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name: "John Abbott"
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born: "5 June 1905"
died: "24 May 1996"
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# John Abbott

Actor. Born 5 June 1905 in Stepney, London, England, UK. Died 24 May 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 June 1905, Stepney, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 24 May 1996
- **Also known as:** John Lloyd Abbott, John Albert Chamberlain Kefford
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503911, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007995/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24826

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Jungle Book*](https://film.one/film/the-jungle-book.md) (80)

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## Biography

John Abbott (born John Albert Chamberlain Kefford) was an English character actor. He made his professional stage debut in 1933 in a revival of Dryden's *Aureng-zebe* with Sybil Thorndike and later joined the Old Vic Company, appearing in Shakespearean roles including Claudius in a production of *Hamlet* at Elsinore with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.

He made his film debut in 1937 and appeared in numerous films over the following decades, including *Mrs. Miniver* (1942), *Jane Eyre* (1943), *Gigi* (1958) and *The Jungle Book* (1967) as the voice of Akela. His television work included guest roles in *Bewitched*, *Get Smart* and *Star Trek* (1966) as Ayelborne. He also appeared on Broadway in *He Who Gets Slapped* (1946), *Montserrat* and *The Waltz of the Toreadors*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Jungle Book* (1967), Fi1m 80, as Akela (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-jungle-book.md)

## Also known for

- *Bewitched* (1964)
- *Get Smart* (1965), Mondo
- *Gigi* (1958), Manuel
- *Mrs. Miniver* (1942), Fred
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), Mr. Munro
- *The Greatest Story Ever Told* (1965), Aben
- *Gambit* (1966), Emile
- *Jane Eyre* (1943), Mason

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