Cast & creator
Abner Biberman
Best known for Hawaii Five-O, Ironside, Ironside
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.
Also known as: Abner Warren Biberman
58
film credits
36
television credits
52
1936–1974 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (94)
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Hawaii Five-O
Director
1969
Ironside
1967Ironside
Director
1967
Maverick
Director
1957
The Fugitive
Director
1963
The Virginian
Director
1962
The Twilight Zone
Director
1959
Ben Casey
Director
1961
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Director
1956
The Name of the Game
Director
1968
Run for Your Life
Director
1965
77 Sunset Strip
Director
1958
Gunsmoke
Director
1955
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Director
1964
The Outer Limits
Director
1963
Gilligan's Island
Director
1964
12 O'Clock High
Director
1964
Mr. Novak
Director
1963
Laredo
Director
1965
Outlaws
Director
1960
Sam Benedict
1962Sam Benedict
Director
1962
Tightrope
Director
1959
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
Director
1969
The Eleventh Hour
Director
1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Director
1962
The Islanders
Director
1960
National Velvet
Director
1960
The Trials of O'Brien
Director
1965
Kodiak
1974
Cimarron City
Director
1958Buckskin
Director
1958
His Girl Friday
Louie
1940
Seaway
Director
1965
Winchester '73
Latigo Means
1950
Hec Ramsey
1972Matt Lincoln
Director
1970
Viva Zapata!
Captain (uncredited)
1952
Mackenzie's Raiders
Director
1958
The Roaring Twenties
Henchman
1939
Gunga Din
Chota
1939
Back to Bataan
Japanese Captain
1945
Captain Kidd
Theodore Blades (uncredited)
1945
Elephant Walk
Dr. Pereira
1954
Gun for a Coward
Director
1956
Dragon Seed
Capt. Yasuda (uncredited)
1944
Another Thin Man
'Dum-Dum'
1939
Each Dawn I Die
Shake Edwards (uncredited)
1939
The Leopard Man
Charlie How-Come
1943
The Rains Came
John, the Baptist
1939
Lady of the Tropics
Wardrobe Buyer
1939
Salome, Where She Danced
Dr. Ling
1945
The Night Runner
Director
1957
King of the Mounties
Adm. Yamata
1942
The Price of Fear
Director
1956
The Monster and the Girl
Gregory - Perry’s Aide (uncredited)
1941
Betrayal from the East
Yamato
1945
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Attendee at Dance
1939
Behind the High Wall
Director
1956
Too Many Thieves
Director
1966
This Woman Is Mine
Lamazie
1941
Bombardier
Japanese Sergeant
1943
Beyond the Blue Horizon
La'oa
1942
Behind the Rising Sun
Inspector
1943
Knock on Wood
Maurice Papinek
1954
Balalaika
Leo Proplinski
1939
Broadway
Trado
1942
The Marines Fly High
Gomez
1940
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Maita
1944
Whispering Ghosts
Mack Wolf
1942
South of Pago Pago
Ferro
1940
Panama Lady
Elisha
1939
Running Wild
Director
1955
Soak the Rich
1936
Submarine Alert
Commander Toyo
1943
The Looters
Director
1955
Singapore Woman
Singa
1941
Devil Pays Off
Carlos Castillo-Martinez
1941
The Gay Vagabond
Ratmar
1941
Flood Tide
Director
1958
The Magnificent Fraud
Ruiz
1939
Girl from Havana
Captain Lazear
1940
South of Tahiti
Tahawa
1941
Roaring City
Eddie Paige
1951
Enemy Agent
Baronoff
1940
South to Karanga
Manek Sen
1940
Zanzibar
Aba
1940
Strange Conquest
Molugi
1946
The Golden Mistress
Carl Dexter
1954The Golden Mistress
Director
1954The Golden Mistress
Writer
1954
Panama Patrol
Arlie Johnson
1939
Ski Patrol
Russian Field Commander
1940
Two-Man Submarine
Gabe Fabian
1944