Abner Biberman
Date of birth: 1909-04-01
Place of birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Abner Warren Biberman
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
His Girl Friday
1940-01-18
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star
Gunga Din
1939-01-26
British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with
The Leopard Man
1943-05-19
When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.
Winchester '73
1950-07-12
Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting com
Elephant Walk
1954-04-21
Colonial tea planter John Wiley (Peter Finch), visiting England at the end of World War II, wins and
Betrayal from the East
1945-04-24
A carnival showman tries to keep Japanese spies from sabotaging the Panama Canal.
The Roaring Twenties
1939-10-28
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally
Submarine Alert
1943-06-28
Nazi spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to an
Back to Bataan
1945-05-30
An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.
The Monster and the Girl
1941-02-28
After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized c
Viva Zapata!
1952-02-07
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppress
Whispering Ghosts
1942-05-17
A detective (Milton Berle) who solves cases on the radio investigates the mysterious decade-old murd
Broadway
1942-05-08
Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.
Dragon Seed
1944-07-20
The lives of a small Chinese village are turned Upside down when the Japanese invade it. An heroic y
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944-02-11
A rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their deaths
Devil Pays Off
1941-11-10
A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the ene
South of Pago Pago
1940-07-19
Sent by cutthroat pirates to turn Kehane’s head while they loot his island paradise of a fortune in
Panama Patrol
1939-03-20
A U.S. agent attempts to track down a spy ring working to destroy the Panama Canal.
Two-Man Submarine
1944-03-16
Medical researchers Jerry Evans and Walt Hedges are assigned by a pharmaceutical company to work at
The Golden Mistress
1954-10-29
Ann Dexter, daughter of an itinerant Haiti waterfront character, Carl Dexter, brings a golden idol,
Singapore Woman
1941-05-17
A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.
Another Thin Man
1939-11-17
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a
Each Dawn I Die
1939-08-19
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of h
Lady of the Tropics
1939-08-11
American playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal
The Rains Came
1939-09-15
Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the poor
Balalaika
1939-12-15
A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activiti
The Gay Vagabond
1941-05-12
Farce of identical twins and a wife who takes up real estate business.
Knock on Wood
1954-04-06
Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has failed with another love affair. The reason: when the relationship re
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942-06-25
A young girl's parents are killed on a tropical island, and the girl is raised and protected by the
Roaring City
1951-05-04
A San Francisco private eye finds himself under suspicion while investigating a prizefighter's murde
Enemy Agent
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.
Salome, Where She Danced
1945-04-17
During the Austrian-Prussian war, Anna Marie is a dancer who is forced to flee her country after she
South of Tahiti
1941-10-17
Three men survive a plane crashes on an uncharted Pacific island, south of Tahiti. One falls in love
The Marines Fly High
1940-03-04
Marine lieutenants Dan and Jim fight bandits in the South American jungle, while competing for the a
This Woman Is Mine
1941-08-22
Three seafaring fur traders fall in love with a female stowaway they discover aboard their ship. Ma
King of the Mounties
1942-10-17
King of the Candian riding police is up against Japs and Nazis who are about to invade Canada. They
Strange Conquest
1946-04-01
Two doctors try to find the cure for a fatal disease, while battling each other for the affection of
The Magnificent Fraud
1939-07-19
A Chicago con man pays an actor to pose as a slain South American dictator.
Behind the Rising Sun
1943-08-01
A Japanese publisher urges his American-educated son to side with the Axis.
Bombardier
1943-05-14
A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U
Panama Lady
1939-05-12
A weary dance-hall girl in a Panama saloon is given the choice of jail or going with a rough-and-tu
Soak the Rich
1936-01-17
Tycoon Humphrey Craig is fearful that a "soak the rich" bill will pass in the United States Senate.
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939-12-01
Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfacti
Captain Kidd
1945-11-22
Cutthroat pirate William Kidd captures Admiral Blayne's treasure ship and hides the bounty in a cave
Zanzibar
1940-03-08
A beautiful young woman organizes an expedition to Africa to search for a sacred skull that is worsh
South to Karanga
1940-08-02
Passengers bound to an African copper mine at Karanga to quell a native uprising encounter murder an
Girl from Havana
1940-09-11
Rebels and a singer cause trouble for two U.S. oil-drillers in South America...
Ski Patrol
1940-05-09
In 1939, a group of Finnish soldiers defend the border from Russian invaders.