Abner Biberman

Born: 1909-04-01

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.


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Viva Zapata!

as Captain (uncredited)
Released: 1952-02-07

The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt,...

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His Girl Friday

as Louie
Released: 1940-01-18

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s...

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Back to Bataan

as Japanese Captain
Released: 1945-05-30

An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.

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Winchester '73

as Latigo Means
Released: 1950-07-12

Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting...

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Gunga Din

as Chota
Released: 1939-01-26

British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along...

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Captain Kidd

as Theodore Blades (uncredited)
Released: 1945-11-22

Cutthroat pirate William Kidd captures Admiral Blayne's treasure ship and hides the bounty in a...

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Another Thin Man

as 'Dum-Dum'
Released: 1939-11-17

Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from...

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The Roaring Twenties

as Henchman
Released: 1939-10-28

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George...

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The Leopard Man

as Charlie How-Come
Released: 1943-05-19

When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.

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The Monster and the Girl

as Gregory - Perry’s Aide (uncredited)
Released: 1941-02-28

After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an...

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Each Dawn I Die

as Shake Edwards (uncredited)
Released: 1939-08-19

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism...

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Beyond the Blue Horizon

as La'oa
Released: 1942-06-25

A young girl's parents are killed on a tropical island, and the girl is raised and protected by...

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Betrayal from the East

as Yamato
Released: 1945-04-24

A carnival showman tries to keep Japanese spies from sabotaging the Panama Canal.

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Elephant Walk

as Dr. Pereira
Released: 1954-04-21

Colonial tea planter John Wiley (Peter Finch), visiting England at the end of World War II, wins...

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The Rains Came

as John, the Baptist
Released: 1939-09-15

Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the...

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Bombardier

as Japanese Sergeant
Released: 1943-05-14

A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to...

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Knock on Wood

as Maurice Papinek
Released: 1954-04-06

Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has failed with another love affair. The reason: when the...

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Dragon Seed

as Capt. Yasuda (uncredited)
Released: 1944-07-20

The lives of a small Chinese village are turned Upside down when the Japanese invade it. An...

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Salome, Where She Danced

as Dr. Ling
Released: 1945-04-17

During the Austrian-Prussian war, Anna Marie is a dancer who is forced to flee her country after...

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Behind the Rising Sun

as Inspector
Released: 1943-08-01

A Japanese publisher urges his American-educated son to side with the Axis.

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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

as Attendee at Dance
Released: 1939-12-01

Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get...

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The Marines Fly High

as Gomez
Released: 1940-03-04

Marine lieutenants Dan and Jim fight bandits in the South American jungle, while competing for...

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Singapore Woman

as Singa
Released: 1941-05-17

A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.

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Broadway

as Trado
Released: 1942-05-08

Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.

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The Magnificent Fraud

as Ruiz
Released: 1939-07-19

A Chicago con man pays an actor to pose as a slain South American dictator.

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King of the Mounties

as Adm. Yamata
Released: 1942-10-17

King of the Candian riding police is up against Japs and Nazis who are about to invade Canada....

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Submarine Alert

as Commander Toyo
Released: 1943-06-28

Nazi spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to...

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Strange Conquest

as Molugi
Released: 1946-04-01

Two doctors try to find the cure for a fatal disease, while battling each other for the...

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Lady of the Tropics

as Wardrobe Buyer
Released: 1939-08-11

Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal...

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Ski Patrol

as Russian Field Commander
Released: 1940-05-09

In 1939, a group of Finnish soldiers defend the border from Russian invaders.

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Girl from Havana

as Captain Lazear
Released: 1940-09-11

Rebels and a singer cause trouble for two U.S. oil-drillers in South America...

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The Golden Mistress

as Carl Dexter
Released: 1954-10-29

Ann Dexter, daughter of an itinerant Haiti waterfront character, Carl Dexter, brings a golden...

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Panama Patrol

as Arlie Johnson
Released: 1939-03-20

A U.S. agent attempts to track down a spy ring working to destroy the Panama Canal.

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Panama Lady

as Elisha
Released: 1939-05-12

A weary dance-hall girl in a Panama saloon is given the choice of jail or going with a...

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South of Pago Pago

as Ferro
Released: 1940-07-19

Sent by cutthroat pirates to turn Kehane’s head while they loot his island paradise of a fortune...

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Roaring City

as Eddie Paige
Released: 1951-05-04

A San Francisco private eye finds himself under suspicion while investigating a prizefighter's...

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Two-Man Submarine

as Gabe Fabian
Released: 1944-03-16

Medical researchers Jerry Evans and Walt Hedges are assigned by a pharmaceutical company to work...

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Soak the Rich

as uncredited
Released: 1936-01-17

Tycoon Humphrey Craig is fearful that a "soak the rich" bill will pass in the United States Senate.

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This Woman Is Mine

as Lamazie
Released: 1941-08-22

Three seafaring fur traders fall in love with a female stowaway they discover aboard their ship....

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South of Tahiti

as Tahawa
Released: 1941-10-17

Three men survive a plane crashes on an uncharted Pacific island, south of Tahiti. One falls in...

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Whispering Ghosts

as Mack Wolf
Released: 1942-05-17

A detective (Milton Berle) who solves cases on the radio investigates the mysterious decade-old...

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey

as Maita
Released: 1944-02-11

A rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their...

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Balalaika

as Leo Proplinski
Released: 1939-12-15

A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary...

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Devil Pays Off

as Carlos Castillo-Martinez
Released: 1941-11-10

A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the...

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The Gay Vagabond

as Ratmar
Released: 1941-05-12

Farce of identical twins and a wife who takes up real estate business.

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Enemy Agent

as Baronoff
Released: 1940-04-18

A man is framed for being a spy. After he is released, he sets out to find who the real spies are.

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South to Karanga

as Manek Sen
Released: 1940-08-02

Passengers bound to an African copper mine at Karanga to quell a native uprising encounter...

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Zanzibar

as Aba
Released: 1940-03-08

A beautiful young woman organizes an expedition to Africa to search for a sacred skull that is...

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Ironside

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-03-28

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...

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Sam Benedict

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-09-15

Sam Benedict is an American legal drama that aired on NBC from September 1962 to March 1963. The...

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Kodiak

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-13

Kodiak is a short lived, half-hour adventure program that aired Friday evenings at 8:00 p.m...

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Hec Ramsey

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-13

Hec Ramsey is a television Western, a production of Jack Webb's production company, Mark VII...

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