John Albert Chamberlain Kefford was an English character actor professionally known as John Abbott. His memorable roles include the invalid Frederick Fairlie in the 1948 film The Woman in White and the pacifist Ayelborne in the Star Trek episode "Errand of Mercy". as well as a Shakespearean actor.
In 1934, he began his career in show business when he made his professional stage debut in a revival of Dryden's Aureng-zebe with Sybil Thorndike. He ...
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
As Aben
Street of Shadows
Deception
As Bertram Gribble
The Jungle Book
As Akela (voice)
Sherlock Holmes in New York
As Heller
Humoresque
As Rozner
Mrs. Miniver
As Fred
Gambit
As Emile
The Mask of Dimitrios
As Mr. Pappas
The Web
As Charles Murdock
Cry of the Werewolf
As Peter Althius (uncredited)
Outside Chance
As Coroner
The Power of the Whistler
As Kaspar Andropolous
The Woman in White
As Frederick Fairlie
End of the Road
As Chris Martin
The Falcon in Hollywood
As Martin S. Dwyer
Madame Bovary
As Mayor Tuvache
Joan of Paris
As English Spy
Crosswinds
As Sykes
Gigi
As Manuel
A Hazard of Hearts
As 2nd Gambler
Pursuit to Algiers
As Jodri
Summer Storm
As Lunin
The Gorilla Man
As Dr. Ferris
The Vampire's Ghost
As Webb Fallon
The Saint in London
As Count Stephen Duni
Thunder on the Hill
As Abel Harmer
The Notorious Lone Wolf
As Lal Bara
Navy Bound
As Pappa Cerrano
Sideshow
As Pierre
2000 Years Later
As Gregorius
If Winter Comes
As Mr. Twyning
The Epic That Never Was
As Himself - Ms. Robson's Host
The Merry Widow
As Marshovian Ambassador
Secrets of Scotland Yard
As Mortimer Cope
Abroad with Two Yanks
As Salesman
Adventure Island
As Huish
Omar Khayyam
As Yusuf
Rogue's March
As Herbert Bielensen
London Blackout Murders
As Jack Rawlings
Honeymoon Ahead
As Welles
Time Out of Mind
As Max Leiberman
Ten Days in Paris
As André
U-Boat Prisoner
As Alfonse Lamont
The Crime Doctor's Warning
As Jimmy Gordon
Rubber Racketeers
As Dumbo
Smorgasbord
As Surgeon
Anna and the King of Siam
As Phya Phrom
Saratoga Trunk
As Roscoe Bean
Hangmen Also Die!
As Hostage (scenes deleted)
The Steel Lady
As Mustafa el Melik
Three Guns for Texas
As Banker Irwing
One More Tomorrow
As Joseph Baronova
The Cat Creature
As Dr. Reinhart
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
As Flower Seller
The Conquest of the Air
As Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
This Man Is News
As Hood with Foreign Accent
The Great Commandment
As Starving Beggar
The Shanghai Gesture
As Poppy's Escort
Get Hep to Love
As Professor Radowsky
This Above All
As Joe
Nightmare
As Carl aka Charles
The Cross of Lorraine
As Baker
They Got Me Covered
As Gregory Vanesou
Dangerous Blondes
As Roland X. Smith (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
As Grinko (uncredited)
Once Upon a Time
As Reporter (uncredited)
Jane Eyre
As Mason
A Thousand and One Nights
As Ali
Thunder in the East
As Nitra Puta
Sombrero
As Don Daniel
Public Pigeon No. 1
As Dipso Dale Rutherford
Who's Minding the Store?
As Mr. Orlandos
The Black Bird
As Duquai
Slapstick of Another Kind
As Dr. Frankenstein
Quest
The Miracle on 34th Street
As Dr. Sawyer
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
As Will Scarlet
The Commissioner
As Commissioner's Laywer
Under Secret Orders
As Armand
Garrison's Gorillas
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Star Trek
As Ayleborn
Burke's Law
As Conrad Jaeger
The Beverly Hillbillies
Land of the Giants
As Prof. Gorak
Mannix
Flipper
Lost in Space
As Sesmar
Gunsmoke
As Professor Lute Bone
Perry Mason
As Prof. Carlos Muntz
Studio One
As Travers
Bewitched
General Electric Theater
As Professsor Meyerdal
The Islanders
As Harwood Gones
Get Smart
Hallmark Hall of Fame
As Chang
Laredo
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As Mr. Munro
Ichabod and Me
Outlaws
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Partners
Edward and Mrs Simpson
As Mouth Organist
Thriller
As Kriss Milo ('The Mask of Medusa')
Peter Gunn
Adventures in Paradise
As Murdock
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Profiles in Courage
As Senator Wigfall
Matinee Theater
Wendy and Me
Timeslip
The Rifleman
The Detectives
Cavalcade of America
As Col. Barton
Rango
The Rogues
As Sir Egbert
Telephone Time
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
As Professor Brent
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
As The Cat
Medical Center
As Professor MacIntyre
Cool Million
As Sir Godwin Phipps-Cheston