John Abbott - biography

“’How do you know so much about everything?’ was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was ‘By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.’”

“War is the science of destruction.”

“Every man’s ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.”

John Abbott has appeared in the following films:
Conquest of the Air (1936)
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)
Under Secret Orders (1937)
This Man Is News (1938)
The Saint in London (1939)
Ten Days in Paris (1940)
Get Hep to Love (1942)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Nightmare (1942)
This Above All (1942)
Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
They Got Me Covered (1943)
Jane Eyre (1944)
Summer Storm (1944)
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
Honeymoon Ahead (1945)
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
The Vampire’s Ghost (1945)
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
Deception (1946)
Humoresque (1946)
One More Tomorrow (1946)
If Winter Comes (1947)
Madame Bovary (1949)
Thunder on the Hill (1951)
The Merry Widow (1952)
Thunder in the East (1952)
Sombrero (1953)
Omar Khayyam (1957)
Gigi (1958)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Gambit (1966)
The Jungle Book (1967)
Three Guns for Texas (1968)
2000 Years Later (1969)
The Black Bird (1975)
Revenge of Billy the Kid (1992)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
The Commissioner (1998)