Abner Biberman

Birthday: 1909-04-01
Deathday: 1977-06-20
Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1954-10-29 The Golden Mistress Carl Dexter
1954-04-21 Elephant Walk Dr. Pereira
1954-04-06 Knock on Wood Maurice Papinek
1952-02-07 Viva Zapata! Captain (uncredited)
1951-05-04 Roaring City Eddie Paige
1950-07-12 Winchester '73 Latigo Means
1946-04-01 Strange Conquest Molugi
1945-11-22 Captain Kidd Theodore Blades (uncredited)
1945-05-30 Back to Bataan Japanese Captain
1945-04-24 Betrayal from the East Yamato
1945-04-17 Salome, Where She Danced Dr. Ling
1944-07-20 Dragon Seed Capt. Yasuda (uncredited)
1944-03-16 Two-Man Submarine Gabe Fabian
1944-02-11 The Bridge of San Luis Rey Maita
1943-08-01 Behind the Rising Sun Inspector
1943-06-28 Submarine Alert Commander Toyo
1943-05-19 The Leopard Man Charlie How-Come
1943-05-14 Bombardier Japanese Sergeant
1942-10-17 King of the Mounties Adm. Yamata
1942-06-25 Beyond the Blue Horizon La'oa
1942-05-17 Whispering Ghosts Mack Wolf
1942-05-08 Broadway Trado
1941-11-10 Devil Pays Off Carlos Castillo-Martinez
1941-10-17 South of Tahiti Tahawa
1941-08-22 This Woman Is Mine Lamazie
1941-05-17 Singapore Woman Singa
1941-05-12 The Gay Vagabond Ratmar
1941-02-28 The Monster and the Girl Gregory - Perry’s Aide (uncredited)
1940-09-11 Girl from Havana Captain Lazear
1940-08-02 South to Karanga Manek Sen
1940-07-19 South of Pago Pago Ferro
1940-05-09 Ski Patrol Russian Field Commander
1940-04-18 Enemy Agent Baronoff
1940-03-08 Zanzibar Aba
1940-03-04 The Marines Fly High Gomez
1940-01-18 His Girl Friday Louie
1939-12-15 Balalaika Leo Proplinski
1939-12-01 Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President Attendee at Dance
1939-11-17 Another Thin Man 'Dum-Dum'
1939-10-28 The Roaring Twenties Henchman
1939-09-15 The Rains Came John, the Baptist
1939-08-19 Each Dawn I Die Shake Edwards (uncredited)
1939-08-11 Lady of the Tropics Wardrobe Buyer
1939-07-19 The Magnificent Fraud Ruiz
1939-05-12 Panama Lady Elisha
1939-03-20 Panama Patrol Arlie Johnson
1939-01-26 Gunga Din Chota
1936-01-17 Soak the Rich