Abner 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.
Known For
Top 40 Movies
South of Pago Pago
1940
Behind the Rising Sun
1943
Knock on Wood
1954
Gunga Din
1939
Zanzibar
1940
Captain Kidd
1945
Strange Conquest
1946
Back to Bataan
1945
Whispering Ghosts
1942
Elephant Walk
1954
Betrayal from the East
1945
Enemy Agent
1940
His Girl Friday
1940
Winchester '73
1950
The Monster and the Girl
1941
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
Viva Zapata!
1952
Another Thin Man
1939
The Magnificent Fraud
1939
The Rains Came
1939
The Roaring Twenties
1939
Devil Pays Off
1941
The Leopard Man
1943
Each Dawn I Die
1939
Broadway
1942
Bombardier
1943
The Marines Fly High
1940
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1944
Lady of the Tropics
1939
This Woman Is Mine
1941
Two-Man Submarine
1944
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942
Balalaika
1939
South of Tahiti
1941
Singapore Woman
1941
Salome, Where She Danced
1945
King of the Mounties
1942
Panama Lady
1939
Soak the Rich
1936
Submarine Alert
1943