Abner Biberman
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.
52 acting credits · 40 directing credits
Acting · 52
Ironside
1967
Sam Benedict
1962
Kodiak
1974
Hec Ramsey
1972
His Girl Friday
1940
Winchester '73
1950
The Roaring Twenties
1939
Gunga Din
1939
Dragon Seed
1944
Viva Zapata!
1952
Another Thin Man
1939
Captain Kidd
1945
Elephant Walk
1954
Bombardier
1943
Back to Bataan
1945
The Rains Came
1939
Balalaika
1939
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944
The Leopard Man
1943
Salome, Where She Danced
1945
This Woman Is Mine
1941
The Monster and the Girl
1941
Behind the Rising Sun
1943
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942
Each Dawn I Die
1939
Submarine Alert
1943
Enemy Agent
1940
South of Pago Pago
1940
Lady of the Tropics
1939
Panama Lady
1939
Broadway
1942
Knock on Wood
1954
Ski Patrol
1940
South of Tahiti
1941
Whispering Ghosts
1942
Devil Pays Off
1941
Roaring City
1951
Betrayal from the East
1945
Strange Conquest
1946
Two-Man Submarine
1944
Panama Patrol
1939
Singapore Woman
1941
Zanzibar
1940
Soak the Rich
1936
The Magnificent Fraud
1939
King of the Mounties
1942
The Marines Fly High
1940
The Gay Vagabond
1941
South to Karanga
1940
The Golden Mistress
1954
Girl from Havana
1940
Directing · 40
The Fugitive
1963
Ironside
1967
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Maverick
1957
The Twilight Zone
1959
The Virginian
1962
Ben Casey
1961
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Run for Your Life
1965
The Outer Limits
1963
The Name of the Game
1968
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Gunsmoke
1955
Gilligan's Island
1964
Laredo
1965
12 O'Clock High
1964
Outlaws
1960
Mr. Novak
1963
Sam Benedict
1962
Tightrope
1959
The Islanders
1960
The Eleventh Hour
1962
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
National Velvet
1960
The Trials of O'Brien
1965
Seaway
1965
Cimarron City
1958
Buckskin
1958
Matt Lincoln
1970
Mackenzie's Raiders
1958
Gun for a Coward
1956
Running Wild
1955
The Price of Fear
1956
The Night Runner
1957
Behind the High Wall
1956
The Looters
1955
Flood Tide
1958
Too Many Thieves
1966
The Golden Mistress
1954