Abner Biberman

Acting · Directing

Born April 1, 1909, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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.

Filmography

• Kodiak
• Hec Ramsey
• Matt Lincoln — Director
• Hawaii Five-O — Director
• The Bold Ones: The New Doctors — Director
• The Name of the Game — Director
• Ironside — Director
• 1966Too Many Thieves — Director
• Laredo — Director
• Run for Your Life — Director
• Seaway — Director
• The Trials of O'Brien — Director
• 12 O'Clock High — Director
• Gilligan's Island — Director
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea — Director
• Mr. Novak — Director
• The Fugitive — Director
• The Outer Limits — Director
• Sam Benedict — Director
• The Eleventh Hour — Director
• The Lloyd Bridges Show — Director
• The Virginian — Director
• Ben Casey — Director
• National Velvet — Director
• Outlaws — Director
• The Islanders — Director
• The Twilight Zone — Director
• Tightrope — Director
• 77 Sunset Strip — Director
• Buckskin — Director
• Cimarron City — Director
• 1958Flood Tide — Director
• Mackenzie's Raiders — Director
• Maverick — Director
• 1957The Night Runner — Director
• 1956Behind the High Wall — Director
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Director
• 1956Gun for a Coward — Director
• 1956The Price of Fear — Director
• Gunsmoke — Director
• 1955Running Wild — Director
• 1955The Looters — Director
• 1954Elephant Walk — Dr. Pereira
• 1954Knock on Wood — Maurice Papinek
• 1954The Golden Mistress — Carl Dexter, Director, Writer
• 1952Viva Zapata! — Captain (uncredited)
• 1951Roaring City — Eddie Paige
• 1950Winchester '73 — Latigo Means
• 1946Strange Conquest — Molugi
• 1945Back to Bataan — Japanese Captain
• 1945Betrayal from the East — Yamato
• 1945Captain Kidd — Theodore Blades (uncredited)
• 1945Salome, Where She Danced — Dr. Ling
• 1944Dragon Seed — Capt. Yasuda (uncredited)
• 1944The Bridge of San Luis Rey — Maita
• 1944Two-Man Submarine — Gabe Fabian
• 1943Behind the Rising Sun — Inspector
• 1943Bombardier — Japanese Sergeant
• 1943Submarine Alert — Commander Toyo
• 1943The Leopard Man — Charlie How-Come
• 1942Beyond the Blue Horizon — La'oa
• 1942Broadway — Trado
• 1942King of the Mounties — Adm. Yamata
• 1942Whispering Ghosts — Mack Wolf
• 1941Devil Pays Off — Carlos Castillo-Martinez
• 1941Singapore Woman — Singa
• 1941South of Tahiti — Tahawa
• 1941The Gay Vagabond — Ratmar
• 1941The Monster and the Girl — Gregory - Perry’s Aide (uncredited)
• 1941This Woman Is Mine — Lamazie
• 1940Enemy Agent — Baronoff
• 1940Girl from Havana — Captain Lazear
• 1940His Girl Friday — Louie
• 1940Ski Patrol — Russian Field Commander
• 1940South of Pago Pago — Ferro
• 1940South to Karanga — Manek Sen
• 1940The Marines Fly High — Gomez
• 1940Zanzibar — Aba
• 1939Another Thin Man — 'Dum-Dum'
• 1939Balalaika — Leo Proplinski
• 1939Each Dawn I Die — Shake Edwards (uncredited)
• 1939Gunga Din — Chota
• 1939Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President — Attendee at Dance
• 1939Lady of the Tropics — Wardrobe Buyer
• 1939Panama Lady — Elisha
• 1939Panama Patrol — Arlie Johnson
• 1939The Magnificent Fraud — Ruiz
• 1939The Rains Came — John, the Baptist
• 1939The Roaring Twenties — Henchman
• 1936Soak the Rich