- Films
- 77
- Avg rating
- 6.72
- Peak run
- 1962’64
- 7+ run
- 8 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Whit by the numbers
Average
6.72
55 rated films
Vote weighted
6.80
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.81
rating spread
Career
36y
1943 to 1978
Total votes
744K
across every film
Best
7.9
The Manchurian Candidate
Worst
6.4
The Hallelujah Trail
Newest first
Filmography
| 1978 | Casey's Shadow | · | · | 759 |
| 1975 | Psychic Killer | Dr. Paul Taylor | 5.5 | 1,137 |
| 1973 |  Soylent Green | · | 7.0 | 75,130 |
| 1972 | Pete 'n' Tillie | Minister | 6.3 | 1,342 |
| 1972 | The Salzburg Connection | Jim Newhart | · | 635 |
| 1972 | Justin Morgan Had a Horse | Mr. Mays | · | 292 |
| 1970 |  Airport | · | 6.6 | 25,221 |
| 1969 | Once You Kiss a Stranger... | Dr. Haggis | · | 485 |
| 1968 |  5 Card Stud | · | 6.5 | 5,096 |
| 1965 |  The Hallelujah Trail | · | 6.4 | 5,023 |
| 1964 | Where Love Has Gone | · | 6.1 | 1,873 |
| 1964 | Advance to the Rear | Capt. Queeg | 5.9 | 1,016 |
| 1964 |  Seven Days in May | Sen. Frederick Prentice | 7.8 | 17,947 |
| 1963 |  Hud | Mr. Burris | 7.8 | 26,451 |
| 1963 | Spencer's Mountain | Dr. Campbell | 7.0 | 3,592 |
| 1962 |  The Manchurian Candidate | · | 7.9 | 85,387 |
| 1962 | Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man | · | · | 771 |
| 1962 |  Birdman of Alcatraz | Dr. Ellis | 7.8 | 21,630 |
| 1960 |  The Magnificent Seven | · | 7.7 | 112K |
| 1960 |  The Time Machine | Walter Kemp | 7.5 | 47,927 |
Better together?
Whit Bissell's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Jack Arnold and Whit Bissell movies
Takes
On Whit Bissell
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