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name: "John Philliber"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-philliber"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 July 1873"
died: "6 November 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:18:25.402929+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# John Philliber

Actor. Born 6 July 1873 in Elkhart, Indiana, USA. Died 6 November 1944.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 July 1873, Elkhart, Indiana, USA
- **Died:** 6 November 1944
- **Also known as:** John Mortimer Philliber

## Biography

John Philliber, also credited as John Mortimer Philliber, was an American actor. Born in Elkhart, Indiana, he worked primarily as a stage actor and appeared in several Broadway productions, including *Winterset*.

In the last year of his life he made a number of film appearances, most notably as Joe Pete in *Double Indemnity* (1944) and as Pop Benson in *It Happened Tomorrow* (1944). He died in Elkhart in November 1944.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Double Indemnity* (1944), Fi1m 92, as Joe Pete — [page](https://film.one/film/double-indemnity.md)

## Also known for

- *It Happened Tomorrow* (1944), Pop Benson

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