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper Ge...
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The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrup...
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An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines....
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Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to...
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Colonial tea planter John Wiley (Peter Finch), visiting England at the end of World War II...
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Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from invest...
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Life in a small Chinese village is turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. A heroi...
- 1940 His Girl Friday as Louie
- 1939 Gunga Din as Chota
- 1943 The Leopard Man as Charlie How-Come
- 1950 Winchester '73 as Latigo Means
- 1954 Elephant Walk as Dr. Pereira
- 1945 Betrayal from the East as Yamato
- 1939 The Roaring Twenties as Henchman
- 1943 Submarine Alert as Commander Toyo
- 1945 Back to Bataan as Japanese Captain
- 1941 The Monster and the Girl as Gregory - Perry’s Aide (uncredited)
- 1952 Viva Zapata! as Captain (uncredited)
- 1942 Whispering Ghosts as Mack Wolf
- 1942 Broadway as Trado
- 1944 Dragon Seed as Capt. Yasuda (uncredited)
- 1944 The Bridge of San Luis Rey as Maita
- 1941 Devil Pays Off as Carlos Castillo-Martinez
- 1940 South of Pago Pago as Ferro
- 1939 Panama Patrol as Arlie Johnson
- 1944 Two-Man Submarine as Gabe Fabian
- 1954 The Golden Mistress as Carl Dexter
- 1941 Singapore Woman as Singa
- 1939 Another Thin Man as 'Dum-Dum'
- 1939 Each Dawn I Die as Shake Edwards (uncredited)
- 1939 Lady of the Tropics as Wardrobe Buyer
- 1939 The Rains Came as John, the Baptist
- 1939 Balalaika as Leo Proplinski
- 1941 The Gay Vagabond as Ratmar
- 1954 Knock on Wood as Maurice Papinek
- 1942 Beyond the Blue Horizon as La'oa
- 1951 Roaring City as Eddie Paige
- 1940 Enemy Agent as Baronoff
- 1945 Salome, Where She Danced as Dr. Ling
- 1941 South of Tahiti as Tahawa
- 1940 The Marines Fly High as Gomez
- 1941 This Woman Is Mine as Lamazie
- 1942 King of the Mounties as Adm. Yamata
- 1946 Strange Conquest as Molugi
- 1939 The Magnificent Fraud as Ruiz
- 1943 Behind the Rising Sun as Inspector
- 1943 Bombardier as Japanese Sergeant
- 1939 Panama Lady as Elisha
- 1936 Soak the Rich
- 1939 Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as Attendee at Dance
- 1945 Captain Kidd as Theodore Blades (uncredited)
- 1940 Zanzibar as Aba
- 1940 South to Karanga as Manek Sen
- 1940 Girl from Havana as Captain Lazear
- 1940 Ski Patrol as Russian Field Commander
- 1967 Ironside ( 2 episodes )
- 1972 Hec Ramsey ( 1 episode )
- 1962 Sam Benedict ( 1 episode )
- 1974 Kodiak ( 13 episodes )
