Abner Biberman
Born: 1909-04-01
• 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
The Golden Mistress
Elephant Walk
Knock on Wood
Viva Zapata!
Roaring City
Winchester '73
Strange Conquest
Captain Kidd
Back to Bataan
Betrayal from the East
Salome, Where She Danced
Dragon Seed
Two-Man Submarine
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Behind the Rising Sun
Submarine Alert
Bombardier
The Leopard Man
King of the Mounties
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Whispering Ghosts
Broadway
Devil Pays Off
South of Tahiti
This Woman Is Mine
Singapore Woman
The Gay Vagabond
The Monster and the Girl
Girl from Havana
South to Karanga
South of Pago Pago
Ski Patrol
Enemy Agent
Zanzibar
The Marines Fly High
His Girl Friday
Balalaika
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Another Thin Man
The Roaring Twenties
The Rains Came
Each Dawn I Die
Lady of the Tropics
The Magnificent Fraud
Panama Lady
Panama Patrol
Gunga Din
Soak the Rich